Monday, 30 September 2019 Guest lectures: Martin R Bridson FRS, Maria J. Esteban and Volker Mehrmann
We are pleased to invite you to the following public lectures
on Tuesday, 8th of October 2019
at FAMNIT-VP1 (Glagoljaška 8, Koper)
11:15–12:00: Hyperbolic geometry: where battered gems retain their full beauty
Martin R Bridson FRS, 8ECM Prize Committee Chair
(University of Oxford)
About the lecture:
Hyperbolic geometry provides a rich setting in which many rigidity phenomena emerge. In this talk for a general audience, Martin R Bridson FRS shall present several different types of rigidity phenomena, from Mostow’s classical rigidity theorem to generalizations involving the large-scale geometry of groups and spaces. He shall also explain why hyperbolicity is so ubiquitous and end the lecture by sketching how a newly discovered rigidity phenomenon in hyperbolic geometry can be used to settle an old question concerning the difficulty of identifying an infinite group by studying its actions on finite objects.
12:00–12:45: Best constants for functional inequalities and spectral estimates for Schrödinger operators
Maria J. Esteban, 8ECM Scientific Committee Chair
(CEREMADE (CNRS UMR n° 7534), PSL Research University, Université Paris-Dauphine)
13:30–14.15: The distance to stability and the distance to instability of dynamical systems
Volker Mehrmann, President European Mathematical Society
(TU Berlin)
About the lecture:
The analysis of the stability of a dynamical system is an essential question of mathematics. An important class of control systems is that of dissipative Hamiltonian systems that arise in all areas of science and engineering. When the system is linearized arround a stationary solution one gets a linear dissipative Hamiltonian system. Despite the fact that the system looks very unstructured at firstsight, it has remarkable properties. Stability and passivity are automatic, Jordan structures forpurely imaginary eigenvalues, eigenvalues at infinity, and even singular blocks in the Kroneckercanonical form are very restricted and furthermore the structure leads to fast and efficientiterative solution methods for associated linear systems. We discuss the distance to instability under struture preserving perturbations and also the smallest distance to the nearest stable system. An even harder problem is the distance to the nearest singular or ill-posed problem. While this in gerenal open, for the class of dissipative Hamiltonian systems we present a simple classification.
This is joint work with Christian Mehl and Michal Wojtylak.
Wednesday, 25 September 2019 Registration for the 8ECM is now open!
We are happy to announce that registration for the 8th European Congress of Mathematics (8ECM) is now open!
The congress will be held from 5 to 11 July next year at the Congress Centre Bernardin, which is located at the head of the Adriatic Sea, between the medieval town of Piran and modern Portorož, both within walking distance of the venue. With a Mediterranean climate and culinary delights, it offers an authentic experience and much to explore.
We are planning an extensive scientific program for the 8ECM, including many minisymposia, public lectures and other activities. Just before and after the 8ECM a large number of engaging satellite conferences will be held in various parts of Europe, as well as at the conference venue.
Many researchers and students, along with publishing houses and representatives from industry will be present at the 8ECM, which will provide plenty of opportunities for networking and collaboration on future projects.
We expect to host more than 1500 visitors from all over the world and we are confident this will be a spectacular mathematical event you will not want to miss!
To register for the Congress, please visit https://www.8ecm.si/register. You can find more information about accommodation on our website where you can make a direct reservation through the "Book your accommodation" link to obtain the event rate. Early Bird registration and accommodation rates are available until January 31, 2020.
Be sure to subscribe to our 8ECM Newsletter as well, so you won’t miss any updates and new content!
We look forward to seeing you at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics in 2020!
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 The last application term for undergraduate and postgraduate studies - until 26 September 2019 (until 12.00 o'clock)
Tomorrow will start the last application term for undergraduate and postgraduate studies at UP FAMNIT 2019/2020 and lasts until THURSDAY, 26th September 2019 until 12.00 o'clock.
The application is possible for all study programmes that are included in the call for enrolment, except for undergraduate study programme Biopsychology and for postgraduate study programmes Biopsychology and Data Science for parallel degree studies.
All information about the application procedure are available here.
For more information please contact the Student Services (e-mail: referat@famnit.upr.si, tel. + 386 5 611 75 75).
