Operational Research Society News

On 12 March 2024, the Council for Mathematical Sciences and the ‘Protect Pure Maths’ project are putting on the Maths Summit, with the support The OR Society and four other learned mathematical societies. The intention is to bring together political leaders and experts from academia and industry to discuss how the mathematical sciences can contribute better to research, innovation and prosperity.

The Council for the Mathematical Sciences has taken an important step towards creating a National Academy for the Mathematical Sciences with the appointment of an Executive Committee and Executive Director to carry out the feasibility and set-up phase.

The ‘Seth Bonder Camp in Computational and Data Science for Engineering’ is a summer camp that introduces young people to operational research, computer programming and engineering in the hope of given them a pathways into careers in data science and analytics.

Following the 2018 Bond Review, the Council for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) wishes to consult the wider mathematical sciences community on proposals to establish a National Academy for Mathematical Sciences, with the aims of supporting future mathematical scientists and improving mathematical literacy more generally.

Nate Silver’s predictive analytics journalism website FiveThirtyEight has published the maths behind its sports forecasting model, making it possible for you to download the files and and run your own NHL league!