Mathematics archive for 2016

An Interview with 2016 Batchelor Prize winner Prof Raymond E. Goldstein

Jo Rennie | 11 August 2016

Watch an interview with Professor Raymond E. Goldstein

John Ockendon Prize 2016: Winner Announced

Claire Wash | 31 May 2016

The European Journal of Applied Mathematics and Cambridge University Press are pleased to award the 2016 John Ockendon Prize to S. J Chapman and S. E McBurnie for their winning article ‘Integral constraints in multiple-scales problems’ published in EJAM’s Special Anniversary Issue, October 2015.

How maths could help predict future crime and terrorist attacks

Vicky Anning | 24 May 2016

From terrorist attacks to riots and residential burglaries, the latest special issue of the European Journal of Applied Mathematics – published by Cambridge University Press – includes a series of cutting-edge articles that show how maths can be used to predict a broad range of problems related to crime and security.

Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases

Andy Fenton | 15 July 2016

In this blog Professor Andy Fenton discusses the recent special issue of Parasitology on Mathematical modelling of infectious diseases. The field of disease ecology – the study of the spread and impact of parasites and pathogens within their host populations and communities – has a long history of using mathematical models.…