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Report 3 - May 2003

The Steering Group for the International Review of Mathematics met on 1 April. It discussed progress with the selection of the International Panel – subject to one or two final negotiations it is hoped to have announced the full Panel (of 12 plus the Chair, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon) before the end of April.

The date of the Review was agreed as Monday 1 to Saturday 6 December 2003. The Steering Group has identified eight potential regions for visits by the International Panel, and approaches are being made to an appropriate venue in each region. The visits will involve presentations on highlights of mathematics research and meetings with both academic staff and younger postgraduate and postdoctoral students. The Steering Group is keen to ensure that the International Panel sees top-quality research wherever and however it is carried out, and will discuss with the selected venues how to achieve this.

Martin Taylor and Tim Pedley gave presentations on progress with the Review at the BMC and BAMC respectively. There was a good deal of interest, and the points raised will be taken back to the Steering Group meeting in May. Bernard Silverman will be making a similar presentation to the Committee of Professors of Statistics before the Steering Group meets.

The website for the International Review is now operating at www.cms.ac.uk/irm/. This contains up-to-date information. The names of the Panel members and Review venues will be announced there as soon as they are confirmed. The site also allows comments to be sent to the Review at irm@lms.ac.uk.