It is VERY BAD for Mathematics, it is VERY BAD for the Department, it is VERY BAD for the University, it is VERY BAD for the country, it is VERY BAD for the world
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Steven Roper
5 years ago
Pure mathematics is vital for the health of research in mathematical sciences and beyond.
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Alan
5 years ago
Cutting math research and promoting AI and data science research is an obvious contradiction.
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Shogo Tanimura
5 years ago
I cannot imagine how much and how long this short-sighted decision destroy and prevent progress of science.
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Anil Venkatesh
5 years ago
I would suggest that the University VC consult with some experts in AI, computational modeling, and data science about the importance of mathematics.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
These skills can be applied to solving new problems in emerging fields.
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Gigliola Staffilani
5 years ago
Pure Mathematics is what gives the framework to any new scientific discovery!
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Daira Hopwood
5 years ago
Absolutely short-sighted decision :-(
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Anonymous
5 years ago
I don't understand how the university expects to have a leading role in AI/modelling without a pure mathematics department.
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Geraint Jones
5 years ago
Within living memory the cryptography that underpins all commerce and communicatons was considered esotericaly inapplicable number theory. It is sad to see Leicester abandoning its opportunity to contribute to our future.
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Enrico Ghiorzi
5 years ago
As a researcher in Pure Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, I am aware that no new application could be possible without a corresponding theoretical breakthrough.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
I believe that maths is still important.
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Idriss Benomar
5 years ago
In my opinion this is a wrong decision. Even the level of abstraction in "pure" mathematics is high so that many student cannot apreciate the subject, but I don't think that there is any one how can ignore the central role of mathematics in all civilisation over the history. Also "pure" mathematics is intimetly related to what they call "applied" mathematics. How one can obtain good result in "applied" mathematics without having good knowledge in pure mathematics.
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Anonymous
5 years ago
To some of my ex-colleagues: "First they came for the trade unionists, and you did not speak out - Because you were not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the unconventionalists, and you did not speak out - Because you were conventionalists.
Now they came for you - and there was no one left to speak for you.
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Hector Pijeira Cabrera
5 years ago
“One rather curious conclusion emerges, that pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. ... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.”
G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology
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Piyush P Kurur
5 years ago
This is idiotic. You want to close down math and English dept for AI ? Clearly the University management lack any kind of intelligence (artificial or natural).
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Richard Smith
5 years ago
The university wants to make pure mathematicians redundant and close down pure mathematics research in the middle of a pandemic, in the name of that trite term 'excellence'. This sounds anything but excellent to me. Not only is it blatantly cynical and disingenuous, it is also cruel, foolish and short-sighted. Making people redundant in the middle of a pandemic, after going the extra mile to facilitate a rapid conversion to online learning, is frankly disgraceful. It is foolish because, as well as fundamentally underpinning so many areas of science, pure mathematics is being used more and more in AI research and is ripe for interdisciplinary collaboration. This directly undermines the university's ostensible reason for the closure. Finally, acting in this way will cause long-term damage to the reputation of the university.
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Juan Alberto Rodriguz Velazquez
5 years ago
Mathematics, as a tool, has brought scientific and technological development to current levels. The important thing now is to develop the tools to solve the problems of the future.
To stop the development of mathematics would be an obstacle to scientific and technological development.
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Alex Simpson
5 years ago
Are you really prepared to inflict long-term damage on the University for the sake of some short-term and muddled view of the current needs of AI research? Is it anyway sensible to put all eggs in one basket?
Stop this!
It is VERY BAD for Mathematics, it is VERY BAD for the Department, it is VERY BAD for the University, it is VERY BAD for the country, it is VERY BAD for the world
Pure mathematics is vital for the health of research in mathematical sciences and beyond.
Cutting math research and promoting AI and data science research is an obvious contradiction.
I cannot imagine how much and how long this short-sighted decision destroy and prevent progress of science.
I would suggest that the University VC consult with some experts in AI, computational modeling, and data science about the importance of mathematics.
These skills can be applied to solving new problems in emerging fields.
Pure Mathematics is what gives the framework to any new scientific discovery!
Absolutely short-sighted decision :-(
I don't understand how the university expects to have a leading role in AI/modelling without a pure mathematics department.
Within living memory the cryptography that underpins all commerce and communicatons was considered esotericaly inapplicable number theory. It is sad to see Leicester abandoning its opportunity to contribute to our future.
As a researcher in Pure Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, I am aware that no new application could be possible without a corresponding theoretical breakthrough.
I believe that maths is still important.
In my opinion this is a wrong decision. Even the level of abstraction in "pure" mathematics is high so that many student cannot apreciate the subject, but I don't think that there is any one how can ignore the central role of mathematics in all civilisation over the history. Also "pure" mathematics is intimetly related to what they call "applied" mathematics. How one can obtain good result in "applied" mathematics without having good knowledge in pure mathematics.
To some of my ex-colleagues: "First they came for the trade unionists, and you did not speak out - Because you were not a trade unionist. Then they came for the unconventionalists, and you did not speak out - Because you were conventionalists. Now they came for you - and there was no one left to speak for you.
“One rather curious conclusion emerges, that pure mathematics is on the whole distinctly more useful than applied. ... For what is useful above all is technique, and mathematical technique is taught mainly through pure mathematics.” G.H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology
This is idiotic. You want to close down math and English dept for AI ? Clearly the University management lack any kind of intelligence (artificial or natural).
The university wants to make pure mathematicians redundant and close down pure mathematics research in the middle of a pandemic, in the name of that trite term 'excellence'. This sounds anything but excellent to me. Not only is it blatantly cynical and disingenuous, it is also cruel, foolish and short-sighted. Making people redundant in the middle of a pandemic, after going the extra mile to facilitate a rapid conversion to online learning, is frankly disgraceful. It is foolish because, as well as fundamentally underpinning so many areas of science, pure mathematics is being used more and more in AI research and is ripe for interdisciplinary collaboration. This directly undermines the university's ostensible reason for the closure. Finally, acting in this way will cause long-term damage to the reputation of the university.
Mathematics, as a tool, has brought scientific and technological development to current levels. The important thing now is to develop the tools to solve the problems of the future. To stop the development of mathematics would be an obstacle to scientific and technological development.
Are you really prepared to inflict long-term damage on the University for the sake of some short-term and muddled view of the current needs of AI research? Is it anyway sensible to put all eggs in one basket?