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Laura Gallardo talks about air quality in megacities
The air we breathe in a changing world was the theme of the talk that the researcher at the Centre for Mathematical Modeling, Laura Gallardo, offered last Tuesday August 12 at Biblioteca de Santiago.
Read MoreMathematician Murray Protter has died at 90
He was known internationally for his research involving maximum principles and partial differential equations and his expertise was also required by industry.
Read MoreNucleus Millennium creates website to learn math
Developed by a group of researchers from the Millennium Nucleus Information Theory and Randomness of our Faculty, this system challenges school students with mathematical problems through everyday situations.
Read More“The confidence of school teachers comes from two things: knowledge and math thinking”
A few visits to classrooms were enough for him to confirm that some elementary teachers didn’tknow enough mathematics to teach children and something had to be done. Thechairman of the Department of Mathematics at Boston College (BC) -a highly selective Jesuit Catholic university in the United States with a commitment to both research and teaching- has beeninvolved in many boards and committees in USA concerned with the mathematicalpreparation of teachers. Also he is the founder and director of the CaseStudies Project at BC. Invited bythe Fondef project “Tools for Training of...
Read MoreDepartment of Mathematical Engineer new graduate is the number 300
After passing with highest distinction his final exam, Cristian Figueroa traveled to Canada to attend the Summer School on “Perceiving, Measuring and Managing Risk,” the trip was funded by the CMM after receiving the “Outstanding Student 2008 Award.”
Read MoreExploring new ways to improve math education in the country
The workshop “The ability to teach mathematics of prospective teachers of Pre-primary and Basic (K-8)”, organized by CMM, met last Monday, June 16, Chilean and foreign academics who are proposing substantial changes to raise the quality of education in Chile.
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