CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. I'm sorry to spam the list on this issue, but I would only like to add that I am working in what they call "AI, computational modelling, digitalisation and data science" and my pure mathematics training serves me better than anything else may have served me. Best regards Phillip-Jan van Zyl ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, June 9th, 2021 at 2:34 AM, David Roberts <droberts.65537@gmail.com> wrote:
For what it's worth, we should point out the elephant in the room:
"The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, Nishan
Canagarajah, wants to lay off all 8 of their pure mathematicians,
including the only 2 women with permanent positions, and then rehire
just 3 of these mathematicians — to do teaching, but not research. He
and his flunkies claim:
[…] to ensure a future research identity in AI, computational
modelling, digitalisation and data science requires ceasing research
in Pure Mathematics […]"
(source: https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/01/problems_at_the_university_of.h...)
"The London Mathematical Society has been informed that the University
of Leicester is consulting over a proposal to reduce the size of its
Pure Mathematics Group to be teaching only, in order to “meet the
rising market demand of artificial intelligence, computational
modelling, digitalisation and data science”. The Society strongly
opposes this proposal and believes it to be seriously flawed for the
following reasons. ..."
(source: https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/09022021-1444/mathematics-university-leices...)
And as a result:
https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/11533/Global-boycott-of-University-of-Leicest...
If someone can update us on the status of the various category
theorists and allies it would be very useful.
Thanks,
David
David Roberts
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