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Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences:
an update for HoDoMS
Birmingham 3 April 2007
[email protected]+44 (0)1223 335980 (& 982)
The Institute
• Opened in 1992• Encourages informal
interaction• 1 – 6 month research
programmes, with workshops
• Includes Faulkes Gatehouse
• Office space for 40 visitors
• Full facilities support: library, computing, housing, administration…
Research Programmes 2006-2009
Scientific Areas of Participants based in UK Institutions 2002-05 (including workshops)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200
Astronomy, Astrophysics, Particle & Theoretical Physics
Biology, Biochemistry & Medical Science
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Computer Science
Engineering and Materials Science
Economics
Earth Science, Geography & Ocean/Atmosphere
Industry/Commerce
Mathematics - Applied
Mathematics - General
Mathematics - Pure
Mathematics - Statistics
Physics
Other
Not recorded
Who attends from the UK?
Age range and gender balance of UK participants in 2005-06
0
25
50
75
20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70+
Age range
Female Male
Where do they come from?
Geographical distribution of UK participants during 2005-06
How the Institute supports Programmes
Financial support – primarily from EPSRC: - Per 6 Month Programme:
– c. £100K for travel and subsistence– c. £60K for stipends– c. £5K for Rothschild Visiting Professor– c. £5K for Junior Members– Can include buyout of time from home
institution for organisers/ key participants - Seek additional funding for workshops, satellites
Administrative support – from an experienced team of support staff
Junior Membership
• For Research Students or Post-docs within 5 years of being awarded a PhD (allowances for career breaks)
• Must be based in a UK university/academic institution/ R&D group
• Grants of up to £500 per candidate to attend INI activities (at discretion of programme organisers)
• Apply online
Satellite Workshops
• Opportunity to widen access to Institute programmes• Held at a suitable location in UK, as part of a programme• Typically one week long• Usually at places with a concentration of researchers• Long term participants travel to the workshop• 22 so far: Bristol, Brunel, Durham, East Anglia,
Edinburgh (4), Gregynog (3), Leeds (2), Liverpool, Oxford (2), Southampton, Surrey, Warwick (4)
• 8 planned: Bath, Cardiff, Edinburgh (4), Reading, Warwick
• Ideally seek additional funding support (EC, RCs, Wellcome, industry…)
How the Institute supports Visitors
• Dedicated Housing Officer - selection of managed properties available
• Computing facilities - Sun workstations, email, WWW, FTP, printing
• Audio visual – support for presentations; recording and dissemination of seminars (400+ pa online)
• Library – with specialist collection, preprint publication service, access to Betty and Gordon Moore Library, (35K books, 900 hard copy journals) and to University Library
Governance of the Institute
• Scientific Steering Committee
• National Advisory Board
• Correspondents
• Management Committee
Institute CommitteesScientific Steering Committee
Professor Sir John Ball FRS FRSE (Chair) University of Oxford Professor KG Binmore CBE University College London Professor M Broué Institut Henri-PoincaréProfessor EK Burke University of NottinghamProfessor PV Coveney FInstP FRSC University College London Professor CS Frenk FRS University of Durham Professor PJ Green FRS University of BristolProfessor EB Martin University of Newcastle Professor JG McWhirter FRS FREng QinetiQ Professor C Series University of Warwick Professor LN Trefethen FRS University of Oxford Professor M-F Vigneras University of ParisProfessor M Vingron Max Planck
Professor Sir David Wallace CBE FRS FREng Director, Newton Institute
National Advisory Board
Professor Sir John Ball FRS FRSE University of OxfordProfessor B Bruce University of HullProfessor P Grindrod CBE Lawson Software, OxfordDr RE Hunt Deputy Director, Newton Institute Professor Sir Peter Knight FRS Imperial College, LondonProfessor J McWhirter FRS FREng QinetiQProfessor EG Rees FRSE (Chair) University of BristolProfessor G Roberts University of LancasterDr A Rogers King's College LondonProfessor E Salje FRS University of Cambridge Professor S Schaefer London Business SchoolProfessor JF Toland FRS FRSE ICMS, EdinburghSir David Wallace CBE FRS FREng Director, Newton Institute
What Correspondents are asked to do…
• Act as a channel for two-way communication between the Institute and the UK mathematical sciences community
• Disseminate information within their institution, especially to relevant departments other than mathematics:– Encourage: proposals; hosting of satellite workshops;
participation in INI programmes; Junior Membership applications.
– Awareness of INI web site www.newton.cam.ac.uk: seminars online HOP seminars online.mht; participants as potential seminar speakers (INI pays travel) See eg AGA Participant List.mht and INI Participants willing to speak elsewhere.mht.
• Keep INI informed of suggestions, comments, criticisms, apparent obstacles to participation etc
… and what the Institute does
• Issues information bulletin 3 times a year
• Advertises programmes and workshops
• Updates Correspondents on news and receives their feedback
• Assists programme organisers with satellite arrangements
Visits
Nov: Birmingham, Manchester
Dec: Nottingham, Loughborough, Durham
Feb: Warwick
Mar: Brunel, Edinburgh/ Heriot Watt, Stratchclyde
Apr: Glasgow
May: RAL, OU, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, Leeds
… - invitations welcome
+ ICMS, IAS Princeton, IHES Bures
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences20 Clarkson Road
CambridgeCB3 0EH
Telephone: 01223 335999Fax: 01223 330508
Email: [email protected]