Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
For a number of years, the IMA has been running a series of conferences to promote mathematics with the aim of demonstrating to both mathematicians and non-mathematicians the many uses of modern mathematics.
This summer, due to Covid19, IMA Mathematics 2020 was transformed into a series of online events. Professor Chris Budd OBE from University of Bath presented the first talk for Week Three of the IMA Mathematics 2020 Online Series. His talk was on V-KEMS: The Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences
Abstract
“Acting on the pressing need to maintain the critical knowledge transfer links that universities have with industry and public sector bodies, and to focus the work of mathematicians on the problems brought by COVID-19, a group of mathematical sciences organisations set up a virtual forum for knowledge exchange shortly after the UK lockdown.
The Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences (V-KEMS) was established by the IMI, the Isaac Newton Institute (INI), the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), University of Oxford, University of Southampton, Bristol University and the University of Sussex.
The new forum has already hosted three national Virtual Study Group events (VSG). Eachstudy group brought together a group of academic experts to work on particular challenges brought by industry and government partners, and use their collective experience to work through potential solutions. The most recent VSG was on reopening HE. Three more VSGs are planned including one on the logistics of food distribution under COVID-19 restrictions.
V-KEMS is also organising webinars/seminars and is acting to triage business problems for future virtual events.
The experience of running study groups in a virtual environment has been hugely positive, and both the government body and the businesses that took part wish to continue collaborations.
In this seminar I will tell you more about V-KEMS and how you can be involved. I will also give you some of the highlights of the recent VSGs, including looking at the (mathematically) safest way to shop in a supermarket.
More details about V-KEMS can be found at vkemsuk.org/home"
The IMA Mathematics 2020 Online Series has been organised in collaboration with the Newton Gateway to Mathematics.
For a number of years, the IMA has been running a series of conferences to promote mathematics with the aim of demonstrating to both mathematicians and non-mathematicians the many uses of modern mathematics.
This summer, due to Covid19, IMA Mathematics 2020 was transformed into a series of online events. Professor Chris Budd OBE from University of Bath presented the first talk for Week Three of the IMA Mathematics 2020 Online Series. His talk was on V-KEMS: The Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences
Abstract
“Acting on the pressing need to maintain the critical knowledge transfer links that universities have with industry and public sector bodies, and to focus the work of mathematicians on the problems brought by COVID-19, a group of mathematical sciences organisations set up a virtual forum for knowledge exchange shortly after the UK lockdown.
The Virtual Forum for Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences (V-KEMS) was established by the IMI, the Isaac Newton Institute (INI), the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), University of Oxford, University of Southampton, Bristol University and the University of Sussex.
The new forum has already hosted three national Virtual Study Group events (VSG). Eachstudy group brought together a group of academic experts to work on particular challenges brought by industry and government partners, and use their collective experience to work through potential solutions. The most recent VSG was on reopening HE. Three more VSGs are planned including one on the logistics of food distribution under COVID-19 restrictions.
V-KEMS is also organising webinars/seminars and is acting to triage business problems for future virtual events.
The experience of running study groups in a virtual environment has been hugely positive, and both the government body and the businesses that took part wish to continue collaborations.
In this seminar I will tell you more about V-KEMS and how you can be involved. I will also give you some of the highlights of the recent VSGs, including looking at the (mathematically) safest way to shop in a supermarket.
More details about V-KEMS can be found at vkemsuk.org/home"
The IMA Mathematics 2020 Online Series has been organised in collaboration with the Newton Gateway to Mathematics.
