I was recently at NYU, and saw world-class machien learning people (e.g. Le Cun) actively seeking out research-active functional analysts. This is a bogus drawing of intellectual boundaries.
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E M Gearing
5 years ago
“pure Mathematics not lucrative enough for Leicester ? look past this, and remind yourself of The Power of the purity & all it has to offer the World = the BIGGER picture has been forgotten here”
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Leila Schneps
5 years ago
Every university needs a good mathematics department.
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James Carr
5 years ago
Pure Mathematics research provides an absolutely essential base for all areas you claim to invest in, having one without the other is an error
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Andrew Wilson
5 years ago
I am stunned at this decision...
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David Singerman
5 years ago
Pure maths is the basis of so much crucial research. Without it we would never have developed computers and huge amount of Physics, Chemistry and now Biology would not exist.
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Dario Domingo
5 years ago
This is ridicolous. AI and Machine Learning are based on Mathematics. Has the VC even a vague idea of this?
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Catherine Beneteau
5 years ago
Pure mathematics research is often a key to future innovations, including in applied areas. It is one way to remain competitive in industry and technology, to connect with other scientists, and as others have said, is crucial for our intellectual culture.
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Ian Johnson
5 years ago
Can't find the words to express how embarrassing and short-sighted this is.
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Jan Sieber
5 years ago
I urge the University of Leicester to consider the demoralising effect this will have not only on the directly affected colleagues, but on all of their academic workforce and on all of UK mathematics.
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Miles Reid
5 years ago
STEM subjects are the backbone of the knowledge economy. Research in math, including pure math is a huge vehicle for economic growth and employment. It is hard to imagine a more short-sighted and misguided policy move than merging a pure department with AI, computation and digitalisation nonsense. Please reconsider.
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Thomas House
5 years ago
It is very important to support pure mathematics for three reasons: (1) Its importance in mathematical education; (2) in research, it is the source of many fundamentally new approaches to applied problems; (3) its importance in intellectual life and culture generally.
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Thomas Brüstle
5 years ago
Recent work of my post-doc Marco Armenta demonstrates how "pure" math helps to better understand and further develop Machine Learning, see here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.12213.pdf
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Harald Oberhauser
5 years ago
Pure math research is at the foundation of all the fields mentioned in the "future research identity". Optimizing for trendy buzzwords is not a good long term strategy for any university.
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John Huerta
5 years ago
A university without pure mathematics has no business calling itself a university.
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Veronika Leonie Bachleitner
5 years ago
This is precisely what is wrong with the current university environment and the reason why many of us master students decide not to pursue this career further even though we love pure research. Pure math is part of our culture and not just a tool for engineers! This is similar to eliminating literature and assuming that language is just a tool for communicating basic information!
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Robert Seely
5 years ago
"Shaping for excellence" should signal maintaining a strong mathematics department - maths is the foundation of the sciences.
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John Huerta
5 years ago
A university without pure mathematics has no business being called a university.
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Michael Burke
5 years ago
Fundamental research in pure mathematics underpins my work in AI and robotics. Cutting the roots will kill the tree.
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Joel Rosenfeld
5 years ago
AI and Data science has pure mathematics as its backbone. For example, the advances in Dynamic Mode Decomposition in Data Driven methods for Dynamical Systems rely on pure operator theoretic concepts that are continuing to develop. Remove your pure mathematics professors, and you remove your opportunity to participate in future advances.
I was recently at NYU, and saw world-class machien learning people (e.g. Le Cun) actively seeking out research-active functional analysts. This is a bogus drawing of intellectual boundaries.
“pure Mathematics not lucrative enough for Leicester ? look past this, and remind yourself of The Power of the purity & all it has to offer the World = the BIGGER picture has been forgotten here”
Every university needs a good mathematics department.
Pure Mathematics research provides an absolutely essential base for all areas you claim to invest in, having one without the other is an error
I am stunned at this decision...
Pure maths is the basis of so much crucial research. Without it we would never have developed computers and huge amount of Physics, Chemistry and now Biology would not exist.
This is ridicolous. AI and Machine Learning are based on Mathematics. Has the VC even a vague idea of this?
Pure mathematics research is often a key to future innovations, including in applied areas. It is one way to remain competitive in industry and technology, to connect with other scientists, and as others have said, is crucial for our intellectual culture.
Can't find the words to express how embarrassing and short-sighted this is.
I urge the University of Leicester to consider the demoralising effect this will have not only on the directly affected colleagues, but on all of their academic workforce and on all of UK mathematics.
STEM subjects are the backbone of the knowledge economy. Research in math, including pure math is a huge vehicle for economic growth and employment. It is hard to imagine a more short-sighted and misguided policy move than merging a pure department with AI, computation and digitalisation nonsense. Please reconsider.
It is very important to support pure mathematics for three reasons: (1) Its importance in mathematical education; (2) in research, it is the source of many fundamentally new approaches to applied problems; (3) its importance in intellectual life and culture generally.
Recent work of my post-doc Marco Armenta demonstrates how "pure" math helps to better understand and further develop Machine Learning, see here: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.12213.pdf
Pure math research is at the foundation of all the fields mentioned in the "future research identity". Optimizing for trendy buzzwords is not a good long term strategy for any university.
A university without pure mathematics has no business calling itself a university.
This is precisely what is wrong with the current university environment and the reason why many of us master students decide not to pursue this career further even though we love pure research. Pure math is part of our culture and not just a tool for engineers! This is similar to eliminating literature and assuming that language is just a tool for communicating basic information!
"Shaping for excellence" should signal maintaining a strong mathematics department - maths is the foundation of the sciences.
A university without pure mathematics has no business being called a university.
Fundamental research in pure mathematics underpins my work in AI and robotics. Cutting the roots will kill the tree.
AI and Data science has pure mathematics as its backbone. For example, the advances in Dynamic Mode Decomposition in Data Driven methods for Dynamical Systems rely on pure operator theoretic concepts that are continuing to develop. Remove your pure mathematics professors, and you remove your opportunity to participate in future advances.