It is a Chinese curse that you should ‘live in interesting times’. These are times when things are changing quickly, and often not for the better. But why do we have both boring times when nothing much happens and interesting … Continue reading
Category Archives: Social Systems
Public Lecture
Meeting
Program: -Tomás Alarcón (Centre de Recerca Matematica, Barcelona, Spain): An Introduction to Stochastic Methods in Mathematical Biology -Mario Primicerio (Dipartimento di Matematica “Ulisse Dini”, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy): Mathematical Models for Social Changes and Criminology -Koby Rubinstein (Department … Continue reading
Curriculum Material
Teach Networks to Teenagers
This is an article about outreach efforts to teach networks to students of age 13-16 in England. Supplementary teaching materials are available, too. Link to the abstract and article Download supplementary materials (.zip file)
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CliMathNet Conference 2013 Continue reading
MPE Summer School
IIASA’s annual 3-month Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) offers research opportunities to talented young researchers whose interests correspond with IIASA’s ongoing research on issues of global environmental, economic and social change. From June through August accepted participants work within the … Continue reading
Workshop
This is part of a series of workshops organized by IMPA aiming at bringing together a multidisciplinary group of scientists to study problems in the biophysical sciences upon which mathematics may have an impact. This year’s main topics are: Inverse … Continue reading
Curriculum Material
AMS-ASA-MAA-SIAM Math Awareness Month
April is Math Awareness Month in the US! Check out the essays, posters and related materials for 2013 and previous years‘ themes, including: 2013 – Mathematical and Sustainability 2011 – Unraveling Complex Systems 2009 – Mathematics and Climate 2008 – … Continue reading