Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

数学具有概括性和抽象推理的能力，是一门独特的学科，它能够深入渗透到其他学科中，为建立研究团体之间的沟通渠道提供共同语言，并具有持久的影响力。艾萨克·牛顿数学科学研究所（INI）是一个访客研究中心，它使英国研究人员能够在一座旨在激发研究和促进合作的建筑中与世界顶级科学家会面和合作。拥有最先进的多媒体环境，可进行录像、网络广播和视频会议；进入剑桥的图书馆；有机会与附近学院更广泛的社区互动；以及经验丰富的工作人员为组织者和参与者提供有力的支持，INI的基础设施使参与者能够专注于他们的科学。每个项目为期1个月、4个月或6个月，有25至30名研究人员参与。自1992年研究所成立以来，共吸引了22位菲尔兹奖获得者，7位诺贝尔奖获得者，18位沃尔夫奖获得者，7位阿贝尔奖获得者。在INI建立的合作经常在很长一段时间内取得成果；早期方案的一周后续会议进一步鼓励这些方案。除了定期研讨会，课程还包括密集的教学课程和100人以上的研讨会，通常在剑桥以外的英国举行。从一开始，国际数学研究所对数学科学的理解是广泛而包容的，这种视野的广度将持续下去。INI产生的突破性成果包括：发现无处不在的安全协议中的主要漏洞；理解RNA病毒组装的范式转变；从爱因斯坦方程和纳维-斯托克斯方程之间的联系中对早期宇宙的一瞥；ini将启动“图灵数学之门”，通过它传播数学观点，并试图捕捉和表现数学对高科技和日常生活的普遍但难以捉摸的影响。科学指导委员会（SSC）是严格的同行评审过程的核心，以确保每个项目都具有最高质量。SSC根据建议的研究质量评估建议；它的新颖性和及时性；它提供了将不同数学分支和/或应用领域结合在一起的机会；英国社会的需求和价值；以及INI的特殊环境可能产生的潜在影响。南南合作委员会还考虑到世界各地其他研究所的活动。通过为支持创新多学科提案的发展而设计的范围界定会议，以及通过在讲习班中嵌入的“商业开放”会议等举措，国际数学研究所在其他学科、商业和工业的前沿数学的传播和传播方面发挥了核心作用。国际数学研究所致力于支持从事数学科学工作的早期职业研究人员、学生和妇女。国际倡议组织创造机会，通过非由公共资金资助的活动鼓励公众参与。最近，它参与了剑桥科学节和其他高知名度的项目，包括在皇家学会和科学博物馆举办的展览交叉点：亨利摩尔和弦表面（2012年4月4日至6月20日），并支持Grenville Davey（1992年特纳奖）作为INI驻馆艺术家（2012年1月至6月）。它努力筹集资金以支持其活动。

Mathematics, with its capacity for generality and abstract reasoning, is a subject that is unique in its ability to penetrate deep within other disciplines, to provide a common language for establishing communication channels between research communities, and in the longevity of its influence. The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI) is a visitor research centre which enables UK researchers to meet and collaborate and with top scientists in the world in a building that was designed to inspire research and catalyse collaboration. With a state of the art multi-media environment for video recording, webcasting and videoconferencing; access to libraries across Cambridge; the opportunity to interact with the wider community in nearby Institutes; and an experienced staff to provide powerful support to organisers and participants, the INI infrastructure enables participants to concentrate on their science.Programmes are of one, four or six months duration each with between 25 and 30 researchers. They have attracted 22 Fields Medallists, and 7 Nobel, 18 Wolf and 7 Abel Prize winners since the Institute was founded in 1992. Collaborations established at INI often bear fruit over a long period; these are further encouraged by one-week Follow-up Meetings to earlier programmes. In addition to regular seminars, programmes include intense periods of instructional courses and workshops for 100 or more, often held in the UK outside Cambridge. From the outset INI's understanding of what comprises the mathematical sciences was broad and inclusive and this breadth of vision endures. Ground-breaking results produced at INI include: uncovering a major vulnerability in ubiquitous security protocols; a paradigm shift in understanding RNA virus assembly; a glimpse of the early universe arising from the connection between the Einstein and Navier-Stokes equations; and a working algorithm that is widely used in shipping throughout Europe for predicting "freak" waves.INI will launch the Turing Gateway to Mathematics through which it will disseminate the mathematical point of view, and try to capture and represent the all pervasive but elusive impact which mathematics has on high technology and on everyday lives.The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) is at the heart of a rigorous peer review process to ensure that every programme is of the highest quality. The SSC evaluates proposals in the light of the quality of the research proposed; its novelty and timeliness; the opportunities it offers to bring different branches of mathematics and/or application areas together; demand from and value to the UK community; and the potential impact which the special environment of INI can engender. The SSC also takes account of activities at other Institutes worldwide. Through Scoping Meetings devised to support the development of innovative multidisciplinary proposals, and through initiatives such as the "Open for Business" meetings embedded within workshops, INI plays a central role in the propagation and dissemination of cutting edge mathematics in other disciplines, business and industry. INI is committed to supporting early career researchers, students and women working in the mathematical sciences. INI cultivates opportunities to encourage public engagement through activities not funded by the public purse. Most recently it has participated in the Cambridge Science Festival and other high profile projects including the exhibition Intersections: Henry Moore and Stringed Surfaces held at the Royal Society and the Science Museum (4th April-20th June 2012) and support for Grenville Davey (Turner Prize 1992) as INI Artist in Residence (January-June 2012).It fundraises assiduously to support its activities.