What is DIAMANT?

DIAMANT is one of the four 'mathematics clusters' in the Netherlands. DIAMANT stands for 'Discrete, Interactive and Algorithmic Mathematics, Algebra and Number Theory.'

The other three clusters are Nonlinear Dynamics of Natural Systems (NDNS+), Genootschap voor Meetkunde en Quantummechanica (GQT), and Stochastics--Theoretical and Applied Research (STAR). All four clusters are funded by NWO-EW. As of September 2011 we have a new budget, for two years.

At present the board of DIAMANT consists of Peter Stevenhagen (UL, chair), Karen Aardal (TUD), Ronald Cramer (UL/CWI), Mai Gehrke (RUN) and Tanja Lange (TU/e).

We organise a semi-annual DIAMANT symposium: in the last week of May, and in the last week of November. We contribute to the national mathematics master programme mastermath as well as the research school WONDER.

DIAMANT comprises participants from CWI, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Universiteit Leiden, Universiteit van Tilburg, Universiteit Twente, Universiteit Utrecht and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

This project proposal describes the goals and structure of the first round of DIAMANT, 2005--2010. This document gives an overview of the goals and structure of the second round of DIAMANT, 2011--2013.


                  

Mathematics cluster DIAMANT

Upcoming events

Nederlands Mathematisch Congres
12-4-2012 (thursday)

DIAMANT symposium
31-5-2012 - 1-6-2012

News

6 DIAMANT postdoc positions offered
13-12-2011
The DIAMANT board has decided to offer 6 one-year postdoc positions, to be filled in in the context of the new DIAMANT round that started this summer. The candidates are: Eric Delaygue (Grenoble/UU), Andrew Drucker (MIT/CWI), Rachel Newton (Cambridge/UL), Jungyook Park (POSTECH, Korea/TU/e and TiU), Kieran Roberts (Birmingham/TU/e) and Marco Streng (Warwick/VU).

Henk Barendregt distinguished Lorentz fellow 2012/2013
9-12-2011
Henk Barendregt, professor of Foundations of Mathematics and Computer Science at Radboud University Nijmegen, wins the fourth Distinguished Lorentz Fellowship issued by the Netherlands Insitute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Wassenaar. At NIAS, Barendregt will explore the discrepancy between human perception as commonly perceived versus the actual discrete underlying mechanisms. This will also be the topic of an interdisciplinary workshop at the Lorentz Center.
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5 DIAMANT PhD positions awarded
2-11-2011
The DIAMANT board has decided to award PhD positions to 5 excellent candidates. The PhD candidates will be financed by NWO money in the context of the new national cluster round that started this summer. The candidates are: Ane Anema (RUG), Rutger Kuyper (RUN), Thijs Laarhoven (TU/e), Jinbi Jin (UL) and Florian Speelman (CWI).

SIAG/Optimization prize for Frank Vallentin and Christine Bachoc
5-9-2011
The prestigious SIAG/Optimization Prize has been awarded to Frank Vallentin (Delft University of Technology and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica) and Christine Bachoc (University of Bordeaux) for their research on the kissing number. Read more.

New DIAMANT PhD and postdoc positions
4-8-2011
On July 8, NWO-GBE decided to allocate 1 ME to each of the math clusters DIAMANT, NDNS, GQT and STAR, for a 2-year period. There will be several new DIAMANT PhD and postdoc positions, to be filled on the basis of an internal competition. DIAMANT members and students are cordially invited to submit proposals for PhD and postdoc projects. Read more.

Two WONDER prizes for DIAMANT PhD theses
29-7-2011
Each year, Dutch Mathematics Research School WONDER hands out two prizes to PhD students who defended their thesis in that year: the Stieltjes Prize and the Schoonschip Stimulans Prize. For 2010, both prizes have been awarded to DIAMANT theses: Peter Bruin (PhD UL, now at Paris-Sud/Orsay) won the Stieltjes Prize, and Dan Roozemond (PhD TU/e, now at University of Sydney) won the Schoonschip Prize. Read more.

Lex Schrijver receives honorary doctorate
11-5-2011
Lex Schrijver receives an honorary doctorate from the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest on 13 May 2011. This university has a long tradition of excellent research in mathematics and in particular in discrete mathematics, the research area of Schrijver.
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Open PhD position in Optimization at TU Delft
28-3-2011

The research group "Optimization" at TU Delft, The Netherlands, has an open PhD position in the project 'Semidefinite programming and harmonic analysis'. Deadline for application is April 15, 2011. Read more.

Shoenfield Prize for Sebastiaan Terwijn
28-3-2011

Sebastiaan Terwijn (IMAPP, Algebra and Logic) is one of the winners of the 2010 Shoenfield Prize of the Association of Symbolic Logic. The prize was awarded for a survey article about algorithmic randomness. The Shoenfield prize was established in 2007 and is awarded every three years.
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Joint PhD position in Nancy/Nijmegen
17-12-2010

A 3-year PhD project to investigate the structural basis for the formation of twinned crystals from a group-theoretical viewpoint is available. Details can be found here.


Two Ph.D. positions in Groningen
2-6-2010
There are two Ph.D. openings with Mirjam Dür in Groningen. Details can be found here.

Five DIAMANT grants for Parillo's minicourse
11-5-2010
Five DIAMANT grants have been awarded for participation in the upcoming EIDMA/DIAMANT minicourse by Pablo Parillo. The recipients are Karolina Sołtys (Warsaw), Evan DeCorte (Toronto),  Christoph Maier (Stuttgart), Ali Mohammadian (Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran), and Edwin O'Shea (NUI, Galway).

Philips Wiskundeprijs for Matthias Mnich
27-4-2010
The Philips Wiskundeprijs has been awarded to Matthias Mnich, for his talk "Alles op een rijtje" at the Dutch Mathematical Congress in Utrecht, 22-23 April 2010. This is the fifth time Philips Wiskundeprijs to be awarded, and all five went to DIAMANT Ph.D. students.

New board
15-12-2009
As of 27 November 2009 DIAMANT has a new board consisting of Karen Aardal, Ronald Cramer, Mai Gehrke, Tanja Lange, and Peter Stevenhagen.