Gandhar Joshi finalist at the STEM for Britain poster competition

Gandhar Joshi, a PhD student from the School of Mathematics & Statistics, presented a poster detailing his research to parliamentarians and scientists at the Houses of Parliament. STEM for BRITAIN is a major scientific poster competition and exhibition, first held in Parliament in 1997. Organised by the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee, it aims to foster greater dialogue and engagement between early-stage researchers and Members both in Westminster and in their Constituencies. 

Out of over a hundred submissions, Gandhar was chosen as a finalist in the Mathematical Sciences category, one of the few PhD students to be chosen. Although Gandhar didn't win the overall competition, his supervisor Dan Rust said: "Being selected as a finalist and presenting your research to policy makers and world-leading scientists is an extraordinary achievement for a young researcher. Gandhar should be proud of this accomplishment". 

Gandhar uses techniques from Symbolic Dynamics and state-of-the-art software to prove new mathematical theorems in Formal Language Theory. 

Gandhar commented on the competition: "STEM for Britain was a great experience. Through this, policymakers are looking for tangible applications of sciences that they can somehow put into public service. But hopefully, there continues to be some room to appreciate Mathematics for its sheer beauty – like a painting in a gallery.” Gandhar is supervised by Dan Rust.