Monday, 28 June 2021 The recipient of the Fields Medal, Prof. Andrei Okounkov, PhD, visited UP Famnit

During the 8th European Congress of Mathematics, the University of Primorska hosted the recipient of the Fields Medal, Prof. Andrei Okounkov, PhD, who gave a public lecture at the congress. Prof. Okounkov got acquainted with the activities and achievements of our university, and then visited UP FAMNIT, where he met the Dean of UP FAMNIT, Assoc. Prof. Ademir Hujdurović, PhD and the director of UP IAM, Prof. Vito Vitrih, PhD.

Throughout the congress, several groups of volunteers and employees worked on the premises of the faculty, providing technical support and smooth transmission of lectures for all participants.

Prof. Okounkov is also a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Congress of Mathematicians - ICM 2022, which will be held in St. Petersburg next year, so he listened carefully to the presentation of the organizational aspect of 8ECM.

A pleasant interview with Prof. Okounkov was published by STA Krog.