A call for scholarship applications to participate at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics, Portorož, Slovenia, 5-11 July 2020 is now open. The 8ECM Scholarship covers a Congress fee waiver and two-star accomodation close to the conference venue. All interested students, postdoctoral researchers and senior researchers should apply via the online registration form.
The slates for the 2019 LMS elections to Council and Nominating Committee are now available. More information, including the candidates' biographies, details of the Members' forum to discuss the elections and a timetable for the Society's elections in 2019 is available here.
The introduction of new GCSE and A-level Mathematics qualifications has not been easy. Students receiving their A-level results today have been the test subjects for both. The LMS warmly congratulates students and their teachers for their achievements in these difficult circumstances.
It is fantastic that Mathematics is still the most popular A-level and that the number of students taking Further Mathematics has grown enormously in the past decade. These successes have been achieved through the hard work of teachers and numerous organisations.
Following the consultation with the membership, further discussion by Council, and legal advice, the latest version of the revised Standing Orders received preliminary approval from the Privy Council. The document, which can be found here, was presented at the General Meeting on June 28th and prepared for a final vote at the AGM on November 29th. (Note the later date than usual.)
We are delighted to announce that Ken Brown, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow, has been awarded the 2019 David Crighton medal by the Councils of the LMS and the IMA for his seminal contributions to noncommutative algebra and for his remarkable record of service and dedication to the UK mathematics community.
The 2019 LMS/BCS-FACS Evening Seminar will be held on Thursday 21st November at 6pm, at De Morgan House. The speaker will be Professor Marta Kwiatkowska (University of Oxford), who will give a talk titled 'When to Trust a Self-Driving Car...'. See details here.
We are delighted that the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) is being held in the UK (University of Bath) this month (11-22 July 2019). Teams of six high school students, from 114 countries will sit two tough four and a half hour papers, with three questions on each paper.
The 2019 LMS Prize winners were announced at the Society Meeting on Friday 28 June 2019. The LMS extends its congratulations to this year’s prize winners and for their continued contributions to mathematics.
The London Mathematical Society has elected the following people to Honorary Membership of the Society in 2019:
Professor Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
Professor Don Zagier, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
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