Projects and research themes

When specific research projects for PhD students arise, they will be posted here. The current list of studentships available for 2012-13 entry in Applied and Pure Mathematics is as follows. See the Statistics pages for studentships in statistics. We hope to add more projects throughout the year, particularly in discrete mathematics. Please contact the members of academic staff listed or maths-pg@qmul.ac.uk if you have any queries.

Applied Mathematics

Fully funded Queen Mary studentships for 2012-13 entry

  • Extreme events in complex coupled systems, supervised by Dr Rosemary Harris (Applied Mathematics) and Dr Raul Mondragon (Electronic Engineering)
  • Formal mathematical models for mid/high-level expressive music gestures, supervised by Dr Oscar Bandtlow (Applied Mathematics) and Professor Elaine Chew (Digital Media)
  • Scaling laws of high frequency financial data and multiple agent models, supervised by Dr Adrian Baule (Applied/Financial Mathematics)
  • Time-varying networks: mathematical models and applications, supervised by Professor Vito Latora (Complex Systems) and Dr Pietro Panzarasa (Business and Management)

EPSRC competition funded projects for 2012-13 entry

  • A lattice ribbon model of supercoiling in DNA, supervised by Dr Thomas Prellberg
  • Non-linear perturbations  of  cosmological  models and  black  hole spacetimes, supervised by Dr Juan Valiente-Kroon

Pure Mathematics

Fully funded studentships for 2012-13 entry

  • Higher Lie theory, supervised by Dr Behrang Noohi (Pure Mathematics)
  • Network coding "lite", supervised by Professor Peter Keevash (Pure Mathematics) and Dr Soren Riis (Computer Science)
  • Non-commutative Iwasawa algebras, supervised by Dr Konstantin Ardakov (Pure Mathematics)

EPSRC competition funded projects for 2012-13 entry

  • Realisations of Graphs as Frameworks, supervised by Professor Bill Jackson
  • Subcube Intersection Graphs, supervised by Dr Robert Johnson

Many PhD students in Applied and Pure Mathematics do not pursue targeted research projects specified at the outset, and we have some funding available for these projects as well. Instead, they develop an agreed programme of study in discussion with their supervisor during their first year here. This programme tends to evolve in response to what has been learned during preliminary studies.  

With this in mind, the important question for a prospective student is:  are my interests aligned with those of the School? The following links provide information on the general research strengths of the School, and specific research interests of members of the Applied and Pure Groups.