University of Leicester to make redundant all pure math professors (2021) (reddit.com) 2 points by E-Reverance 11d ago ↗ HN
[–] tocs3 11d ago ↗ So, 6 years later on: How is it going? [–] 2b3a51 10d ago ↗ Looks like they combined Maths and CS into one schoolhttps://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciencesThe course offer looks to be mainly applications, which does tend to fit the profile of this particular university in the UK. The staff list looks to be roughly balanced between mathematical sciences and CS.https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/people/.... Totally random professor (in UK professor is a job description and very senior)https://le.ac.uk/people/sergei-petrovskiiHe does ecological modelling.So to answer your question: going strong, mostly applications.
[–] 2b3a51 10d ago ↗ Looks like they combined Maths and CS into one schoolhttps://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciencesThe course offer looks to be mainly applications, which does tend to fit the profile of this particular university in the UK. The staff list looks to be roughly balanced between mathematical sciences and CS.https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/people/.... Totally random professor (in UK professor is a job description and very senior)https://le.ac.uk/people/sergei-petrovskiiHe does ecological modelling.So to answer your question: going strong, mostly applications.
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The course offer looks to be mainly applications, which does tend to fit the profile of this particular university in the UK. The staff list looks to be roughly balanced between mathematical sciences and CS.
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/people/.... Totally random professor (in UK professor is a job description and very senior)
https://le.ac.uk/people/sergei-petrovskii
He does ecological modelling.
So to answer your question: going strong, mostly applications.