Monday, 23 September 2019 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY: Course schedules for Autumn Semester 2019/2020
We would like to inform you that the course schedules for all undergraduate study programmes for the Autumn Semester 2019/2020 are published on our website. Lectures start on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 and last until Friday, 17 January 2020.
The schedule might change until Monday, 30 September. Please check the schedule again before the beginning of the academic year.
Please check the schedule regularly, because weekly schedules can differ.
Changes after that (from Tuesday, 1 October) will be published in the notices of Student Services (for each study programme separately). We advice all students to register for the news, as they will be immediately notified by email about any change.
In some undergraduate courses, students are divided into groups for laboratory work (Computer Science – Slovene (1st and 2nd year), Computer Science – English (1st and 2nd year) and Biopsychology (1st, 2nd and 3rd year)). The list of students divided by groups will be published no later than Monday, 30 September 2019.
Notice for the 3rd year students of the Mathematics EN programme: lectures for the course Statistics will be added later to the course schedule. In case the guest lectures won’t arrive in time, the course will be moved to the second semester.
The University of Primorska reception of freshmen will take place on Tuesday, 1st October. All information about the program and meetings with study programme coordinators are published on our website. 1st year students start lectures on Wednesday, 2 October.
In the beginning of October, study programme coordinators will meet all 2nd and 3rd year students. Exact terms will be published in the notices of Student Services.
Student Services UP FAMNIT
Monday, 23 September 2019 POSTGRADUATE STUDY: Course schedules for the autumn semester 2019/2020
We would like to inform you that the course schedules for all undergraduate study programmes for the Autumn Semester 2019/2020 are published on our website. Lectures start on Tuesday, 1 October 2019 and last until Friday, 17 January 2020.
Please check the schedule every week, because weekly schedules can differ.
The schedule might change until Monday, 30 September. Please check the schedule again before the beginning of the academic year.
Changes after that (from Tuesday, 1 October) will be published in the notices of Student Services (for each study programme separately). We advice all students to register for the news, as they will be immediately notified by email about any change.
Notice for the 2nd year students of the Nature Conservation programme: laboratory work and tutorials for the course Marine Conservation Biology will be added later to the course schedule.
Terms for the meetings with the study programme coordinators with the 1st year students:
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Mathematical Sciences – Slovene (PMA) and Mathematical Sciences – English (PMA-EN): on Tuesday, 1 October at 16.30 in Famnit-MP7 (during lectures for the course Probabilty);
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Computer Science (PRIN): on Monday, 7 October at 17.00 in Famnit-VP2 after the seminar;
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Nature Conservation (PBI): on Thursday, 3 October at 16.30 in Famnit-Muzejski3 (during lectures for the course Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology);
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Biopsychology (PBP): on Monday, 1 October at 14.00 in Famnit-MP6;
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Applied Psychology (UPSI): on Monday, 1 October at 14.00 in Famnit-MP7,
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Mathematics with Financial Engineering (PMF): on Friday, 11 October at 13.00 in Famnit-Muzejski4;
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Data Science – Slovene (PZ) and Data Science – English (PZ-EN): on Monday, 1 October at 16.30 in Famnit-MP2.
In the beginning of October study programme coordinators will meet 2nd year students. Exact terms will be published in the notices of Student Services.
Student Services UP FAMNIT
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 University reception of freshmen – Tuesday, 1st OCTOBER
Dear freshmen!
Your first Academic year is about to start and we are warmly inviting you to take part of the activities and events of the first day!
