International Centre for Mathematical Sciences Programme 2012-2016

爱丁堡国际数学科学中心是英国最重要的数学科学资源之一。该中心的主要作用是组织数学和相关科学领域的研究研讨会，并邀请其他科学和工业界的用户参与这些活动。自成立以来的20年里，该中心在举办最高科学水平的会议方面建立了极好的声誉，这些会议涉及数学科学中最重要和最具创新性的主题。拟议的会议要经过具有国际地位的推荐人的严格审查，只有在质量非常高的情况下才能被选中。在任何2年或3年的时间里，ICMS研讨会涵盖了一个非常广泛和令人兴奋的主题范围。该中心通过参与者问卷监测质量，该中心有一名专门的知识转让干事，其工作是确定新知识的潜在使用者。数学的想法，从学术界以外，并举办活动（无论是与研究讲习班或独立），让这些用户参与。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、金融业、国防、发动机制造和计算。ICMS还开展了一项小组研究计划，使小型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。研究讲习班在数学的发展中发挥着特别重要的作用。重要的研究合作往往开始在这样的会议和早期的职业研究人员获得他们的培训在讲习班和会议的重要组成部分。ICMS活动吸引了许多世界领先的数学家到英国，并涉及许多在这里工作的世界领导人。年轻人，其中许多人以后将进入工业界，也有机会在这些会议上与工业界接触。

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.