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Read more at: Artificial intelligence takes on COVID-19

Artificial intelligence takes on COVID-19

A collaboration between mathematicians at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) and clinicians and researchers from around the world is developing an AI tool to help with diagnosing COVID-19 and making prognoses for infected patients.


Read more at: Social distancing: How close is safe?

Social distancing: How close is safe?

As the world gradually emerges from lockdown, fluid dynamicists at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) are investigating how to keep safe as we move about our daily lives.



Read more at: Two members of the Faculty elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Two members of the Faculty elected Fellows of the Royal Society

Congratulations to Professor Hugh Osborn and Professor Jack Thorne on their election as Fellows of the Royal Society


Read more at: Finding a way out of lockdown

Finding a way out of lockdown

The Soft Matter Research Group at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) has put aside its usual work to fight COVID-19 and help the UK find a way out of the lockdown.



Read more at: Using machine learning to help hospitals manage capacity

Using machine learning to help hospitals manage capacity

A recent partnership between a research group at the Department for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) and the NHS aims to help hospitals manage capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.


Read more at: Communicating a pandemic crisis

Communicating a pandemic crisis

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, based at DPMMS, has been investigating a crucial aspect of the crisis: people's perception of the risk the disease poses and their attitudes to governments' responses.



Read more at: A call to action on COVID-19

A call to action on COVID-19

An urgent call has gone out to the scientific modelling community to help fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Two Cambridge mathematicians are helping to lead the charge.


Read more at: Fighting COVID-19

Fighting COVID-19

Julia Gog, Professor of Mathematical Biology at DAMTP, is currently helping to lead efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. She tells us more about the mathematical models that deliver the predictions and the questions scientists are grappling with.



Read more at: Quarks meet quantum computing

Quarks meet quantum computing

Particle physics and quantum computing meet in an important new effort by young researchers at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.


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Cambridge Perspectives: The Cambridge Mathematics Placements Programme

James Bridgwater and Tim Hennock explain how the Cambridge Mathematics Placements Programme enables students to find out what the mathematics they are learning  can be used for, and to learn vital transferable skills.