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EMBU 2026 Jane White DVC and Marilyn RonohNews
August 6, 2026

Capacity Strengthening activities in Africa

IMI engagement across Africa Members of the Institute for Mathematical Innovation continue to build strong partnerships across Africa through visits to universities, collaborative project development, and hosting academic visitors in…
Myla Watts
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July 30, 2026

Calling Commonwealth Fellowship candidates!

New to 2026/27, the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission (CSC) launches the Commonwealth Fellowship Programme, and IMI is delighted to have been approved to host Commonwealth Academic Fellows in this round! Fellowships are…
Myla Watts
co-worker spaceNews
March 30, 2026

Coworking Spaces: A Place-based Approach for Skill Development in Left-behind Regions

Beate Ehrhardt, Research Fellow at the Institute for Mathematical Innovation, has published a paper entitled "Coworking spaces: a place-based approach for skill development in left-behind regions", following a study examining the…
Myla Watts
MInDS logoNews
February 2, 2026

MInDS website launch

A website has been launched to promote the Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space (MInDS); an initiative set up to develop the “Innovation Research Associate” (InRA) professional career space for…
Myla Watts
Chronic painNews
January 14, 2026

IMI researchers improving the lives of chronic pain sufferers

With strong involvement from individuals with a lived experience of chronic pain, IMI researchers Dr Beate Ehrhardt and Dr Laura Oporto Lisboa, worked in an EU-wide collaboration to develop tools…
Myla Watts
plate map scannerNews
January 7, 2026

Beate Ehrhardt awarded EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding

Beate Ehrhardt, Research Fellow at the Institute for Mathematical Innovation, has been awarded EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funding (IAA). The IAA Assessment Panel approved Beate's project, ‘IAA - Spatially Aware…
Myla Watts
Impact and Knowledge Exchange FellowshipNews
December 3, 2025

Beate Ehrhardt awarded Impact and Knowledge Exchange Fellowship

Beate Ehrhardt, Research Fellow at the Institute for Mathematical Innovation, has been awarded an Impact and Knowledge Exchange Fellowship.  The scheme, now in its fifth year, was created by the…
Myla Watts
Research with impactNews
November 24, 2025

IMI research showcased

As part of the University's Research with Impact campaign, IMIs research is being showcased in an article published today. The article focuses on four IMI projects which show how our…
Myla Watts
Laura HattamNews
October 22, 2025

Promotion of Laura Hattam to Mathematical Innovation Research Fellow

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Laura Hattam to Mathematical Innovation Research Fellow (MIRF), following her impactful contributions as a Mathematical Innovation Research Associate (MIRA). Laura's expertise is…
Lucie Chichon
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June 25, 2025

Doctoral discoveries

Doctoral researcher Veronika Chronholm from EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, is working with IMI to use mathematical tools to tackle uncertainties in…
Myla Watts
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June 4, 2025

We’re recruiting!

We’re recruiting for the post of Centre and Institute Administrator. This is a full-time, fixed term post (until  until at least June 2029) which spans across two distinct teams within…
Myla Watts
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May 6, 2025

Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space – funding call

The first call for MInDS funding is now open. The panel will convene in early September, with deadline for submission 24 August 2025. Purpose of call The MInDS (Mathematical Innovators in…
Myla Watts
robot dexterity - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
March 27, 2025

IMI brings expertise to transform robotic capabilities

IMI MIRA, Dr Cangxiong Chen, provides machine learning and mathematics expertise on a £2.2 million research project aiming to unlock a step change in robot dexterity.  Dr Chen will work…
Myla Watts
Emiko Dupont - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
March 24, 2025

IMI welcomes new Deputy Director

The Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI) is delighted to welcome Dr Emiko Dupont as the new Deputy Director. Dr Dupont will work alongside IMI's two current Deputy Directors, Dr Thomas Burnett…
Myla Watts
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February 25, 2025

IMI visits Amentum

On 17 February a team from IMI visited Amentum to kick start a research project on proton beam therapy.  This project, which includes a paid MIRI internship, falls within IMI's radioprotection…
Myla Watts
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February 3, 2025

IMI awarded £2m grant

IMI is delighted to announce the awarding of a £2m UKRI grant to fund the formation of the Mathematical Innovators in the Digital Space (MInDS): a national network of Mathematical…
Myla Watts
IMI attends ParliamentNews
January 28, 2025

