Department of Mathematical Sciences

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Jun Yang receives the 2025 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) Jun Yang has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 Blackwell-Rosenbluth Award, presented by the Junior Section of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.

DFF grant for Mikael Rørdam

Professor Mikael Rørdam’s project “Groups, dynamics and dimension theory for operator algebras'' has received DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Villum Synergy grants to three MATH statisticians

The Villum Synergy grants are awarded to interdisciplinary collaborations between different research disciplines that mutually contribute to each other's fields of study, typically within data-driven Science.

It stays in the family – Villum grant for Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen

Siblings and professors Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen receive Villum Synergy grant to investigate the critical tipping point of AMOC – Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation.

Laura Mančinska awarded the silver medal from the Royal Academy

Laura is an associate professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences' research centre, QMATH, where she conducts research in quantum information — a multidisciplinary field at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and physics.

Johannes Wiesel receives SIAM prize - and permanent position at MATH

We are excited to announce that Johannes Wiesel has accepted a permanent Associate Professorship in Mathematical Finance at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Mathematical Sciences.

Nine Sapere-Aude grants for SCIENCE researchers

Together with eight other researchers from the Faculty of Science, Assistant Professor Jun Yang has received one of the prestigious Sapere Aude DFF Starting Grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

NNF grant for research into green finance

Associate Professor Johannes Wiesel receives the Novo Nordisk Foundation's "Start Package" grant of DKK 4 million for the project "Model uncertainty in green finance".

ERC Starting Grant to Daniel Stilck França

Daniel brings a grant from the European Research Council to Copenhagen to tackle noise in quantum computing.

Villum Investigator grant to Jan Philip Solovej

Jan Philip Solovej receives DKK 30 million to search for a mathematical explanation of the periodic table's structure and phenomena such as superfluid and superconducting matter.

Quantum researcher training programme

With a DKK 60 million grant from the Villum Foundation, the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark are establishing a new research training programme for the growing field of quantum research.

Large-scale simulation of quantum systems

The Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Niels Bohr Institute have teamed up with DTU to develop new teaching programmes in quantum science. Simulation modules will teach how to handle the upcoming quantum technology. The modules will be aimed at universities and continuing education and training for the industry.

DFF grant for Asger Dag Törnquist

Associate Professor Asger Dag Törnquist's project “Borel dynamics and distributed algorithms” has received DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Marie Curie grants to David Jekel and Harold Nieuwboer

David Jekel from the USA and Harold Nieuwboer from the Netherlands have won the competitive European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which they will carry out here in Copenhagen.

Lifelong learning in quantum science

The Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Niels Bohr Institute have teamed up with DTU to develop new teaching programmes in quantum science. The programmes will be aimed at high schools, universities and continuing education for high school teachers.

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