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LML External Fellow Davide Faranda has received the 2018 Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award of the European Geosciences Union
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Davide was given the award for “his exceptional contributions to developing the theory of extreme values for dynamical systems and its use for analysing the underlying properties of the dynamics of the atmosphere and the climate system.”
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Large deviation theory for diluted Wishart random matrices
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Modern computing technology has brought about the era of Big Data, and a host of new challenges concerning how to analyse high-dimensional data for problems ranging from studies of climate to genetics, biomedical imaging to economics.
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Baillie Gifford sponsors LML Economics project
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We are delighted to share the news that Baillie Gifford has become LML’s first corporate sponsor, donating £1 million over four years to support our research into economics. We are grateful for this generous philanthropy, which will help us accelerate progress in this ground-breaking scientific programme.
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Switching dynamics in atmospheric flow
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The jet stream is a band of air that flows around the Earth at high-altitude, moving West to East in mid-latitude regions. This so-called “zonal” flow typically has cyclones and anticyclones embedded within it, which last for a few days.
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Understanding the microbiome… and other recent essays
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Below are links to a handful of recent articles published by LML Fellow Mark Buchanan.
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Small Cities Face Greater Impact From Automation
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Cities are modern society’s hubs for economic productivity and innovation, and now accommodate over half of the world’s population. As job migration is the leading factor in urbanization, policymakers are increasingly concerned about the likely impact of artificial intelligence and automation on
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Scaling Behaviour in Mathematical Models of Aggregation
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The rings of Saturn are among the most spectacular structures in our solar system, made up of innumerable fragments of ice and rock ranging in size from metres to millimetres. The stability of the rings is a matter of some debate among
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Sampling the Dynamical Properties of Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Fields Over the Past 60 Years
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Solar radiation and the earth’s rotation are the primary drivers of large-scale atmospheric motions, while turbulence adds a layer of complexity at small scales. This picture is further complicated by ocean–land interactions, vegetation, anthropocentric forcing, and the hydrological cycle.
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Summary of the Discussion on Large-Scale Atmospheric Extreme Weather Events in Stockholm
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Extreme, high-impact weather events have serious social and economic consequences, and have garnered widespread scientific and media attention. Understanding their drivers and improving their prediction is therefore a topic of crucial societal and economic value, where the interests of academia, policy makers
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Empirical limits in the estimation of financial risk measures
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Following the financial crisis of 2007-2008, governments and financial regulators all over the globe pledged to reduce risk in the financial system. Many have raised capital requirements on banks, while others have tried to force financial institutions to be less opaque in