IMI attends Evidence Week at Parliament

A team from IMI and Maths4DL take AI insights to Westminster. Full details about the event can be viewed on the University of Bath website.
Myla Watts
Houses of ParliamentNews
January 14, 2025

IMI attends Parliament

Prof Chris Budd, Director of Knowledge Exchange, and Dr Cangxiong Chen, Mathematical Innovation Research Associate, will represent IMI and Maths4DL during Evidence Week at the Houses of Parliament which begins…
Myla Watts
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November 21, 2024

IMI MIRA Wins Award

IMI MIRA, Dr Ben Ashby, has been awarded £10,000 following his application to the University's Policy Support Fund.  Congratulations to Ben! The money will fund a MIRI (Mathematical Innovation Research…
Myla Watts
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November 18, 2024

Lisa Kreusser’s translation to Reader

We are delighted to announce the translation of Dr Lisa Kreusser, one of IMI's Environmental Extremes Theme Leads, to Reader.  Huge congratulations to her! Lisa joined the University of Bath…
Myla Watts
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November 12, 2024

IMI attend the UK Maths Week Parliamentary Expo

On Wednesday 13 November 2024, a team from the Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI) and staff from Maths4DL, will attend the UK Maths Week Parliamentary Expo taking place at the…
Myla Watts
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October 14, 2024

AI-trained CCTV in rivers can spot blockages and reduce floods

Machine learning-equipped camera systems can be an effective and low-cost flood defence tool, researchers show. Working with Dr Andrew Barnes, from the Department of Computer Science and a member of the Centre…
Myla Watts
Haiyan Zheng - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
September 20, 2024

Haiyan Zheng’s translation to Reader

We are delighted to announce the translation of Dr Haiyan Zheng, IMI Clinical Trials Theme Lead, to Reader.  Huge congratulations to her! Haiyan joined the University of Bath in September…
Myla Watts
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August 20, 2024

Haiyan Zheng awarded Cancer Research UK Fellowship

IMI is pleased to announce that Dr Haiyan Zheng has been awarded a 6-year Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship, with a funding value of £1,320,866, to establish a dedicated…
Myla Watts
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June 14, 2024

IMI sponsors student in triathlon

On 2 June 2024, Mathematical Sciences student and IMI Research Assistant, Noel Howley, is being sponsored by IMI to take part in the Cotswold 133 Middle Distance Triathlon at Ashton Keynes Water Park. …
Myla Watts
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June 13, 2024

IMI welcomes new team members

The Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI) is delighted to announce 3 new Deputy Directors and 5 new Theme Leads to the IMI team. Deputy Directors The Deputy Directors will be working alongside the Director of IMI,…
Myla Watts
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June 12, 2024

IMI involved with £80M national AI initiative

The AI for Collective Intelligence hub (AI4CI) is a £12M, five-year collaboration between the University of Bath and six other institutions. Published on Tuesday 6 February 2024 Developing next-generation artificial…
Myla Watts
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June 11, 2024

Development of a landslide early warning system

Methodology devised by the Institute for Mathematical Innovation has aided the development of an early warning system for detecting landslides by forecasting the soil moisture content following rainfall.  The work has…
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Beate Ehrhardt - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
June 10, 2024

IMI MIRF Beate Ehrhardt explains: What is the IMI?

Motivated by the collaboration with the Centre for People-Led Digitalisation, IMI MIRF Beate Ehrhardt explains how the IMI works and how academia and industry can collaborate with the IMI.
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June 9, 2024

IMI MIRA directs 5 part mini docu-series on Data Science in Mongolia

A five part mini docu-series, released on YouTube on 13 June 2022, showcases how data science can interface with policy to help manage air pollution and COVID spread in Mongolia.…
Myla Watts
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June 8, 2024

Bath leads programme grant funding mathematical research in radiation transport modelling: MaThRad

IMI Director, Andreas Kyprianou, leads a successful bid for a £7.3 million programme grant from the EPSRC Mathematical Sciences portfolio together with numerous academics and clinicians from the University of…
Myla Watts
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June 7, 2024

Fairness in machine learning: It all depends on the features (you pick)

Usually, in order to assess bias in machine learning, one feature is selected, such as gender or race, as the focus of the study. Then, well-known fairness metrics are applied…
Myla Watts
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June 6, 2024

Studying publicly available pre-trained language models for gender bias issues

Word embedding is a well-known technique for text analysis in Natural Language Processing (NLP). This involves mapping words to a vector representation, corresponding to a point in a multi-dimensional space.…
Myla Watts
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June 5, 2024

