International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Programme 2012-2016

位于爱丁堡的国际数学科学中心是英国数学科学领域最重要的资源之一。该中心的主要作用是组织数学和有关科学领域的研究讲习班，并使其他科学和工业的用户参与这些活动。自成立以来的20年里，该中心以举办组织良好的最高科学水平的会议而闻名，这些会议涉及数学科学中最重要和最具创新性的主题。提议的会议要经过具有国际地位的裁判的严格审查程序，只有在会议质量非常高的情况下才予以选择。在任何2或3年的时间里，ICMS研讨会涵盖了非常广泛和令人兴奋的主题。该中心通过参与者调查问卷、由项目委员会评估的研讨会报告来监测质量，并且正在引入后续调查问卷，要求参与者列出会议产生的合作和其他研究成果。该中心有一名专门的知识转移官员，其工作是从学术界以外确定新的数学思想的潜在用户，并举办活动（与研究讲习班或独立活动有关）使这些用户参与进来。在过去的三年里，大约有50家世界上最大的公司派代表参加了ICMS会议，涵盖医疗保健、石油工业、金融工业、国防、发动机制造和计算机。ICMS还运行一个小组研究项目，使小组研究人员能够在短期内进行密集合作。它为促进英国科学家的国际合作提供了一种特别具有成本效益的方式。研究研讨会在数学的发展中起着特别重要的作用。重要的研究合作通常在这样的会议上开始，早期职业生涯的研究人员在讲习班和会议上获得了很大一部分培训。ICMS的活动吸引了许多世界顶尖的数学家来到英国，许多在这里工作的世界领导人也参与其中。年轻的参与者，其中许多人后来将进入工业界，也有机会在这些会议上建立行业联系。

The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences in Edinburgh is one of the UK's most important resources in the mathematical sciences. The centre's primary role is to organise research workshops in mathematics and related areas of science and to involve users from other sciences and industry in these activities.In the 20 years since it was founded the centre has established a superb reputation for hosting well-organised meetings at the highest scientific level on the most important and innovative topics in the mathematical sciences. Proposed meetings are subjected to a rigorous reviewing process by referees of international standing and selected only if they are of very high quality. In any 2 or 3 year period, ICMS workshops cover an unusually broad and exciting range of topics.The centre monitors quality through participant questionnaires, workshop reports that are assessed by the programme committee and is introducing follow up questionnaires asking participants to list collaborations and other research outcomes generated by meetings.The centre has a dedicated knowledge transfer officer whose job is to identify potential users of new mathematical ideas from outside the academic community and to stage events (either in connection with research workshops or independently) to involve those users. Some 50 of the world's largest companies have sent representatives to ICMS meetings in the last 3 years, covering healthcare, the oil industry, the financial industry, defence, engine manufacture and computing.ICMS also runs a research-in-groups programme to enable small groups of researchers to work together for a short period of intensive collaboration. It provides a particularly cost effective way of promoting international collaborations by UK scientists.Research workshops play a particularly crucial role in the development of mathematics. Important research collaborations often begin at such meetings and early career researchers gain a significant part of their training at workshops and conferences. ICMS events have attracted many of the world's leading mathematicians to Britain and have involved many of the world leaders who work here. Younger prticipants, many of whom will later move into industry, also have a chance to make industrial contacts at these meetings.