The paper “Periodic and quasi-periodic attractors for the spin-orbit evolution of Mercury with a realistic tidal torque“, co-authored by M.V. Bartuccelli, J.H.B. Deane, and G. Gentile (Roma III) has been accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. In the paper, they make a detailed study of the spin-orbit dynamics of […]
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Congratulations to Ian Morris and Martin Wolf for promotion to Senior Lecturer. These promotions took effect on 1st April 2017. Ian is a member of the Dynamical Systems and nonlinear PDEs research group, and Martin is a member of the Fields, Strings, and Geometry research group. The picture below shows a self-affine fractal generated in […]
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The paper The effects of self-selected light-dark cycles and social constraints on human sleep and circadian timing: a modeling approach, co-authored by Anne Skeldon, Andrew Phillips (Harvard), and Derk-Jan Dijk (FHMS, Surrey) has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. The paper is attracting considerable media attention. Anne spoke on BBC Surrey radio today (28 […]
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The Leverhulme Trust has awarded a four-year research grant to the University of Surrey on “Mathematical analysis of *near resonance* in the physical world of finiteness”. The grant will be led by Bin Cheng, with co-applicants Beth Wingate (Exeter), Alex Mahalov (Arizona State), and Steve Schochet (Tel Aviv). The grant funds a PDRA for 4 […]
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Congratulations to David Lloyd who has been promoted to Reader in Mathematics. Dave’s research is wide ranging, from core research in dynamical systems and localised pattern formation, to mathematical modelling in life sciences, to analysis of fluids, and also includes leadership of an impact case study for REF. Dave’s promotion becomes effective in April 2017.
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EPSRC has awarded Naratip Santitissadeekorn a first grant on “Data assimilation and forecasting for urban crime models“. Full details of the grant can be found here. The grant starts on 1st April 2017 and runs for two years. The total amount awarded is £101k and funds research time and travel.
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