Research at the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics is the language of technology and natural science, and an important part of our cultural heritage. It develops continually, and extensive research effort goes into both theoretical and applied mathematics.
The academic staff at the Department of Mathematical Sciences are organized into 5 research groups.
Research groups
Algebra
Research activity is mostly oriented towards theoretical studies of algebraic questions, but they also work on more applied topics related to cryptography.
Analysis
The group's research covers harmonic analysis and complex analysis in one and several variables; applications to geometry, PDEs, and number theory; operator algebras and noncommutative geometry.
Differential equations and numerical analysis (DNA)
The DNA group does research and education in pure and applied mathematics, with a special focus on theory and numerics for differential equations and optimisation problems.
Geometry & topology
The research in geometry and topology spans problems ranging from fundamental curiosity-driven research on the structure of abstract spaces to computational methods for a broad range of practical issues such as the analysis of the shapes of big data sets.
Didactics of mathematics
Statistics
Research activity includes computational statistics, extreme value theory, design of experiments, reliability analysis, spatial statistics, theoretical statistics, functional genomics, and stochastic and statistical modelling in ecology, evolution and conservation biology.
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Research centres
Research centres with participants from IMF.
Centres of excellence (SFF)
Centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME)
PhD studies
The PhD programme in mathematical sciences is standardized to 180 credits (3 years). The final plan for the PhD programme is designed in consultation with the candidate, the supervisor and department depending on the subject area for the thesis and the candidate’s needs and preferences.