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Browse news related to the Nonlinear Algebra group. Find press releases, essential research updates, accolades, and key announcements, as well as insightful interviews, partnerships, and outreach efforts.
Accolades
21.01.25
Research Intern Matthieu Bouyer Awarded Prestigious Internship Medal
The Louis-Édouard Rivot medal is awarded to students from Ecole Polytechnique in France
for exceptional research internship work. This year’s medal in the field of mathematics and economics was presented to Matthieu Bouyer recognizing his research results at our MPI under supervision of Irem Portakal.
Accolades
28.11.24
Doctoral Thesis Prize for Chiara Meroni
Chiara Meroni has been awarded the Doctoral Thesis Prize by the Graduate Academy of the University of Leipzig for her outstanding dissertation on semialgebraic convex bodies. Congratulations and well done!
Math Planck People
08.11.24
Niharika Paul
Research at MPI MiS is as diverse and multifaceted as the people who pursue it. Our Math Planck People portrait series gives a face to our research and introduces the personalities that make up our institute - our scientists & staff. Meet our brilliant minds!
Miscellaneous
27.09.24
Successful Dissertation on Real Algebraic Geometry for Physics and Optimization
We congratulate Dmitrii Pavlov on the successful defense of his thesis: „Real Algebraic Geometry for Physics and Optimization“! His next career step takes him to TU Dresden. Heartfelt congratulations!
Miscellaneous
02.08.24
This Week was MEGA
We look back on a special conference week on Effective Methods in Algebraic Geometry featuring 200 participants, inspiring talks and discussions, and a lively scientific exchange.
Accolades
15.07.24
Double Victory in Algebra
Barbara Betti and Laura Casabella have been awarded the Gustavo Mezzetti Prize in Italy for the best master's theses in the field of algebra. The two doctoral candidates and friends share an outstanding first place. Congratulations!
Accolades
12.06.24
Claudia Fevola Honored with Otto Hahn Medal
Claudia Fevola has been honored by the Max Planck Society as one of its top junior scientists. In recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements during her doctoral studies she has been awarded the 2024 Otto Hahn Medal. Congratulations!
PhD Life
06.05.24
Successful Dissertation on Systems of Polynomial Equations
Congratulations to Kemal Samuel Rose on the successful defense of his thesis on “Sparse polynomial system(s) in optimization” as well as on his new position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Well done!
Announcements
26.04.24
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
22.04.24
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
14.03.24
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
05.03.24
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.
In Conversation
19.02.24
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!
Accolades
10.01.24
Bernd Sturmfels Granted Honorary Doctorate from Uni Chicago
In recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions in the field of algebraic geometry, our director Bernd Sturmfels has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Chicago. Warmest congratulations!
Press Releases
18.12.23
A New Mathematical Language for Biological Networks
Michael Joswig and his team, in collaboration with ETH Zurich and Carnegie Science, introduce a new approach for modeling genetic interactions in PNAS. They identify master regulators in entire genetic networks, offering a novel theoretical framework.
Accolades
07.12.23
Bernd Sturmfels Granted Honorary Doctorate for Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics
Our director, Bernd Sturmfels, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bern during its Dies Academicus festivities. The recognition comes in light of his remarkable contributions to mathematical research and the promotion of gender diversity.
PhD Life
21.11.23
Exploring Complexity – Hanna Tseran's PhD Thesis on Deep Maxout Neural Networks
Hanna Tseran successfully defended her PhD thesis on activation functions in neural networks. She continues to work on deep learning theory in the Matsuo Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Well done Hanna, and our best wishes!
Press Releases
26.10.23
Positive Geometry – Millions in Funding for UNIVERSE+ Project
The European Research Council (ERC) has granted a €10 million Synergy Grant to the UNIVERSE+ project. The project aims to develop a new mathematical language to describe physical phenomena at all scales, from particles to the universe's structure.
Math Planck People
09.08.23
Lisa Seccia
The most recent addition to our Math Planck People is postdoc Lisa Seccia. Lisa is researching Combinatorial, Computational, and Pure Commutative Algebra in the Nonlinear Algebra Group.
Math Planck People
26.07.23
Alessio Borzì
Alessio Borzì is a recent postdoc in the Nonlinear Algebra group and the latest individual to reveal their academic journey and interests in our Math Planck People series.
Research
07.04.22
Storing and sharing research data with MathRepo
MathRepo offers mathematicians a central infrastructure to store and publicly share supplementary material for their paper publications. Claudia Fevola and Christiane Görgen published an article on the recent developments of the repository and its role within the research data initiative MaRDI.
Miscellaneous
04.10.21
Manneken Pis-thagoras
For the first time in his life, on September 24th, 2021, the famous Manneken Pis was dressed as a mathematician. Inspired by the “father of geometry” Pythagoras, a team of researchers with participation of our postdoc Mima Stanojkovski has created this special suit for Brussel's best-known icon.
