ICMAT Newsletter #19 - 2024
August & September at ICMAT
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Hello!
Here is our 19th ICMAT monthly newsletter, which includes the latest news and forthcoming activities related to the Institute and its members.
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-Bruno Anglès (Université de Caen Normandie, France)
-Martin Bridson (University of Oxford, United Kingdom); Director of the Clay Mathematics Institute (USA)
-Elena Celledoni (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
-Ignacio Cirac (Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik / Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Germany), Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research 2006
-Charles Fefferman (Princeton University, USA), Fields Medal (1978)
-Nigel Hitchin (University of Oxford, UK), Shaw Prize (2016)
-Monika Ludwig (Technische Universität Wien / Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
-Eugenia Malinnikova (Stanford University, USA)
-Mikael de la Salle (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France)
-Eva Miranda (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)
-Ngô Bảo Châu (University of Chicago, USA), Fields Medal (2010)
-Gilles Pisier (Texas A&M University, USA; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
-Alan Reid (Rice University, USA)
-Eero Saksman (Helsingin yliopisto / University of Helsinki, Finland)
This programme has become one of the ICMAT’s main actions developed thanks to the funding received with the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation, renewed this year for the fourth consecutive time.
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The ICMAT’s Little Institute of Mathematics (PIM) starts a new course with record numbers of attendees
PIM classes are organized so that students work collaboratively on complex problems. Image: Laura M. Iraola (ICMAT)
Every Friday during the school year, ICMAT becomes the meeting point for more than 150 young people aged between 12 and 18 interested in mathematics. The third edition of the Pequeño Instituto de Matemáticas (Little Institute of Mathematics, PIM), which began on Friday, 20 September, with more participants than ever, will bring students closer to original and challenging mathematics. To do this, they work in groups to solve complex problems, following the model of mathematical circles, with the help of professionals in mathematical research. ‘We want to inspire the next generation of creative minds passionate about mathematics,’ say the organisers.
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Javier Aramayona (ICMAT-CSIC), new vice-president of ERCOM
Javier Aramayona. Image: ICMAT
ERCOM, the committee of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) made up of Europe’s leading mathematics centres, has just renewed its leadership team. Christophe Ritzenhaler, professor at the University of Rennes 1 (France) and director of the Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (France), has been elected as president. Javier Aramayona, director of the ICMAT, is the new vice-president. ‘It is an honour to be appointed as vice-president of this committee, which coordinates the most important mathematics research centres in Europe,’ says Aramayona. ‘From this point of view, it plays an important role in European mathematics: it increases the level of scientific and management cohesion between its centres,’ he adds.
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Geometry describing the properties of materials
Metamaterials are designed to have specific properties, such as achieving a morphological change when loads are applied and maintaining the desired shape when the load is removed. Image: UC3M
From 21 to 23 August, the Workshop on Geometrical Aspects of Material Modelling was held in the Sala de Grados of the Faculty of Education of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). ‘It is an interdisciplinary meeting that combines differential geometry, the mechanics of deformable solids and the physics of materials to study how to describe and predict the behaviour of materials based on their geometric structure,’ said the organisers, including Manuel de León, research professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at ICMAT.
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Enhancing mathematical bridges between Spain and Latin America programme. Interview with José Seade (UNAM), IMSA Latin American Mathematics Research Prize 2024 – Category: Latin American Mathematical Leadership
"I have aspired to do the best mathematics, to support others and to create infrastructure all my life"
José Seade at the University of Miami (USA). Image: Laura M. Iraola (ICMAT)
Mathematician José Seade Kuri (National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM) is recognised in the Latin American scientific community not only for his academic career, but also for his involvement in institutional and educational issues. His extensive career and influence in Mexican and Latin American mathematics have earned him the Latin American Mathematics Research Prize 2024, in the category of Latin American Mathematical Leadership, in its first edition. The prize was awarded by Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA), with which ICMAT collaborates. The award ceremony took place within the framework of the Mathematical Waves Miami conference series, held at the beginning of the year at the University of Miami (USA).
Read the full interview with Seade on this link.
