Profile
Personal Information
- Name: Kamran Pentland
- Current Position: Computational Scientist
- Institution: Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (UKAEA)
- Address: Culham Campus, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3DB
- Email: kamran.pentland@ukaea.uk
Positions
- Graduate Teaching Assistant | University of Warwick (2020 - 2023)
- Courses: Multivariable Calculus (MA259), Mathematical Methods and Modelling (MA145), Stochastic Modelling and Random Processes (MA933), Brownian Motion (MA4F7), Intro to PDEs (MA250), Algorithms (CS260), and Introduction to Mathematical Biology (MA256).
- Mathematics Tutor | Kings College London (2020 - 2021)
- Courses: Numerical and Computational Methods (6CCM359a) and Introduction to Dynamical Systems (4CCM131a).
- Summer Research Internship | University of Bath (2017)
- Project Title: “Hybrid Methods for Simulating Reaction-Diffusion Systems”.
- Supervisor: Dr. Christian Yates.
- Mathematics Tutor | University of Bath (2016 - 2017)
- Courses: Programming and Discrete Mathematics (1st year).
- Quantitative Market Risk Analyst | ConocoPhillips Ltd. (2015 - 2016)
Education
- PhD Mathematics of Systems | University of Warwick (2020 - 2023)
- MSc Mathematics of Systems | University of Warwick (2019 - 2020)
- Thesis: “Hats and Pancakes in the Sky: High-Speed Droplet Dynamics”.
- Supervisors: Dr. Radu Cimpeanu and Dr. Ed Brambley.
- Group Project: “Stochastic Parareal: An Application of Probabilistic Methods to Time-Parallelisation” (see publications for paper).
- Supervisors: Dr. Massimiliano Tamborrino, Dr. Debasmita Samaddar (UKAEA), and Dr. Lynton Appel (UKAEA).
- Interdisciplinary Report: “To What Extent Does Incorporating More Complexity into Models Make Them Less Informative?”.
- Thesis: “Hats and Pancakes in the Sky: High-Speed Droplet Dynamics”.
- MSc Mathematical Modelling | University College London (2018 - 2019)
- Thesis: “Spin-Down in the Absence of Reflected Waves”.
- Supervisor: Prof. Edward Johnson.
- BSc Mathematics with Industrial Placement | University of Bath (2013 - 2017)
- Placement Year: Quantitative Market Risk Analyst at ConocoPhillips.
Other Academic Positions
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Reviewer | Journal of Machine Learning Research (2023 - Present)
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SIAM Student Chapter President | University of Warwick (2021 - 2022)
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Marking and Mentoring Volunteer | UK Mathematics Trust (2017 - 2020)