27.10.2026 In News By rogler

Discover OSCAR: The Open Source Computer Algebra Research System

Zoe Geiselmann, Michael Joswig, and OSCAR | Image: MATH+

MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Michael Joswig (TU Berlin) is one of the developers of OSCAR, the Open Source Computer Algebra Research System. Zoe Geiselmann (TU Berlin), a PhD student in a MATH+ Emerging Fields Research Project, uses OSCAR in her research. In our new video, they explain what OSCAR is, what areas of mathematics it supports, and how it benefits researchers. They also highlight opportunities to learn how to use OSCAR, including the “2027 OSCAR Summer School” in Berlin. Want to learn more about OSCAR? Watch the video featuring Michael Joswig and Zoe Geiselmann on the MATH+ YouTube channel.

OSCAR (Open Source Computer Algebra Research System) is a free, open-source computer algebra system written in Julia. It brings together computational tools for areas such as commutative algebra, number theory, group and representation theory, algebraic, tropical and polyhedral geometry in one integrated system. Developed by an international community of mathematicians since 2016, OSCAR is designed specifically for mathematical research and aims to make sophisticated computational methods accessible within a common framework.

Its development is currently led by Simon Brandhorst (Saarland Universität), Claus Fieker (RPTU Kaiserslautern), Tommy Hofmann (Universität Siegen), Max Horn (RPTU Kaiserslautern) and MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Michael Joswig (Einstein Professor of Discrete Mathematics/Geometry at TU Berlin), as part of the Collaborative Research Center SFB/TRR 195 Symbolic Tools in Mathematics and their Application.

Within MATH+, OSCAR plays a key role in the Emerging Fields projects EF-LI-Opt-1: Neural Generative Models for Algebraic Curves and EF-LI-Opt-5: Hard Linear Programs as well as the Method Development Unit MDU-4: Efficient Multi-Parameter Persistent Homology.

OSCAR also has a new PeerTube video channel, featuring interviews with developers and resources on how to learn and apply OSCAR in mathematical research. The channel is introduced by the “real Oscar.”

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