The External Engagement Team
This CDT is a training and research environment created together by our PhD supervisors and PhD students. Delivery of the CDT is overseen by the executive team and the administrative team, working in conjunction with external engagement teams and colleagues providing wider CDT roles.
People
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Andrew Todman
AGQ CDT External Engagement ManagerUNIVERSITY OF GLASGOWAndrew Todman is the External Engagement Manager for the AGQ CDT, and his key activities are to support the existing external partner membership and to recruit more high-quality partners from across the public, private and not for profit sectors. While Glasgow based, Andrew works across the three Universities in support of the AGQ CDT. Andrew joins the AGQ CDT from the Scotland 5G Centre where his role was the Business Engagement Manager for the South of Scotland 5G Innovation Hub based at the Crichton, Dumfries. Andrew brings to the AGQ CDT post over 40 years leadership and management experience from various roles including two CEO roles.Andrew has visited Sir Ernest Shackleton’s grave in Grytviken, South Georgia. Shackleton is a hero of Andrew’s for the sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in an open boat for 720 nautical miles in stormy seas to save the crew of the Endurance.Andrew Todman is the External Engagement Manager for the AGQ CDT, and his key activities are to support the existing external partner membership and to recruit more high-quality partners from across the public, private and not for profit sectors. While Glasgow based, Andrew works across the three Universities in support of the AGQ CDT. Andrew joins the AGQ CDT from the Scotland 5G Centre where his role was the Business Engagement Manager for the South of Scotland 5G Innovation Hub based at the Crichton, Dumfries. Andrew brings to the AGQ CDT post over 40 years leadership and management experience from various roles including two CEO roles.Andrew has visited Sir Ernest Shackleton’s grave in Grytviken, South Georgia. Shackleton is a hero of Andrew’s for the sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia in an open boat for 720 nautical miles in stormy seas to save the crew of the Endurance. -
Professor Richard Szabo
External Engagement LeadHeriot-Watt UniversityRichard Szabo is an authority on noncommutative geometry and its interplay with quantum field theory. From 2015–2019 he was the Chair of COST Action QSPACE devoted to the topic, and he previously held a PPARC Advanced Fellowship.
Richard Szabo is an authority on noncommutative geometry and its interplay with quantum field theory. From 2015–2019 he was the Chair of COST Action QSPACE devoted to the topic, and he previously held a PPARC Advanced Fellowship.
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Damián Gvirtz-Chen
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Anatoly Konechny
Heriot-Watt UniversityAnatoly Konechny completed his PhD in Mathematics at UCDavis in 1999, and joined Heriot-Watt University in 2006 after postdoctoral positions at UCBerkeley, Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
He is an associate professor at Heriot-Watt University with research interests in Quantum Field Theory. In the engagement team he acts as a deputy.
Anatoly Konechny completed his PhD in Mathematics at UCDavis in 1999, and joined Heriot-Watt University in 2006 after postdoctoral positions at UCBerkeley, Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
He is an associate professor at Heriot-Watt University with research interests in Quantum Field Theory. In the engagement team he acts as a deputy.
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Ana Rita Pires
University of EdinburghAna Rita Pires works in symplectic geometry. She has been involved in numerous outreach activities, including delivering lectures to the general public and workshops for school teachers, organizing maths competitions, teaching maths in prison and running math circles for children.
Ana Rita Pires works in symplectic geometry. She has been involved in numerous outreach activities, including delivering lectures to the general public and workshops for school teachers, organizing maths competitions, teaching maths in prison and running math circles for children.
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David Siska
University of EdinburghDavid Siska is a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. His research currently focuses on stochastic control, mathematical machine and reinforcement learning, and applications. His notable contributions are in the theory of McKean-Vlasov SDEs, numerical analysis of SPDEs and theory of gradient algorithms for reinforcement learning.
David Siska is a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. His research currently focuses on stochastic control, mathematical machine and reinforcement learning, and applications. His notable contributions are in the theory of McKean-Vlasov SDEs, numerical analysis of SPDEs and theory of gradient algorithms for reinforcement learning.
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Ian Strachan
University of GlasgowIan Strachan works at the intersection of geometry and integrable systems. He is a past president of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a former member of the EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Team, and was Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Glasgow from 2018-2023. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the UK’s Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.
Ian Strachan works at the intersection of geometry and integrable systems. He is a past president of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, a former member of the EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Team, and was Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Glasgow from 2018-2023. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the UK’s Academy for the Mathematical Sciences.