New members at ICMAT
In August and September 2024, the following people have joined the Institute:
New predoctoral researchers:
New postdoctoral researchers:
- Marc Nualart
- Carlos Valero
Currently visiting ICMAT
- Andoni de Arriba de La Hera (UNED), until 31/12/2024
- Guillermo Barajas Ayuso (University Southern Denmark), until 04/10/2024
- Enrique Javier Elizondo Huerta (Instituto de Matemáticas, UNAM, México), until 07/10/2024
- Dominik Francoeur (UAM), until 31/12/2024
- Elizabeth Gillaspy (University of Montana, USA), until 31/07/2025
- Xueting Jin (School of Mathematical Sciences Capital Normal University of China), until 01/07/2025
- Caleb Jonathan Jonker (Toronto University, Canada), until 30/11/2024
- Álvaro Liendo Rojas (Universidad de Talca, Chile), until 06/10/2024
- Andrés Julián Moreno Ospina (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil), until 28/02/2025
- Daniel Isaac Puignau Chacón (King's College London, UK), until 05/08/2025
- Robin Roussel (Sorbonne Université, France), until 06/10/2024
- Michael Shub (University New York, USA), until 31/12/2024
- Liangchen Zou (University of Science and Technology of China), until 15/04/2025
You have more information about the people who are visiting ICMAT here.
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ICMAT is organising the following key activities in the coming months:
11/10/2024. Joint Mathematics Colloquium: "Miraculous Integer Sequences", Motohico Mulase (University of California, Davis, USA)
17-18/10/2024. Workshop: Groups in Madrid 2024
05/11/2024. Science and Technology Week 2024 - Talk: "Números que brilla: matemáticas en imágenes cotidianas", Fernando Chamizo (ICMAT-UAM)
06/11/2024. Science and Technology Week 2024 - Workshop: "Los límites de la computación", Laura Castilla Castellano (ICMAT-UCM)
Furthermore, ICMAT hosts weekly thematic seminars where researchers from each area share their latest results. You can find the complete programme of activities here.
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Call for FECYT Scientific Culture. The Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) funds projects that increase the active presence of science, technology and innovation in the daily life of society.
Deadline: 30/10/2024
COFUND-ALLIES postdocs. The ALLIES program of the AIHUB CSIC encompasses a wide array of multi and interdisciplinary themes in AI, Big Data, Machine Learning, Robotics, and Data Science, ensuring a rich and diverse experience for the recruited fellows. Structured to align closely with market demands, the program offers opportunities for fellows to enhance their career prospects in academia or industry.
ICMAT offers 2 cofund ALLIES postdocs on Machine Learning for the period 2025-2026. One of them will be in the area of Adversarial Machine Learning and Cybersecurity, cosupervised by David Rios Insua and David Arroyo. The second one will be in the area of Collective behavior in Bayesian agents, cosupervised by David Rios Insua and Gonzalo de Polavieja.
Deadline: 31/12/2024
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ICMAT in the media
- "El entrelazamiento perfecto no existe en el ruidoso mundo físico", 06/08/2024, Cultura científica. Article based on the one published on the ICMAT website.
- "Por qué tan pocas mujeres estudian Matemáticas", Noticias Cuatro, 19/08/2024. Report with statements by Eva Gallardo, RSME president and ICMAT member (from minute 37:57).
- "Antonio Córdoba: un matemático universal de Puente Tocinos", La Opinión de Murcia, 25/08/2024. Profile about Antonio Córdoba, UAM emeritus professor and ICMAT member.
- "El teorema de Marguerite: el fracaso como parte del éxito en matemáticas", Materia, El País, 19/09/2024. El teorema de Marguerite film review.
- "Shanghái (WAIC)", Academia de Ciencias de la Region de Murcia, 21/09/2024. Antonio Cordoba's column on his recent visit to Shanghai for the World Congress on Artificial Intelligence.
- "Interview with Javier Aramayona, director of the ICMAT", RSME, 27/09/2024
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Keep in touch
Have we forgotten anything? Do you want to add any news, visit or upcoming activity? Please, do not hesitate to write us at communication@icmat.es and we will include the information in the next newsletter.
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