Among other projects, the institute will work in drug discovery and building a greater understanding of climate change and extreme global events such as earthquakes. It brings together experts in areas including mathematics, biology, physics, engineering and politics.
Over thirty scientists will work within the institute, with four of these academics having been recruited as Sixth Century Chairs, as part of a £9 million investment programme to recruit outstanding scholars who have achieved international distinction in their fields.
Celso Grebogi of the School of Natural and Computing Sciences, who will be Director of the Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology said, “Major discoveries have taken place within mathematics over the last few decades. The powerful mathematical techniques which have been developed are now being applied to a diverse range of subject areas – including for example biology and politics.”
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