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The Mathematics Research Centre (MRC) runs an extensive programme of
research activities in mathematics. The main ingredients in this
programme are year-long research symposia and shorter, more specialised,
workshops.
SYMPOSIA
The topic of a symposium is broadly based and usually one in which there
is a strong interest in Warwick. The symposium is organised by members
of staff in Warwick, often with external help. The organisers are free
to invite participants from the world-wide mathematical community to
work in Warwick during the year. There will be mathematicians, including
the leading figures in the area, visiting Warwick throughout the year, a
weekly programme of seminars, and various special events which act as
focal points in the symposium. Typically a symposium attracts something
like 500 participants each year, who stay in Warwick for periods ranging
from one week to the full year, and there are eight to ten special
events which take place in the University vacations. The aim of a
symposium is to provide an informal research environment designed to
stimulate interaction between the visitors and the resident
mathematicians.
WORKSHOPS
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The programme of workshops is designed to be
flexible and to diversify the research activities of the MRC. Workshops
are smaller, shorter, and more specialised than symposia. The aim of a
workshop is to gather together a critical mass of mathematicians to work
together in some quite specific area of mathematics. The organisation of
the workshop depends on its objectives: it may be focused on a specific
topic in mathematics, designed to generate interaction between different
specialities within mathematics, or it may involve interdisciplinary
research. It could last a week or a month, and may involve as few as ten
or as many as fifty participants.
The MRC was founded in 1965, with the help of a grant from the
Nuffield Foundation. This grant enabled the MRC to begin running
research symposia, and each year since 1965 there has been a symposium
in some area of mathematics. It also provided the funds to build the
Mathematics Research Centre Houses which are situated close to the
Mathematics Department and are used by visitors to the MRC. The
programme of workshops has developed over recent years as a means of
expanding and diversifying the programme of the MRC and in response to
the increasing demand to put on interactive research activities of the
kind the MRC specialises in. Over the years the MRC has earned an
international reputation for the high quality of its activities.
The MRC is an integral part of the Mathematics Department at Warwick
and the activities of the MRC are, in general terms, based on the
interests and expertise present in Warwick. This has many advantages;
visiting mathematicians come into a well-established and lively
mathematical atmosphere and since they constantly interact with the
mathematicians and research students in Warwick, their visits have a
lasting effect. The MRC has a characteristically informal atmosphere and
the "open house" policy allows anyone who wishes to visit
Warwick to do so.
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Address:
Mathematics Research Centre
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL - UK
Fax:
+44 (0)24 7652 3548
Phone:
+44 (0)24 7652 4403
E-Mail:
mrc@maths.warwick.ac.uk
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