Council for the Mathematical Sciences
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The Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) was established in 2001 by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
, the London Mathematical Society
and the Royal Statistical Society
to provide a forum:
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications is the UK's chartered professional body for mathematicians and one of the UK's learned societies for mathematics ....
, the London Mathematical Society
London Mathematical Society
-See also:* American Mathematical Society* Edinburgh Mathematical Society* European Mathematical Society* List of Mathematical Societies* Council for the Mathematical Sciences* BCS-FACS Specialist Group-External links:* * *...
and the Royal Statistical Society
Royal Statistical Society
The Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London , though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824...
to provide a forum:
- to represent the interests of mathematicsMathematicsMathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
to government, research councilResearch CouncilThe UK Research Councils, of which there are currently seven, are publicly-funded agencies responsible for co-ordinating and funding particular areas of research, including the arts, humanities, all areas of science and engineering...
s and other public bodies; - to promote good practice in the mathematics curriculumMathematics educationIn contemporary education, mathematics education is the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research....
and its teaching and learning at all levels and in all sectors of education; - to respond coherently and effectively to proposals from government and other public bodies which may affect the mathematical community;
- to work with other bodies such as the Joint Mathematical CouncilJoint Mathematical CouncilThe Joint Mathematical Council of the United Kingdom was formed in 1963 to 'provide co-ordination between the Constituent Societies and generally to promote the advancement of mathematics and the improvement of the teaching of mathematics'....
and HoDoMSHoDoMSHoDoMS is a body that represents United Kingdom departments of Mathematics and Statistics in higher education by co-ordinating senior members of these departments....
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