Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences:

an update for HoDoMS

Birmingham 3 April 2007

david.wallace@newton.cam.ac.uk+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

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Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences20 Clarkson Road

CambridgeCB3 0EH

Telephone: 01223 335999Fax: 01223 330508

Email: info@newton.cam.ac.uk