A new approach to understanding human behaviour

My name is Susan Fennell and I am a first year PhD student. My area of research is social psychology, the study of how a

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Ulam Computer Simulations Workshop – 2017 Lviv, Ukraine, June 21-24

  In 2017, 70 years will elapse from the invention of the Monte Carlo method – one of the greatest numerical algorithms to solve the

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How do they do it in other countries? Industrial and academic collaborations that is!

Simon Kaar For the individual, the pros of working in an academic setting are that you get to ask your own questions, questions that are

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Mathematics-in-Industry NZ Study Groups How we do it in New Zealand

Mark McGuinness, Adjunct Professor, University of Limerick, Professor of Applied Math, Victoria University of Wellington, NZ   Mathematics in Industry Study Groups have been very successful in

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Applied mathematics in stent development

Dr Tuoi Vo Coronary artery disease is a global problem and devising effective treatments is the subject of intense research activity throughout the world. Over

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Experience of a visiting PhD student

My name is Tomokatsu Onaga. I am a visiting research student at the MACSI group of the University of Limerick. I am PhD student in

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Should we be afraid of flying?

by Daria Semochkina Do you know how many people are afraid of flying? I’m not one of them, I actually quite enjoy flying. I like both

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Energy 2027

by Gary O’Keeffe Technological improvements, political pressure, and global GDP growth are changing the world’s energy consumption. In this blog post, I discuss the energy

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3 minute thesis talk

MACSI PhD student Jean Rizk talks about his PhD research in the area of queuing in less than 3 minutes! This scientific version of the

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A Canadian in Ireland: The Industrial (Mathematics) Revolution

Dr. Iain Moyles Canada is a country with approximately 35 million people, is the second largest country by land area, and, as of at least

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