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Nucleus 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...
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.
read moreStudents and researchers will discuss about variational analysis
As part of the thematic month, organized by the Centre for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) and the Department of Mathematical Engineering (DIM) at the University of Chile, there will be a school in variational analysis from Nov. 6 to Nov. 19. This activity is aimed at advanced students in math, with doctorates or in the last year of their master degree. The courses will be carried out by Alfred Auslender, Didier Aussel, Jean Marc Bonisseau, Roberto Cominetti, Boris Mordukhovich, Lionel Thibault and Dariusz Zagrodny, who will describe the latest...
read moreDIM and CMM's Researchers awarded eight projects of incentives for International Cooperation
This initiative seeks to strengthen Regular and Initiation projects of Fondecyt with the visit of foreing researchers.
read moreCenter for Mathematical Modeling calls for positions
Applications are called for two five-year positions at the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), Universidad de Chile, at the assistant or associate professor level, renewable to another 5 years. A Ph.D. in mathematics (or a related field) is required. These positions are research oriented and it is expected that candidates exhibit a good record of publications, preferably in one of the mathematical areas cultivated at CMM (see web page www.cmm.uchile.cl). Strong performance in research will be the main requirement. The teaching load is...
read moreResearchers give guidelines for a Grid Infrastructure in Chile
This 7 and 8 of May, at the Centre for Mathematical Modeling, it were conducted the first activities and the launch of the Project called “II Workshop of Articulation for the linking between Science and Business: e-Science and Industry: Towards a National Grid Infrastructure” developed by the Union of Universities, Reuna.
read moreEntrepreneurs of the forestry sector visit CMM
Jorge Serón, General Manager of Bosques Arauco, and Osvaldo Ramírez, Manager of Controladora de Plagas Forestales, met members of the CMM’s Forestry Lab.
read moreCLCERT and Microsoft organize the first “Ethical Hacking Challenge” contest in Chile
Contestants that achieve “hacking” the server “Challenge” will receive one of three prizes of $250,000 pesos in cash.
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