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Professor Anotida Madzvamuse , an applied mathematician at the University of Sussex , in the UK, and the University of British Columbia , in Canada, led the UK-Africa Postgraduate Advanced Study Institute in Mathematical Sciences. TALK LIKE AN … APPLIED MATHEMATICIAN. Mathematics in the real world. Introducing UK-APASI.