New paper with Christoph Knochenhauer and Alex Merkel arxiv.org/abs/2309.07091 A rigorous look at adaptive control with drift uncertainty - including connections with a (finite dimensional!) HJB equation, and a clear endogenous exploration/exploitation effect!

We are seeking to appoint two full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistants in Quantitative Finance to join the OMI. The full-time positions are fixed-term for up to 3 years. More details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

New research from Simtopia team! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… We study the basic economics underlying the utilization-based interest rates in decentralised lending and how the interest rate model can be updated to give a desired level of utilisation.

In Dec 1931 WS Gosset (‘Student’) publishes a detailed statistical critique of Leighton & McKinlay’s 1930 Lanarkshire Milk Experiment. His comments still apply to problems seen today with observational studies & clinical trials. 1/5

We are recruiting a Senior Research Associate in Machine Learning with Oxford Biology. Grade 8: £45,585 - £48,350. Apply by 12 Jan. Join our supportive and friendly departments! tinyurl.com/nhc6t56r

Looking for a great doctoral student to work with on optimal decision problems for air traffic control. Fully funded project with Oxford Mathematics and NATS. Details here, listed under studentships ox.ac.uk/admissions/gra…

Maths twitter question: is there a name for the solution of the (nth order, homogenous, linear) ODE y^(n) -y = 0 with y(0)=1 and y^(m)(0) = 0 for all 1<m\leq n

New College, Oxford is currently advertising for a Junior Fellow (postdoctoral level) in Mathematics jobs.ac.uk/job/DFB772/gh-… Closes 17th Jan, come and join us!

With great sadness I have to report that my good friend and colleague Prof Nick Higham FRS has died of cancer. He was 62. Nick was and outstanding numerical analyst, author, and human being. He will be greatly missed, but his work is immortal.

The Royal Society is advertising the Newton Fellowships. If you would like to spend 3 years in Oxford, please get in touch *next week*. royalsociety.org/grants-schemes…

Come and join a great research group in Mathematical Finance! We're currently hiring a Departmental Lecturer - this is a 3 year fixed term post, with research and teaching. Applications close 1st March. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Today we held the Sanctuary Seekers STEM Seminar at Mansfield College. You can find out more about our workshop here: people.maths.ox.ac.uk/griffit4/asylu… Mansfield College, University of Oxford

👀Watch his reaction to being awarded the 2024 Abel Prize: youtu.be/wDIqCN7E7VA?si…

Hello everyone! We are thrilled to announce a big event we are hosting this year at the University of Warwick. Applied Mathematics Postgraduate (AMP) Conference 2024 Organised by Warwick SIAM-IMA Student Chapter and Oxford SIAM Chapter Date: 8 - 10 July 2024 Our website: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/…

Tomorrow, Thurs 25, 11:30 a.m. CEST — 1 p.m. CEST, presenting our work at #ICML2024, "Generalization Error of Graph Neural Networks in the Mean-field Regime" Location: Hall C 4-9, Poster 508,

5-year positions for early career researchers (here = PhD viva after 1st Aug 2022) in Theoretical Physics (or Mathematics, or Archaeology, Classics, Modern Languages, Politics -- 1 for each subject). Deadline 6th September asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctoral-…

📝Admissions for our STATML are now open! ⏱️Deadline: 8th Jan '25 STATML is an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council funded CDT in Statistics & Machine Learning. Studentships are fully funded for a 4-year PhD/DPhil research programme. 🔗For more info, visit: statml.io

Hey BBC News (UK) I know NZ is regularly left off maps, but why do you call it part of Asia?

Thing that would make me happy in 2025: Rockstar Games announces a Red Dead spinoff set in Australia. With inspiration from the stories of Ned Kelly, Truganini, the man from Snowy River, On our Selection, the Eureka Stockade, … there’s plenty of source material!