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Foundation Andrónico Luksic gives scholarships to students

Posted on Mar 28, 2008 in News

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,...

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Chilean Technological Center for Sustainable Native Forest was officially launched

Posted on Mar 14, 2008 in News

Chilean 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...

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The eight Science and Technology Centers of Excellence for Chile were presented at CMM

Posted on Mar 11, 2008 in News

The 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.

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Researchers meet to discuss the latest advances in partial differential equations

Posted on Jan 18, 2008 in News

Researchers 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.

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DIM-CMM is awarded Program CONICYT-INRIA

Posted on Jan 8, 2008 in News

DIM-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.

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CMM celebrates the 60th birthday of
Rafael Correa with three seminars

Posted on Dec 31, 2007 in News

CMM 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...

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Department of Mathematical Engineering has a new Doctor

Posted on Dec 28, 2007 in News

Department of Mathematical Engineering has a new Doctor

The research was carried out in co-tutelle with the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI and was supervised By Felipe Alvarez, faculty and DIM's director, and Sylvain Sorin, professor at the French university. The jury panel included: Hedy Attouch, Michel Benaim, Jean-Bernard Baillón, Roberto Cominetti, Pascal Frey and Victor Ayala. In the viva-voice examination, on December 10, Juan received very good feedback from the jury panel about his presentation and written work. The first four chapters of the thesis are the...

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CMM awarded Basal Financing Program from Conicyt

Posted on Dec 12, 2007 in News

CMM awarded Basal Financing Program from Conicyt

It will provide more than 9 thousand million pesos to be shared among the winning proposals.

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Delegation of CNRS visit the CMM

Posted on Dec 12, 2007 in News

Delegation of CNRS visit the CMM

The group, led by CNRS President Catherine Bréchignac, took a tour to the centers and laboratories at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences on Tuesday 11th.

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France bestows National Order of Merit on Dr. Alejandro Maass

Posted on Dec 7, 2007 in News

France bestows National Order of Merit on Dr. Alejandro Maass

The award is in recognition of his constant efforts to promote scientific collaboration with the French nation, which he has been developing since the second half of the nineties.

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