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Press Releases
25.06.18
International Award for Leipzig Mathematician Felix Otto International Award for Leipzig Mathematician Felix Otto
Professor Felix Otto, director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded the Prof. Luigi Tartufari International Prize for Mathematics.
Press Releases
19.06.18
Detecting Crises with the Aid of Social Networks – International Conference Connects Scientists in Leipzig Detecting Crises with the Aid of Social Networks – International Conference Connects…
Communication mechanisms in social networks are at the centre of the international conference currently taking place at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences.
Press Releases
07.06.18
Meaningful Relationships – Mathematical Insights into the Geometry of Complex Networks Meaningful Relationships – Mathematical Insights into the Geometry of Complex Networks
Mathematicians from the MPI MiS, in cooperation with the Santa Fé Institute, USA and scientists from India, China, and Israel, have provided concrete proof of the effectiveness of geometrical tools in describing the variety of relationships in complex networks.
Press Releases
12.01.18
Bernd Sturmfels Has Been Awarded the 2018 George David Birkhoff Prize Bernd Sturmfels Has Been Awarded the 2018 George David Birkhoff Prize
Our director Bernd Sturmfels has been awarded the 2018 George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics recognizing his instrumental role in creating the field of applied algebraic geometry.
Press Releases
15.12.17
László Székelyhidi Receives Leibniz Prize 2018 László Székelyhidi Receives Leibniz Prize 2018
László Székelyhidi, professor for mathematics at Leipzig University and External Scientific Member of the MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences will be recognised with the Leibniz Prize 2018 for his outstanding research on the theory of partial differential equations.
Press Releases
30.10.17
Felix Otto Awarded Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences Felix Otto Awarded Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences
Professor Felix Otto, director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal for Mathematics 2017 of the European Academy of Sciences.
Press Releases
29.09.17
Conference in Memory of the Great Leipzig Mathematician Eberhard Zeidler Conference in Memory of the Great Leipzig Mathematician Eberhard Zeidler
On October 6 at 10 a.m., a conference will be held in honor of the mathematician and founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Eberhard Zeidler.
Press Releases
05.09.17
2017 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Winner Conducting Research at MPI 2017 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award Winner Conducting Research at MPI
The 2017 Sofja Kovalevskaja Award winner Dr. Matteo Smerlak will be conducting research on the topic of “Structure of Evolution” at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences starting in December 2017.
Press Releases
23.06.17
For a Chimpanzee, One Good Turn Deserves Another For a Chimpanzee, One Good Turn Deserves Another
For us humans, it goes without saying that we reward others as an indication of the gratitude we feel towards them. Scientists from the MPI EVA and MPI MiS have now demonstrated that similar social behaviours exist among chimpanzees.
Press Releases
11.05.17
Bernd Sturmfels Appointed New Director Bernd Sturmfels Appointed New Director
Bernd Sturmfels has joined the board of directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences. He will head a new working group on “Nonlinear Algebra” at the institute.
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