Professor Frank Smith
Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 results
London School of Geometry and Number Theory (LSGNT)
EPSRC award offers new PhD opportunities in pure mathematics
UCL Mathematics and Statistical Science 5th in league table for UK mathematics departments
Helen Wilson and Mark Ronan comment on the Fields Medal 2014
CV
Personal Details
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Professor Frank T Smith |
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Present Position |
Goldsmid Chair of Applied Mathematics
Mathematics Department University College London |
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Work Contact Details |
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT |
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Work Telephone |
020 7679 2837 |
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f.smith [at] ucl.ac.uk |
Education/Qualifications
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BA Mathematics, First Class, 1969, University of Oxford. |
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PhD in Engineering Mathematics, 1972, University of Oxford (with one-year secondment at UCL). |
Honours
| Date |
Prize, Award or Honour |
Awarding/electing body |
| 1984 |
Fellow of the Royal Society |
The Royal Society |
| 1984 |
Inaugural K Stewartson Mem Lecture |
UCL |
| 1990 |
Inaugural R T Davis Memorial Prize |
Univ of Cincinnatie, USA |
| 2003 |
Inaugural Lecture |
Lighthill Institute |
| 2004 |
Fellow of the IMA |
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications |
Professional History
| 1972-1973 |
Research Fellow, Aerodynamics Unit |
University of Southampton |
| 1973-1978 |
Lecturer in Mathematics |
Imperial College London |
| 1977 |
Consultant Academic |
MOD Farnborough |
| 1978-1979 |
Visiting Scientist |
University of W Ontario, Canada |
| 1978-1983 |
Reader in Mathematics |
Imperial College, London |
| 1983-1984 |
Professor in Mathematics |
Imperial College, London |
| 1984-now |
Goldsmid Chair, Mathematics Department |
UCL |
| 1989-1990 |
Visiting Distinguished Professor |
Ohio State University, USA |
| 1991 |
Vacation Consultant Invitation |
MOD Farnborough |
| 1999 |
Visiting Academic |
Isaac Newton Institute |
Publications
Awards
In recent years
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January 2008, July 2009 and June 2010 |
Home Office meetings/workshops |
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June 2010 |
Edinburgh workshop |
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December 2009 |
International meeting on Incontinence research |
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September 2009 |
EPSRC meeting on Taught Course Centre issues for Heads of TCCs |
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July 2008 |
European Consortium for Mathematics and Industry (ECMI) conference, organiser |
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2010-2011 |
Research Assistant Industrial Secondment (RAIS) award won, with 12 months funding, joint with AeroTex UK |
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April 2009 |
External assessor for promotions, University of Limerick |
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2008-2011 |
Sponsored research with/from Unilever |
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2008-2011 |
Sponsored research with/from UK Sport |
| CASE award from | |
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2008 |
Internship for PhD student at Unilever |
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March 2010 |
MOD research meeting |
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March 2010 |
Fuji TV meeting on mathematics |
| 2010-2013 |
External assessor for Oxford, Cardiff, Birmingham |
Academic Supervision
Management and Administrative Positions
| UCL based and Departmental | |
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2005-now |
Joint leader of UCL MSc Mathematical Modelling |
| 1984-2010 |
Head of UCL Applied Mathematics |
| 1984-1986 |
Joint/Deputy Head of Department of UCL Mathematics |
| 1984-2010 |
Graduate Tutor in UCL Mathematics |
| 1986-now |
Head for journal Mathematika |
| 2005-now |
Chairman, MSc Mathematical Modelling Examination Board |
| National/International | |
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Numerous international research visits, especially to the USA |
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2006-2011 |
Director of Lighthill Institute for Mathematical Sciences (LIMS) |
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2006-now |
Director of London Taught Course Centre for PhD students |
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1988-1991; 1993-1995; 2008; 2010-2012 |
On EPSRC peer-review committees and panels |
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1991-2000 |
Leader of the London Transition Meetings |
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2000 |
External advisor, University of West Indies |
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1990-1993 |
External Examiner, University of Manchester |
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1998-now |
External Examiner for PhD theses, in UK and India |
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2000-now |
Scientific Committee of the Smith Institute/KTN in Industrial Mathematics |
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1986-1998 |
Royal Society publications strategy panel, reviving long-running journals to create current successful format |
| Journal editorships | |
| 1986-now |
Chief editor of Mathematika |
| 1988-1998 |
Lead editor of European Journal of Mechanics |
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1986-1988 |
Chief editor of Proceedings of the Royal Society A |
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1988-1998 |
Chief editor of Transactions of the Royal Society A |
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2006-now |
Editor of Mathematics in Industry Studies |
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1985-now |
Lead editor of Journal of Engineering Mathematics |
| Organiser or organising committee member for conferences [most recently] | |
| 1999 |
International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) |
| 1986-2007 |
International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) |
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International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), run once every four years |
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1998-2013 |
annual British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (BAMC) including mini-symposia and chairing sessions |
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2006-2011 |
Lighthill Institute |
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1988-2006 |
European Fluid Mechanics Colloquia (EFMC) |
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2003; 2008; 2012 |
national body London Mathematical Society (LMS) |
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1992-2005 |
Euromech |
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June-July 2008 |
UCL representative, Organising Committee, European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) Conference, 300 delegates |
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June 2012 |
Running LMS graduate series |
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March 2012 |
Set up BAMC mini-symposium on Social Dynamics |
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