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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 6

August 2, 2020

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AIM/MCRN Summer School: Week 5

July 26, 2020

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Professor Christopher K.R.T. Jones — Recipient of the 2020 MPE Prize


Professor Chris Jones is the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN). The 2020 MPE Prize recognizes Professor Jones for his many significant contributions to climate science and the mathematics of planet Earth.

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Category Archives: Social Systems

Public Lecture

Why do things change so fast? Tipping points in life and nature

Climate, Climate System, Complex Systems, Mathematics, Public Event, Social Systems

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 →

Meeting

BIOMAT 2013: Evolution and cooperation in social sciences and biomedicine

Biology, Disease Modeling, General, Mathematics, Social Systems

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)

Meeting

CliMathNet conference 2013

Atmosphere, Climate, Climate Change, Ecology, General, Geophysics, Meteorology, Natural Disasters, Ocean, Political Systems, Risk Analysis, Social Systems

CliMathNet Conference 2013 Continue reading →

MPE Summer School

IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program

Atmosphere, Climate, Climate Change, Ecology, Economics, Evolution, General, Natural Disasters, Political Systems, Risk Analysis, Social Systems, Sustainable Development, Transportation
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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

Mathematical Methods and Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena

Biology, Disease Modeling, Ecology, Epidemiology, General, Social Systems

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 →

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