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Foundation Andrónico Luksic gives scholarships to students
The Foundation Andrónico Luksic Abaroa honored 25 students who stood out in the inter scholar Tournament in Mathematics. They will receive a grant consisting of a monthlycontribution that can be extended until they complete their universitystudies. The awarded students come mostly from schools from La Granja, La Pintana, San Ramon and Santiago, among others. There are 24 scholarships for pupils consisting in a monthly payment of $ 53,000 pesos for the year 2008, which may be renewed until the students complete their university studies, provided they maintain the academic excellence that made...
Read MoreChilean Technological Center for Sustainable Native Forest was officially launched
Academic authorities and forestry authorities attended the official launch of the Technological Center for Sustainable Native Forest (Centro Tecnológico del Bosque Nativo Sustentable, CTBNS) on Monday, March 10 at the central building of Universidad de Chile. The CTBNS is an initiative generated by the Center for Mathematical Modeling, involving the Faculty of Forestry, both from Universidad de Chile, and the universities de Magallanes, La Frontera and Los Lagos. One of its objectives is to enhance applied research in the management of this renewable natural resource and improve the quality...
Read MoreThe eight Science and Technology Centers of Excellence for Chile were presented at CMM
The Center for Mathematical Modeling was chosen by the Government to present the eight Science and Technology Centers of Excellence, awarded with the First Base Financing Program from Conicyt. The ceremony held on Thursday, March 6, was headed by the President Michelle Bachelet.
Read MoreResearchers meet to discuss the latest advances in partial differential equations
From January 7 to 10, mathematicians from Chile and abroad attended the workshop organized by the Center for Nonlinear Analysis at Carnegie Mellon University, the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) and the Department of Mathematical Engineering (DIM) of our Faculty. The activity was funded primarily by the National Science Foundation of the United States.
Read MoreDIM-CMM is awarded Program CONICYT-INRIA
The winning proposal seeks to continue the modeling in microbial ecology and the improving procedures for the biological decontamination of water.
Read MoreCMM celebrates the 60th birthday of
Rafael Correa with three seminars
Tyrell Rockafellar, Roger Wets, Shmuel Orenwere the speakers at the afternoon on optimization and equilibrium, which commemoratedthe 60th birthday of Rafael Correa, DIM`s faculty and CMM`sresearcher. The event, held at the Seminar Room of theCenter, was opened with the presentation of ShmuelOren, Earl J. Isaac Chair Professor at IEOR Department in UC Berkeley. The title of his talk was “Modeling and Computing Oligopolistic Strategic ForwardMarket Equilibrium in congested Electricity Network.” The following seminars were conducted by TyrellRockafellar (University of ...
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