Michael Magee
On `AI'
Mathematics is a human activity. Any aspect of Mathematics exists only via human understanding.
Mathematics is at least as much about questions as answers.
LLM Capitalists don't care about Mathematics.
Spokespeople for LLM Capitalists: along with your proclamations, declare who you receive benefits from.

NEWS
***ERC funded PhD positions are now available with me*** [Details]
***Spectral gaps 2027 will be held at ETH Zurich July 12-16 2027. Details to follow.***
About me
I'm a Professor of Mathematics at Durham University. I am from Northern Ireland.
From February 2026 I am joint managing editor (with Jason Miller) of Forum of Mathematics Pi and Sigma.
Contact
email: michael(dot)r(dot)magee(AT)durham(dot)ac(dot)uk
Current PhD students
Anitej Banerjee (2022-2026) Topic: Hyperoctahedral representations of surface groups
Past postdocs
Irving Calderón
Joe Thomas (Now Leverhulme ECF at Durham)
Completed PhD students
Ewan Cassidy (2021-2025) Topic: Word maps, random permutations and random graphs
Will Hide (2020-2024) Topic: Spectral theory of random cusped hyperbolic surfaces