Impact stories
The stories here highlight the range and depth of research undertaken in the School of Mathematics and how it impacts on society, on a local, national and international level. They reflect our sustained and evolving research activity, focusing on key projects that are currently active or have recently been completed.
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Inspiring Mathematicians
Researchers from the School of Mathematics are bringing maths to life by telling the human stories behind important breakthroughs and by using music to illustrate complex mathematical problems.
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Tackling Climate, Crime and Salmon
The statistical methodology that's helping solve commercial, social and scientific problems around the world.
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Philosophical Reasoning Bring Clarity to the Complex
Are there any meaningful commonalities in how the different scientific disciplines tackle complexity and can they provide a reliable definition for this constantly evolving field? A rigorous investigation that unpicks the theories and crunches the numbers finds a way through the confusion - but points out that no definition can ever be absolute.
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Making Sense of Uncertainty in Complex System
While most of us begin to feel restless and insecure in the face of uncertainty, Dr Jonathan Rougier seems to thrive in it. Rougier is a statistician who specialises in assessing the uncertainty inherent in complex systems - systems that are typical in environmental science.
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Chemistry Research Improves Teaching
While most of us begin to feel restless and insecure in the face of uncertainty, Dr Jonathan Rougier seems to thrive in it. Rougier is a statistician who specialises in assessing the uncertainty inherent in complex systems - systems that are typical in environmental science.
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A clearer picture - spotting trends in noisy data
Bristol statisticians have developed methods that enable users to spot trends and patterns in noisy data, from inflation trends in New Zealand to wear patterns on fabrics.
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Averting avalanches
Communities around the world are now protected from the devastation of avalanches thanks to research by mathematicians at the University of Bristol.