We are delighted to announce that the MATH+ Dissertation Awards 2022 have been presented to Dr. Luzie Helfmann, Dr. Patrick Morris, and Dr. Yizheng Yuan on 07 July 2023 for their excellent theses. These awards are conferred to up to three BMS graduates. Congratulations!
BMS Alumnus Martin Skrodzki received the 2023 SIAG/GD Early Career Prize at the 2023 SIAM Conference on Computational Geometric Design (GD23) on 05 July 2023 in Genoa (Italy), which is part of the International Geometry Summit 2023. Congratulations from the BMS and MATH+!
MATH+ Distinguished Fellow Gavril Farkas of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin was elected as a "Member of the Academia Europaea" (the Academy of Europe) in the mathematics section. Formed in 1988, the Academy of Europe has over 50 Nobel Prize winners among its members. Congratulations from MATH+!
The 7 Berlin Excellence Clusters are hosting an "Excellent Pub Quiz" at the Long Night of Sciences (Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften Berlin) on June 17, 2023 at the Technische Universität Berlin campus (outdoor). Come by and enjoy a nice summer evening in a relaxed atmosphere
MATH+ welcomes Alex Blumenthal from the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) to join our community as a MATH+ Visiting Scholar hosted by Junior Research Group Leader Maximilian Engel at Freie Universität Berlin. Blumenthal is a world-leading expert on ergodic theory and random dynamical systems. He
Renowned mathematician and artificial intelligence researcher Sebastian Pokutta has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize along with his co-authors and colleagues for their influential work in combinatorial optimization. Their paper, "Exponential Lower Bounds for Polytopes in Combinatorial Optimization," published in the Journal of the ACM in 2015,
The Berlin "Tagesspiegel" published an article on the interdisciplinary MATH+ research project, "Evolution Models for Historical Networks," by Max Klimm et al. MATH+ interviewed him on a few more projects and released his film on "Game Theory," produced by the Berlin University Alliance.
MATH+ takes this opportunity to congratulate Günter M. Ziegler on his 60th birthday! His remarkable commitment to Berlin mathematics makes him one of our most esteemed members. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, his colleagues and friends organized the workshop “GMZ 60: Geometry, Topology,
On the occasion of the 30th Kovalevskaya Lunch on 12 May, the “International Women in Math Day”, Tanja Fagel, MATH+ Gender & Diversity Manager, gave us interesting insights into the popular tradition of the lunch in an interview. She describes the importance of the event
MATH+ scientist Sarah Wolf leads the research group "Mathematics for Sustainability Transitions" at Freie Universität and the project "Schule@DecisionTheatreLab. We celebrate "International Women in Math Day" by releasing her film portrait, produced by the Berlin University Alliance, about a mobility model and the Decision Theatre.