Machine learning outperforms clinical experts in classifying hip fractures

IMI Fellow Prof Richie Gill leads a research team who have developed a machine learning tool to help clinicians identify and classify hip fractures more efficiently. Hip fractures are a major cause…
Myla Watts
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June 4, 2024

IMI research reveals top ten most improbable FA Cup third round results

The Football Association has today (7 Jan 2022) released research conducted by the Institute for Mathematical Innovation that verifies a list of the least likely scorelines of the last 50…
Myla Watts
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June 3, 2024

Dr Adwaye Rambojun awarded Postdoctoral Impact Acceleration Award

Dr Adwaye Rambojun, IMI Mathematical Innovation Research Associate, received Postdoctoral Impact Acceleration Award in the latest round of the Impact Acceleration Account call. The aim of such awards is to…
Myla Watts
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June 1, 2024

Knowledge graphs enable for the first time automated test generation for an entire mechatronic system

MIRF Beate Ehrhardt and Marco Franke (lead author) from the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistic publish a paper together on “The Faceted and Exploratory Search for Test Knowledge”. Heterogeneous test…
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Beate Ehrhardt - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
June 1, 2024

Promotion of Beate Ehrhardt to Mathematical Innovation Research Fellow

We are proud to announce the promotion of Beate Ehrhardt to Mathematical Innovation Research Fellow (previously Research Associate). Beate’s research expertise lies in applied statistics and machine learning, with a…
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May 30, 2024

Prof Chris Budd leads EPSRC Programme grant

Chris Budd, Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and IMI Director of Knowledge Exchange, will lead a team from the University of Bath, University of Cambridge and University College…
Myla Watts
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May 29, 2024

New Mathematical Sciences IMI Grant Drive

The IMI is working closely with the University of Bath’s Mathematical Sciences Department to support, develop and drive submissions to the EPSRC Additional Funding Programme for the Mathematical Sciences. The Grant…
Myla Watts
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May 28, 2024

Having your Christmas cake and eating it (fairly)

The University of Bath brings good tidings on this front. Professor Chris Budd, Professor of Mathematics and Director of Knowledge Exchange for IMI, is keen to spread the word that…
Myla Watts
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May 27, 2024

Bath Mathematicians work with the Met Office

In August 2020, Bath Mathematicians assisted with developing multigrid solver for the Met Office, which makes global forecasts faster.  Read the full story here.
Myla Watts
Research talk - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
May 26, 2024

How number crunching can optimise crisp frying

Optimising the frying time of crisps may not be an obvious application of mathematics, but this is one of the problems delegates to the 138th European Study Group with Industry (ESGI)…
Myla Watts
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May 25, 2024

IMI develops AI to map marine environments

Working with SEA Ltd., the Institute for Mathematical Innovation have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm which could improve how we monitor our marine territories.  Read the full story here.
Myla Watts
Beate Ehrhardt - Institute for Mathematical Innovation, University of BathNews
May 24, 2024

IMI MIRA showcased in RIS campaign

We are proud to announce that IMI MIRA Dr Beate Ehrhardt featured on the Research Innovation Services (RIS) campaign titled “Jobs that make a difference”. The campaign has the aim…
Myla Watts
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May 23, 2024

A Practical Guide to Causal Dataset Repairs in Machine Learning

Causality studies the relationships between certain events or processes in terms of cause and effect. More recently, this area has been used in machine learning to identify the causal relationships…
Myla Watts
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May 21, 2024

Prof Chris Budd leads team who develop at home climate change predictor

IMI Director of Knowledge Exchange, Prof Chris Budd, leads a team of Bath Mathematician who develop a computer program that can predict rising temperatures and changes in the climate providing…
Myla Watts
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May 21, 2024

Career length of members of parliament is significantly influenced by career type

Mixed-member proportional electoral systems are characterised by having two types of members of parliament (MPs): district MPs elected directly in a district and list MPs elected via a party list.…
Myla Watts
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May 20, 2024

Mathematics supports Covid-19 safety for large events

IMI Director of Knowledge Exchange, Prof Chris Budd, working closely with the ICMS, delivered a three-day national intensive study group focusing on how maths can minimise the risk and impact…
Myla Watts
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May 7, 2020

IMI plays leading role in new UK virtual forum for government and industry collaborations

Close collaboration between universities, government and businesses is more important now than ever, as we seek to find rapid solutions to challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis.  Read the full…
Myla Watts