In Conversation
Dec 15, 2023
Raffaella Mulas in Conversation With Jürgen Jost
Raffaella Mulas, former group leader at MPI MiS, interviewed Director Jürgen Jost. Explore Jost's journey in mathematics and beyond, and learn about the mysterious Erdős-Bacon number in their lighthearted conversation.
Press Releases
Sep 8, 2023
What do neurons, fireflies and dancing the Nutbush have in common?
Synchronicity is all around us, but it is poorly understood. Jürgen Jost, Joseph Lizier, and colleagues have now developed new tools to understand how human and natural networks fall in and out of sync.
Miscellaneous
Aug 2, 2023
Cohomological Field Theories secure successful dissertation
Congratulations also go to Shuhan Jiang for his successful dissertation defense. He is a researcher in the group of Jürgen Jost, who was his advisor for his great work on "Mathematical Structures of Cohomological Field Theories". All the best for your future!
Math Planck People
Jul 10, 2023
Renata Possobon
Meet the latest addition to our Math Planck People roster: Renata Possobon. She is currently a PhD student in Jürgen Jost's Dynamical Systems Group and shares a closer glimpse into her academic pursuits in our portrait.
Press Releases
Apr 25, 2023
Social media for more democracy – Million-euro funding for project to study the impact of social media on society and politics
Social media is an increasingly important element of public discourse and has gained enormous influence in recent years. A research project coordinated by MiS explores the communication mechanisms in social media and their impact on political discourse and liberal democracy.
Accolades
Mar 13, 2023
Honorary Doctorate for Jürgen Jost
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to science and education in Vietnam, our director Jürgen Jost has been named an honorary doctor of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. Sincere congratulations!
Accolades
Dec 14, 2022
Summa cum laude for Wilmer Leal
Congratulations to Wilmer Leal! His exploration of the chemical space has earned him the highest honor that can be achieved for a Ph.D. thesis - summa cum laude. We all are incredibly proud!
Press Releases
Aug 1, 2022
Space determines the arrangement—Researchers study historical developments of the periodic system of chemical elements
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and the University of Leipzig provides computational approaches that explain the development of the first periodic systems.
In Conversation
Jun 7, 2021
ODYCCEUS Podcast
The ODYCCEUS project researches how opinions are formed in social networks. In a podcast, researchers provide insights into how their work contributes to a better understanding of social issues - from climate change to political crises.
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Institute News
Announcements
Apr 26, 2024
Elliptic curves come to date night
In the April Feature Column of the American Mathematical Society İrem Portakal and Bernd Sturmfels speak about game theory and the fascinating geometric structure of equilibria.
Explore the shape of decision-making in the context of a simple cooperative game: what to do for date night.
Announcements
Apr 22, 2024
Supporting young mathematicians in Europe
Irina Bobrova, Anna-Laura Sattelberger and Simon Telen represent young researchers in the Young Academy of the European Mathematical Society (EMYA). Discover how they would like to contribute to strengthen the role of and prospects of young mathematicians in Europe.
Announcements
Mar 14, 2024
Representing the interests of Doctoral Researchers
Leonie Kayser, Barbara Betti and Anton Ullrich are the new PhD representatives of our institute. Leonie also represents us in the Max Planck Society’s PhD network. Congratulations & much success!
Announcements
Mar 5, 2024
New mathematical tools for studying particle collisions
A collaboration between the mathematicians Claudia Fevola, Simon Telen and the physicist Sebastian Mizera paves the way to more accurate predictions in the Standard Model of particle physics. Their results have just been published in Physical Review Letters.
Obituary
Feb 29, 2024
We mourn the loss of Andreas Dress.
The Institute mourns the loss of its long-standing external scientific member and friend, Andreas Dress, who passed away on February 23, 2024.
Press Releases
Feb 26, 2024
Teubner Science Award goes to Viviane Baladi
This year’s Teubner Science Prize for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences goes to Viviane Baladi. The public award ceremony takes place on March 1 at 11:00 am at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, followed by an Institute Colloquium at 3:30 pm. We cordially invite to both festive events.
In Conversation
Feb 19, 2024
Promising Start to the Positive Geometry Project
In a video interview, the project leaders of UNIVERSE+ share insights into the project’s objectives and their personal motivation to create a new mathematical language to describe physical phenomena on all scales. Discover the very positive about positive geometry!
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