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Daniel McAleese is the winner of the Circle Zone, after receiving the most votes from students! He wins €500 to spend on more science engagement activities. Here’s what he had to say about his victory: I would like to say a huge thank you to all the students, teachers and fellow scientists/mathematicians who participated in this incredibly worthwhile initiative.  We had a really interesting collection of people this year, including – mathematics & statistics lecturers, professors, medicines and human behaviour consultants, natural language coders, chief financial and risk officers, artificial intelligence programmers, actuarial scientists, wind, rain and wave statisticians, animal nutrition statistician and many more. I hope the students learned as much from chatting to these fascinating people as I did. It was testament to the mathematic talent across our country, and a perfect example of the diversity of avenues which studying mathematics can afford you.  Maths and science have … Continue reading →

It has been a fab 4 weeks. We hope you’ve enjoyed it – and we hope you’ve learnt something about what it’s like being a mathematician. There have been some excellent questions asked by students. Here are some of my favourites – click to read the answers! If you could use one word to describe being a mathematician what would it be? Why did you want to become a mathematician in the first place? What did you think you were going to be when you grew up? Throughout the Zone students have been voting for their favourite mathematician That scientist will win €500 to spend on more STEM engagement. We are pleased to announce that the winner is… 🥇Daniel McAleese Actuary not sure Daniel tries to predict the future using maths Daniel received the most votes from the students! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Though the Zone has come to an end, … Continue reading →

🥇 Maja Popovic Converts words into numbers Maja uses maths to process human languages which is called Natural Language Processing  or Computational Linguistics Maja received the most votes from the students this week! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Students, there is still 1 week left of the zone so don’t forget there’s still time to Ask, Chat and Vote ! Who will be the winner? Students get a new vote every week. The mathematician with the most votes at the end of the Zone wins a €500 prize for more STEM engagement activities. Choose wisely! Mod Anna and the Circle Zone team

🥇Franciso Roldan Sanchez history-lover and engineer Francisco received the most votes from the students this week! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Students, there are still 2 weeks left of the zone so don’t forget there’s still time to Ask, Chat and Vote ! Who will be the winner? Students get a new vote every week. The mathematician with the most votes at the end of the Zone wins a €500 prize for more STEM engagement activities. Choose wisely! Mod Anna and the Circle Zone team

🥇 Daniel McAleese Actuary not sure Daniel received the most votes from the students this week! 🎉 Congratulations! 🥳 Students, there are still 3 weeks left of the zone so don’t forget there’s still time to Ask, Chat and Vote ! Who will be the winner? Students get a new vote every week. The mathematician with the most votes at the end of the Zone wins a €500 prize for more STEM engagement activities. Choose wisely! Mod Anna and the Circle Zone team