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  2017.06.14

  Statistics professor named Teacher of the Year at SCIENCE 2017

  Professor Susanne Ditlevsen at the Department of Mathematical Sciences is so good at making figures and mind-bending statistical calculations interesting and accessible for her students that she has now been awarded … »

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  2017.06.08

  Another mathematician admitted to the Young Academy

  The Young Academy has just approved seven new members, all of whom are excellent young researchers in their respective fields of study. One of these is Niels Martin Møller, assistant professor at the Department of … »

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  2017.06.02

  Harald Bohr Lecture by Peter Sarnak

  The Department of Mathematical Sciences is proud to announce Professor Peter Sarnak of Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study as the next distinguished Harald Bohr lecturer. His lecture, titled … »

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  2017.05.11

  Research support for biostatistics and L-functions

  Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences awards 51 DFF-Research Project Grants to researchers in Denmark to the sum of approximately DKK 159 million. Two of these projects are led by researchers from … »

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  2017.05.08

  Researchers demonstrate poor methodology behind PISA studies

  Two Danish researchers exposes in a new book extensive faults and deficiencies in the PISA methodology and the use of statistics.  … »

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  2017.04.06

  Helene Rytgaard receives prize for Best Master Thesis 2016

  Danish Mathematical Society's thesis prize of 15,000 kr. will be presented to Helene Rytgaard at an event 2 June.  … »

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  2017.03.20

  Sparreska Prize to Dan Petersen

  The Sparreska Prize will be rewarded to Dan Petersen, associate professor at Department for Mathematical Sciences, by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. … »

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  2017.02.27

  Elite Research Prize won by Søren Galatius

  On February 23, Professor Søren Galatius of the University of  Copenhagen’s Department of Mathematical Sciences received one of five Elite Research Prizes presented annually by the Minister for Higher Education and … »

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  2017.02.14

  Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant to QMATH postdoc

  Jed Kaniewski, postdoc at QMATH, has won a competitive Marie Curie-Fellowship, which he will carry at our department during the next two years.  … »

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  2017.01.09

  The big win is simple mathematics

  Are you hoping to pay the mortgage out or buy a new car in cash? Read this article before you go to the kiosk to pick up a Lotto coupon hoping for the big prize. … »

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  2016.11.15

  Professor Steffen Lauritzen has received the Humboldt Prize

  The Humboldt Research Award has been granted to Professor Steffen Lauritzen, professor in statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, in recognition of his past accomplishments in research and teaching. … »

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  2016.11.11

  Tobias Holck Colding member of DTU's Board

  The Technical University of Denmark has appointed three new members to their Board, including Professor Tobias Holck Colding, math professor at both MIT and UCPH. … »

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  2016.11.07

  Danish research centre on threshold of quantum revolution

  Within a few decades, quantum physics will reshape society as we know it. This will include the quantum computer, among other things, now being developed by researchers worldwide. The Villum Foundation has provided 30 … »

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  2016.10.26

  Statistical Wisdom: Harald Bohr Lecture by Stephen M. Stigler

  The Department of Mathematical Sciences is proud to announce our next Harald Bohr Lecturer: Professor Stephen M. Stigler, University of Chicago. He will November 1st 2016 give a lecture titled “The Seven Pillars of … »

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  2016.10.24

  Culture Night 2016 at the Department

  Nearly 900 guests chose to spend time at the Culture Night 2016 at the H.C. Ørsted Institute where the departments of Mathematics, Chemistry and Computer Science had invited to activities all night.  … »