Program for mathematics 2021

In order for Sweden to regain an international, cutting edge position in Mathematics, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, will support prominent researchers in Mathematics during 2014-2029. The funding amounts to a total of SEK 650 million.

The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

The program includes several parts:

Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers with a Swedish doctors degree
Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers from outside Sweden
Nomination of guest professors

Six researchers receive international postdoctoral positions and funding for two years after they return to Sweden:

Doctoral student Fredrik Fryklund
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (New York University, USA)

Creating tomorrow’s computational methods

Dr Martina Favero
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)

Effective models for genetic data analysis

Dr Nasrin Altafi
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Queens University, Canada)

Revealing the properties of geometric families

Dr Antonio Trusiani
Chalmers University of Technology (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France)

New geometric shapes advance an old theory

Doctoral student Johan Asplund
Uppsala University (Colombia University, USA)

Modern physics inspires new geometry

Dr Milo Viviani
Chalmers University of Technology (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy)

Predicting the movement of air flows

Six researchers receive funding for recruiting an international researcher to a postdoctoral position in Sweden:

Associate Professor Sven Raum
Stockholm University

Entering a forbidden zone

Associate Professor Martin Raum
Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg

New theory when physics meets mathematics

Professor Pavel Kurasov
Stockholm University

A focus on quasicrystals

Professor Andreas Rosén
Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg

Degenerate elliptic operators with broad applications

Dr Anders Mörtberg
Stockholm University

New tools for troubleshooters

Professor Genkai Zhang
Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg

Hunting for broken symmetries

Three established international researchers recruited as visiting professors at Swedish universities (in brackets):

Professor Petter N. Kolm
New York University, USA (Lund University)

Artificial intelligence for asset allocation

Professor Dimitri Leemans
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (Umeå University)

Unknown links between geometric objects

Professor James Wright
University of Edinburgh, Great Britain (Lund University)

New insights when perspectives shift

Program for mathematics 2021

Six researchers receive international postdoctoral positions and funding for two years after they return to Sweden:

Doctoral student Fredrik Fryklund KTH Royal Institute of Technology (New York University, USA)

Dr Martina Favero KTH Royal Institute of Technology (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)

Dr Nasrin Altafi KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Queens University, Canada)

Dr Antonio Trusiani Chalmers University of Technology (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France)

Doctoral student Johan Asplund Uppsala University (Colombia University, USA)

Dr Milo Viviani Chalmers University of Technology (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy)

Six researchers receive funding for recruiting an international researcher to a postdoctoral position in Sweden:

Associate Professor Sven Raum Stockholm University

Associate Professor Martin Raum Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg

Professor Pavel Kurasov Stockholm University

Professor Andreas Rosén Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg

Dr Anders Mörtberg Stockholm University

Professor Genkai Zhang Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg