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2011
- Jacobs undergraduates Alexandru Babeanu (Physics), Radu
Cimpeanu (Applied and Computational Mathematics), and Andrada Ianus
(Physics) are Finalist Winners at the 2011 Mathematical
Contest in Modeling with their paper on "A Key Performance
Variable Approach to Evaluating Efficient Halfpipe Geometry". As
finalist winners, their work was considered among the best 29 out
of 2775 international teams and the best placement of a Jacobs team
at the MCM ever.
- Colloquium in Honor of
Peter Oswald's 60th Birthday on Thursday, November 24, 2011,
15:00-18:30 at Haus der Wissenschaft, Bremen
- Official opening of the Howard Resnikoff Mathematics Common
Room on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 18:30
- International Mathematical
Summer School for Students, July 2-12, 2011
2010
- Jacobs students Kęstutis Česnavičius and Jessica Fintzen scored
a first and Philipp Weiss a second prize at the International Mathematics Competition
for University Students 2010, with Kęstutis ranking 11th out of
329 participants. In the university ranking, the Jacobs team came
out 13th out of 98 teams, ahead of all other German teams.
- Mathematics freshmen Vaidotas Kurlianskas and Vardan Verdiyan
together with ACM sophomore Radu Frunza were awarded the
"Meritorious Winner" designation for their paper "Time and Location
Scaling Approach to Geographical Profiling" (of a serial killer) in
the 2010 Mathematical
Contest in Modeling.
- Jacobs undergraduate Jessica Fintzen scored a sixth place out
of 83 contestants in the 20th Vojtěch Jarník
International Mathematical Competition. Todor Bilarev and
Philipp Weiss were among the top 12, and Vardan Verdiyan on rank 18
(all in category I - first and second year students). Third year
students Kęstutis Česnavičius ranked 14 and Goran Drazic ranked 25
out of 80 contestants in category II.
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The 2010 IMC Team |
International Mathematical Olympiad 2009
| The city of Bremen hosted the 50th International Mathematical Olympiad,
July 10-22, 2009. During this time, the Jacobs campus was home to
almost 600 of the most talented young mathematicians from 104
countries.
The 50th International Mathematical Olympiad Anniversary
Celebration in featured special guests Béla Bollobás, Timothy
Gowers, Lászlo Lovász, Stanislav Smirnov, Terence Tao, and
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz.
IMO 2009 daily news
coverage.
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2009
- Symposium in Honor of Vadim
Kaimanovich Saturday, November 28, 2009, 9:00-17:00 at Haus der
Wissenschaft, Bremen. With lectures by Anatoly Vershik, Wolfgang
Woess, Ursula Hamenstädt, Mark Pollicott, Tatiana
Smirnova-Nagnibeda, and Alexander Bufetov.
- Jacobs second year undergraduate Kęstutis Česnavičius scored a
third prize in the 19th Vojtěch Jarník
International Mathematical Competition. Other highly ranked
Jacobs participants were second year students Eugenia Rosu and
Valentin Buciumas tied on rank 12 (all in category I of the
competition, no other team of any university has their top three
participants ranked as highly) and third year student Alexandru
Sava on rank 16 (in category II).
- Jacobs University
Open House, Saturday, April 25, 2009
2008
- Jacobs students Alex Sava, Vitalie Patrinica, and Alin Iacob
scored highly in the 2008
Group Mathematics Olympiad.
- Jacobs students Simon Schmitt, Viviana Petrescu, and Momchil
Minkov received an Honorable Mention at the 2008 Mathematical
Contest in Modeling.
- November 22, 2008: The
Bremen Finale of the Year of Mathematics 2008 at the Haus der
Wissenschaft. Highlights: 17:15-18:00 public general lecture by
Wolfgang Lück (Münster, recipient of the Leibniz prize 2008 and
incumbent president of the German Mathematical Society), followed
by short lectures on three of the Clay Millennium Prize problems by
Michael Stoll (Bayreuth), Eva-Maria Feichtner (Bremen) and Sönke
Hansen (Paderborn).
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