Distinguished mathematician and researcher Dr Mark McCartney, who is based at Ulster University, Jordanstown, has been honoured as this year’s recipient of the Maths Week Ireland Award for his contribution to raising public awareness of maths. Dr McCartney is a senior lecturer in mathematics and has a strong interest in mathematics education – he was an early promoter of Maths Week Ireland as an all-island initiative. His most recent work celebrates the bicentennial of Sligo-born George Gabriel Stokes, whose maths is used today to model climate change. He is a co-editor of George Gabriel Stokes: Life, Science and Faith published by Oxford University Press this year. They have done so much to bring maths to the forefront in everyday life and highlight its importance and contribution to the world – past, present and future.”

Source: The Irish Times October 28, 2019 18:56 UTC