List by Author: Rachel Thomas

More than maths: Understanding infectious diseases in care homes
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Some diseases spread far more quickly in care homes and other settings with vulnerable people. How can maths help? And what help does maths need?
Could ants lead us to new methods in data science?
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Can maths help us understand how ants, of such little brains, manage to cooperate so brilliantly?
Can artificial intelligence help predict the weather?
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Predicting the weather is hard. But with more data and computing power becoming available, artificial intelligence may be able to help.
From rainbows to rogue waves
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Discover the fascinating maths behind rainbows, rogue waves and many more applications that is being explored by researchers at the INI
Give us a wave!
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Ripples on a pond, the swell of ocean waves, your favourite song – these can all be described using sine waves. But how do we describe a sine wave?
Why sine (and cosine) make waves
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From trigonometry to waves.
New artificial intelligence tool for diagnosing Alzheimer's
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A new machine learning framework provides doctors with a reliable tool to help diagnose Alzheimer's disease early.
Helsinki 2022: an ICM like no other
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Despite all the challenges it faced, the international mathematics community has come together to create an ICM in 2022 like no other.
A short introduction to the work of Mark Braverman
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Mark Braverman has won the Abacus Medal for a mathematical approach to solving problems while sharing as little information as possible.
A short introduction to the work of Hugo Duminil-Copin
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Fields Medallist Duminil-Copin's work in statistical physics brings together his two loves – maths and physics.
A short introduction to the work of James Maynard
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Maynard went from a fascination with numbers as a young child to making spectacular contributions to number theory that have earned him a Fields Medal.
The Fields Medals 2022: Hugo Duminil-Copin
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Hugo Duminil-Copin has been awarded a Fields Medal for solving longstanding problems in statistical physics. He told us about how his work brings together his two loves – maths and physics.