Wales Institue of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS)
The Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences (WIMCS) was launched at Swansea University in December 2006. WIMCS is leading the collaborative venture between the partner universities (Aberystwyth, Bangor, Cardiff, Glamorgan and Swansea), HEFCW and WAG to draw together existing mathematical and computational science excellence in Wales, to improve the competitiveness of Welsh research in these areas both in the UK and internationally. Professor Terry Lyons FRS is the Director of the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences. The plans for the Wales Institute of Mathematical and Computational Sciences have been developed against the background of the findings of the International Review of UK Research in Mathematics, undertaken on behalf of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) in 2004. This Review identified the need for regional cooperation among universities, such as those in Wales, to be encouraged. The Institute directly contributes to several of the priority areas in the Welsh Assembly Government's Science Policy, including health and sustained economic and social renewal.