De TU/e en de Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) houden samen een van de grootste wiskunde-conferenties ter wereld: CSE23. Vanaf 26 februari tot en met 3 maart verwelkomt de RAI in Amsterdam maar liefst 2200 wiskundigen uit de hele wereld die het met elkaar gaan hebben over het…
Vragen in de eindexamens wiskunde en natuurkunde zijn in de afgelopen dertig jaar een stuk makkelijker geworden. Dat concluderen twee onderzoekers na het bestuderen van 1500 vragen in het vwo-examen, schrijft Trouw (Lees hier het betreffende artikel). Jan-Karel Lenstra is voorzitter van de Commissie Onderwijs van Platform Wiskunde Nederland en…
The NMC, the yearly congress of the Royal Dutch Mathematical Society (KWG), brings together mathematicians of all mathematical subdisciplines; to exchange ideas, to learn from each other, to network and to enjoy the beauty and power of mathematics. NMC 2023 has four inspiring keynote lecturers, parallel sessions, a ceremony in…
Would you like to learn more about communicating your research with other audiences than the scientific community? Are you available from 3-7 July 2023? Then we have an interesting opportunity for you. The Science Communication and Society department from Leiden University is inviting young researchers (PhD, postdoc, or other early career) to…
(Nederlandse tekst hieronder) The jury consisted of Erik van den Ban (UU), Odo Diekmann (UU, chair), Aernout vanEnter (RUG), Sara van de Geer (ETH Zürich), Frans Oort (UU), Marc Uetz (UT) and Kees Vuik(TUD), with assistance from Marieke Kranenburg (UvA, secretary). A total of 74 dissertationswere assessed. External advice was…
Following the tradition of the last five years, also this year the NETWORKS research program will be organizing a two-day masterclass on the mathematics behind networks and algorithms. The masterclass will be organized twice, namely once in Eindhoven (Tuesday 28th of February and Thursday 2nd of March) and once in Amsterdam (Tuesday 4th and…
Are you thinking about your future? Do you want to apply your mathematical knowledge in a company, or continue your education first by pursuing a PhD degree? With this one-day event, at February 3, 10.00h -18.00h, for students in both theoretical and applied mathematics we aim to showcase the benefits…
The Stairway to Impact Award has been won by three researchers who have taken effective steps to achieve a social impact with the results of their research: Dr Kamiel Spoelstra (NIOO-KNAW), Dr Lonneke IJsseldijk (UU) and Prof. Wil Schilders (Tu/E). Each of the researchers receives €50,000, to be used for…
The jury for the Best Thesis in Applied Math Award 2022 has selected three candidates for the final round in both the BSc and MSc categories. The three finalists in each category will give a short pitch on their thesis during the Math4NL Community Event on November 4, 2022. From…
Tens of thousands of people around the world are waiting for a kidney transplant. Want to know how math can contribute to helping more people get one? Bart Smeulders, researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, wrote an article about the Kidney Exchange Program and how mathematics plays an important role…