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Mathematician based at LSE. Interested in all things combinatorics (and coffee).
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lsemaths.bsky.social
Join us for an inspiring panel on career triumphs in mathematics and the professional world. Featuring LSE Alumnae Dr Huang (UCL) & Jennifer Cornell, plus PhD student Jasmin Katz. All LSE members welcome!

🗓️ Weds 3 Dec 2025 | ⏰ 12:15 PM 📧 maths.info@lse.ac.uk

#PartofLSE #WomenInSTEM #LSEMathematics
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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londmathsoc.bsky.social
Just 1️⃣ month to go until the LMS Computer Science Colloquium, which takes place on 9 Dec at De Morgan House and online.

This year's theme is 'Combinatorics and Computing' and features speakers on the cutting edge of mathematics and computer science.

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-c...
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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barbarafantechi.bsky.social
I think we can safely refer to it as 💩 index.
professor-dave.bsky.social David K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 25d
Google Scholar has introduced a 'Sh-index' metric that scores papers higher if you are first or last author. Apart from the fact metrics are generally bad, this one explicitly punishes PIs who often collaborate, publishing with 2 or 3 equal PIs at the end of the list.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Google Scholar tool gives extra credit to first and last authors
Researchers welcome the initiative, but say it doesn’t go far enough to capture the nuance of researcher productivity and impact.
www.nature.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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londmathsoc.bsky.social
🖥️ The 2025 LMS Computer Science Colloquium takes place on 9 Dec at De Morgan House and online.

This year's theme is 'Combinatorics and Computing' and features speakers on the cutting edge of mathematics and computer science.

➡️ www.lms.ac.uk/events/lms-c...
October 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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lsemaths.bsky.social
LSE Mathematics is hiring an Assistant Professor in Optimisation and Algorithms! 📢

Join our group, contribute to research & teaching. PhD in a related field required by Sept 1, 2026. Continuous optimisation and/or machine learning expertise is a plus!

Apply by Dec 3, 2025: jobs.lse.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking] 1 SOCRATES: Plato.. PLATO: Yes Socrates? 2 SOCRATES: Can you tell me, are you human? PLATO: Why… yes, Socrates 3 SOCRATES: And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is? PLATO: Um, yep 4 SOCRATES: So you can tell me, then 5 [Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel] SOCRATES: *Is that a chariot*? 6 PLATO: Well that’s more just a bit of wheel 7 SOCRATES: So not a *chariot*. PLATO: No. 8 SOCRATES: [Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes] So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*? 9 PLATO: Well you can’t tap any of them really 10 SOCRATES: So are we not human? PLATO: ‘Spose not. 11 [Bleak pause] 12 PLATO: I’ll get the hemlock SOCRATES: Yeah [ends]
October 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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lsemaths.bsky.social
What a fantastic Welcome Week for our new students! 🎉

The LSE Department of Mathematics is thrilled to have welcomed this inspiring new cohort. We're so glad to see those important peer networks forming already!

Welcome—you are now officially #PartOfLSE!
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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lsemaths.bsky.social
Phenomenal success at our Macmillan Coffee Morning! Huge thanks for the generosity—we welcomed new staff, crowned a bake-off champ, and made a significant contribution to a great charity. What a way to start the year! 🙏

#MacmillanCoffeeMorning #FundraisingBakes #lsemathematics #partoflse
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM