We are thrilled to announce the addition of four new Post Doctoral researchers to the MaThRad team. Maria Laura Pérez Lara joins the Warwick team. Maria has previously been working on assessment of alternative radiation therapy methods (proton beam therapy and boron neutron capture therapy) with se
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18 – 19 September University of Warwick Rare event sampling refers to a large class of simulation methods that allow one to specifically sample particular regions of the underlying state space of a process of interest that would not usually be visited under the usual dynamics of the process. M
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In May 2024, members of the MaThRad team joined colleagues from the research teams at UKAEA Fusion research to explore initial connections and synergies, and look for possible future collaboration opportunity. Agenda and presentation slides (where available) James Buchanan, Head of Plasma Simula
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Valeria Raffuzzi and MaThRad Co-Investigator, Prof. Eugene Shwageraus attended the International Conference on Reactor Physics PHYSOR24, taking place in San Francisco in April. The focus of the conference is on new reactor design and technology, as well as Monte Carlo and deterministic methods to m
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We are delighted to announce that our Clinical partners at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are looking to a recruit a talented Radiotherapy Research Physicist to join their team of physicists, engineers and dosimetrists/technologists for an initial fixed-term 2-year research
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We are delighted to announce that our partners in the Cambridge Nuclear Energy group are seeking a researcher to join their team. They are looking for software developers/researchers with experience of implementing physical models who are keen to understand radiation transport and Monte Carlo code d
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MaThRad recently welcomed Pedro Martín Chávez, PhD student at the University of Extremadura, to work with the Warwick team on particle systems and measure-valued processes. Pedro has been working closely with Andreas Kyprianou, Emma Horton and fellow MaThRad visitor Victor Rivero, to investigate ge
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In November, a group of MaThRad post-docs and PhD students from Bath, Cambridge, and Warwick gathered at the National Physical Laboratory for the inaugural MaThRad ECR Research Retreat. This forum was designed not only as an exchange of high-level concepts but, more crucially, as a platform for posi
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We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a UK-based PhD student to undertake an Innovation Internship with MaThRad partner Aurora Health Physics Services (Aurora), one of the UK’s leading Radiation Protection Advisers. About Aurora Health Physics Services Aurora provides a range of rad
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Although Prada may conjure up images of glamorous space suits, there is a much more serious side to the way in which space suits are designed. Comfort, thermal properties, durability and protection from the radiation are all critical factors. Astronauts must be able to move easily, maintain a natura
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Members of the MaThRad Post Doctoral Research Associate team came together on the University of Warwick campus for a 2-day workshop to discover more about SCONE (Stochastic Calculator Of Neutron Transport Equation) – a Monte Carlo particle transport code developed by the Department of Engineer
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Organisers: Sarah Osman, Ana Lourenco, Tristan Pryer and Colin Baker Building on the success of the first MaThRad Clinical Workshop, we were delighted to host the second MaThRad Clinical Workshop on the 8 November 2023 at Bushy House, within the grounds of the National Physical Laboratory. This wo
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Recent research conducted by Jacobs, a key industry partner of MaThRad, underscores the potential advantages that Quantum Computing could offer in optimizing the planning, design, and operation of radiation facilities across the nuclear, medical, and space sectors. Focusing on Monte Carlo codes, vi
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In their recent research paper Simon Harris (Auckland), Emma Horton (Inria Research Centre & MaThRad), Andreas Kyprianou (Warwick & MaThRad) and Ellen Powell (Durham) prove a many-to-few result for general branching processes. The many-to-few result is a well known formula that enables one t
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Part of the Jacobs/ANSWERS Seminar 2023 18 – 19 May 2023 The MaThRad team were delighted contribute to the 2023 ANSWERS Seminar – an annual meeting for ANSWERS customers and staff associated with the development and use of ANSWERS software. MaThRad hosted two days of workshops which focussed o
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9 Feb, 9:00 to 10 Feb, 17:30 Friends House, London, UK The first MaThRad clinical workshop brought together multidisciplinary speakers and guests to discuss the latest challenges related to radiotherapy dose calculation and verification, uncertainties and robustness analysis for protons and heavy
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Alistair Crossley PhD Student, University of Warwick Over the summer of 2022, I was given the opportunity to attend an Integrative Think Tank (ITT), to gain experience ahead of my PhD. During an ITT, partners present “real life” problems, in the hope that these can then be formulated into mathematic
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Jasmine Lewis gives a short summary of her undergraduate summer research internship.
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