- 10.00 – 11.00: University of Primorska reception of freshmen on Tito square
- 11.00 – 11.30: UP FAMNIT reception of freshmen – in Slovene, classroom Tramontana (UP FHŠ, Titov trg 5, ground floor)
- 12.00 – 12.30: UP FAMNIT reception of freshmen – in English, classroom Tramontana (UP FHŠ, Titov trg 5, ground floor)
- 11.30 – 13.00: informal socializing at the Faculty with Student council and students
Meetings with study programmes coordinators:
- 13.00–13.45: Computer Science (in Slovene), Famnit-VP2 (Glagoljaška 8, 1. floor)
- 13.45–14.30: Computer Science (in English), Famnit-VP2 (Glagoljaška 8, 1. floor)
- 13.00–13.45: Mathematics (in Slovene) & Mathematics in Economics and Finance (in Slovene), Famnit-Muzejski1 (Muzejski trg 7, ground floor)
- 13.45–14.30: Mathematics (in English), Famnit-Muzejski1 (Muzejski trg 7, ground floor)
- 13.00–13.45: Bioinformatics (in Slovene), Famnit-Muzejski4 (Muzejski trg 7, ground floor)
- 13.45–14.30: Bioinformatics (in English), Famnit-Muzejski4 (Muzejski trg 7, ground floor)
- 13.00–14.00: Mediterranean Agriculture, Famnit-MP6 (Glagoljaška 8, 2. floor)
- 13.00–14.00: Biopsychology (in Slovene), Fhš-Tramontana (Titov trg 5, ground floor)
Freshmen of Conservation Biology will have their meeting with study programme coordinator on Thursday, 3rd October at 14.00–15.00 in Famnit-MP1 (Glagoljaška 8, 1. floor).
All courses will start on Wednesday, 2nd October – please check the schedule that will be announced on Monday, 23rd September here (https://www.famnit.upr.si//en/student-pages/timetables). Time and classroom changes will be regularly published on the website (https://www.famnit.upr.si/sl/obvestila), but we advise you to register for the news and notices for your programme, as you will be immediately notified of any change.
See you soon!
UP FAMNIT professors and staff
Thursday, 12 September 2019 Application term for postgraduate programmes 13-18 September 2019
From Friday 13th until Wednesday 18th September candidates from EU and outside EU can apply to our Master’s and doctoral study programmes.
All information about the application procedure are available here:
https://www.famnit.upr.si/en/education/enrolment1920#heading1
For more information, please contact the Student Services (e-mail: referat@famnit.upr.si, tel. + 386 5 611 75 75).
Monday, 2 September 2019 Jean-Pierre Bourguignon to deliver a live interview at the 8ECM!
We are pleased to announce that outgoing President of the European Research Council, Professor Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, will be giving a live interview at the 8ECM.
Professor Bourguignon has been President of the European Research Council since 2014. During his tenure, the ERC has been a flagship component of Horizon 2020, the EU’s current Research Framework Programme, which has brought the council a corresponding budget increase of 60%.
Bourguignon is a mathematician by profession, whose main area of research is differential geometry. His work has focused on the Ricci curvature and its relation to both differential geometry and general relativity. His co-authored monographs include A Spinorial Approach to Riemannian and Conformal Geometry (EMS, 2015) and Mathematics, a Beautiful Elsewhere (Thames and Hudson, 2012), a book on the intersection of mathematics and art, published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name.
Professor Bourguignon has been affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) for most of his career, which, in his words, “has given me a great freedom to pursue my research”. Prior to his presidency of the ERC, Bourguignon was director of the international research institute, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) until 2013.
During Bourguignon’s directorship, the IHÉS numbered three Fields medallists among their faculty. Concurrently with his time at both the CNRS and IHÉS, Bourguignon was supported in research and professorial positions by École polytechnique.
As president of the Société Mathématique de France (1990-92), Bourguignon was instrumental in shaping the European Mathematical Society, established in 1990, becoming its second president (1995-98). The achievements of his tenure include founding the Journal of the European Mathematical Society (JEMS), increasing the visibility of the EMS, and boosting support for young mathematicians.
Among Bourguignon’s awards are the Prix Paul Langevin (1987) and the Prix du Rayonnement Français in Mathematical Sciences and Physics from the Académie des Sciences de Paris (1997). In addition, he has been granted several honorary positions, including membership of the London Mathematical Society and the German Association of Mathematicians (DMV), and doctorates from Keio University, Japan, and Nankai University, China.
We look forward to welcoming Professor Bourguignon at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics in Portorož, Slovenia!
Further details will be posted on our website, please follow us here for more news.
(Photo: University of Primorska)
Sources
https://erc.europa.eu/erc_member/jean-pierre-bourguignon
https://www.ihes.fr/en/professeur/jean-pierre-bourguignon-2/
https://erc.europa.eu/projects-figures/facts-and-figures
https://euro-math-soc.eu/history-european-mathematical-society
