New Frontiers in Random Geometry (RaG)
An EPSRC Programme Grant in Probability
September 2011 – August 2017

Cambridge Probability was awarded a Programme Grant (only the second such grant in mathematics) that funded the programme ‘New Frontiers in Random Geometry’ (RaG) for six years from 1 September 2011. The thrust of RaG was to explore geometrical aspects of random processes, with emphasis on processes of fragmentation, embedding, and aggregation. The research was conducted within the Statistical Laboratory of the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.

The Investigators, Nathanael Berestycki, Geoffrey Grimmett, and James Norris, worked with an Advisory Board comprising Yuval Peres, Stanislav Smirnov, Balint Toth, and Wendelin Werner. The grant of around £1.7M (fEC) funded a 6 year project that brought a number of postdoctoral researchers to Cambridge and permitted an extensive visitor programme.

Members of RaG:

• Nathanael Berestycki, Investigator,
• Geoffrey Grimmett, Investigator,
• James Norris, Investigator,
• Yuval Peres, member, Advisory Board,
• Stanislav Smirnov, member, Advisory Board,
• Balint Toth, member, Advisory Board,
• Wendelin Werner, member, Advisory Board,
• Zhongyang Li, Research Associate, 1 September 2011 – 30 August 2014,
• Alan Sola, Research Associate, 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2013,
• Laure Dumaz, Research Associate, 1 September 2013 – 31 August 2015,
• Benoit Laslier, Research Associate, 1 September 2014 – 31 August 2016,
• Gourab Ray, Research Associate, 1 September 2014 – 30 June 2017,
• Antoine Dahlqvist, Research Associate, 1 October 2015 – 31 August 2017,
• Marcin Lis, Research Associate, 1 October 2016 – 31 August 2017

Probability seminars in Cambridge: past, future

Publications supported by RaG

RaG annual reports: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.

Probability @ Cambridge

Cambridge Probability Workshop. Geometry and Analysis of Random Processes, 8–12 April 2013

Isaac Newton Institute Programme. Random Geometry, January–July 2015

Dimer Day, 23 May 2016

RaGeCam (closing workshop), 25–30 June 2017