History
22.07.21
Episode 7 — 2017: Bernd Sturmfels appointed as new director
Episode 7 of our 25 years of MiS column features our acting director Bernd Sturmfels and gives a brief glimpse into his academic career followed by a more fully featured video interview.
Research Briefs
21.04.21
Investigating Terao’s Freeness Conjecture With Computer Algebra
Lukas Kühne, who works in the Sturmfels group on hyperplane arrangements, matroids and tropical geometry has just published a new research brief. This brief deals with a problem from computational mathematics, the problem of scanning (finite but) large sets of certain objects.
Future Proof
05.03.21
Career step towards Portugal for Eliana Duarte
A big step in her scientific career awaits our former postdoc Eliana Maria Duarte Gelvez. In Portugal, she was able to acquire one of five highly coveted fellowships in the field of mathematics and computer science.
Miscellaneous
12.02.21
Congrats on Successful Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Mahsa Sayyary Namin on the successful defense of her PhD thesis “Real Algebraic Geometry of the Sextic Curves” which took place online at the University of Leipzig. We are very proud and wish her all the best!
Miscellaneous
02.12.20
Successful Autumn
During the last weeks, our IMPRS students Tim Seynnaeve, Paul Görlach, Konstantinos Zemas and Orlando Marigliano successfully defended their dissertations at the University of Leipzig. Congratulations!
Future Proof
19.10.20
Future Proof — Mateusz Michałek
After countless publications, the composition of an extensive book on Nonlinear Algebra and many fruitful mathematical discussions Mateusz Michałek has left the institute for a new position at the University of Konstanz.
Research Briefs
06.08.20
The Ubiquity of Linear Orders in Combinatorics
José Alejandro Samper and Alexander Heaton provide a brief glimpse into their work on algebraic combinatorics. Their research brief discusses the switch to a language of matroids to capitalize on combinatorial and geometrical structures.
Miscellaneous
31.07.20
Kickoff for Linear Spaces of Symmetric Matrices Study Group
Scientists at MiS and other institutes around the globe have just established a collaborative project that aspires to advance the understanding of linear spaces of symmetric matrices (LSSM).
Research Briefs
16.06.20
Geometry of Optimal Design
Frank Röttger just published a new research brief on the geometry of optimal design. He details how information gain can be maximized in the experimental planning phase on the example of ranking players in a chess tournament.
Press Releases
08.01.20
Blurred Lines – Mathematical Software Unites Theory and Practice
Classically there is a clear distinction between theoretical and applied mathematics in the classification of different fields in the mathematical sciences. Bernd Sturmfels along with Paul Breiding and Sascha Timme present a novel approach that illustrates how this line can be blurred.
Accolades
29.11.19
Yassine El Maazouz Honored with Research Internship Award
Yassine El Maazouz received the Prix du Stage de Recherche (Research internship award) from the École polytechnique in Paris.
Future Proof
23.09.19
Yue Ren Wins Future Leaders Fellowship and Will Start a Research Project at Swansea University
A big career step opens for our Dr. Yue Ren, postdoc in the Nonlinear Algebra group. He is one of the laureates of this year’s Future Leaders Fellowship program awarded by UK Research and Innovation.
Press Releases
21.08.18
Looking at Data Through the Lens of Algebraic Geometry
In the recent article “Learning algebraic varieties from samples”, a group of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences has presented a novel approach to the analysis of datasets that possess an inherent geometric structure.
Press Releases
12.01.18
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.
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Institute News
Accolades
21.01.25
Research Intern Matthieu Bouyer Awarded Prestigious Internship Medal
The Louis-Édouard Rivot medal is awarded to students from Ecole Polytechnique in France
for exceptional research internship work. This year’s medal in the field of mathematics and economics was presented to Matthieu Bouyer recognizing his research results at our MPI under supervision of Irem Portakal.
Future Proof
15.01.25
Future Proof - Samantha Fairchild
Our research group leader, Samantha Fairchild, has been appointed an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. We wish her all the best for this significant career step!
Math Planck People
08.01.25
Enya Hsiao
Research at MPI MiS is as diverse and multifaceted as the people who pursue it. Our Math Planck People portrait series gives a face to our research and introduces the personalities that make up our institute - our scientists & staff. Meet our brilliant minds!
Future Proof
18.12.24
Future Proof - Tobias Ried
Congratulations to our former group leader Tobias Ried on his new position as Assistant Professor at the School of Mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology. Wishing you all the best and every success.
Accolades
12.12.24
Angkana Rüland receives Leibniz Prize 2025
In recognition of her outstanding research achievements, our former group leader Angkana Rüland will be awarded the Leibniz Prize by the DFG. We are proud to have been part of her scientific journey, celebrate with her, and extend our heartfelt congratulations.
Math Planck People
11.12.24
Sebastian Bürger
Research at MPI MiS is as diverse and multifaceted as the people who pursue it. Our Math Planck People portrait series gives a face to our research and introduces the personalities that make up our institute - our scientists & staff. Meet our brilliant minds!
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