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Public Lecture | Simulating the Universe by Prof Romeel Davé
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 Public Lecture
Federal German Education and Research Minister visits AIMS South Africa
Federal Minister, Dr Annette Schavan, together with other delegates from Germany including Dr Horst Freitag, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Prof Helmut Schwarz, President: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Prof Margret Wintermantel, President: German Academic Exchange Service and Prof Jörg Hacker, President: German National Academy of Science, Leopoldina, visited the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Muizenberg on
Der Spiegel video and article
AIMS was featured in an article that appeared in Der Spiegel in April 2012. The article appears in German, but the video is in English and is available to view at http://video.spiegel.de/flash/1187742_996_560_H264_1400.mp4
AIMSSEC one of the winners of the UNESCO-Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre (AIMSSEC), together with the Rato Bangala Foundation (Nepal) and the Banco del Libro (Venezuela) will be awarded the UNESCO-Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers. The ceremony will take place in Dubai on 24 April 2012, in
German Deputy Minister visits AIMS
On Friday 19 August 2011, AIMS was visited by the Deputy Minister of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr Helge Braun, and his colleagues Mrs Susanne Madders, Head of the Africa Department in the German Ministry of Education and Research Mrs Maja Clausen, Head of the Department for Research, Science and
Review of AIMS
AIMS and its Research Centre have are currently being reviewed by a high profile panel of scientists including Prof David Gross (A Nobel Prize winner for Physics), Prof Gerhard Frey (a leading German mathematician); Prof David Bekolle (a leading mathematician from Cameroon); Prof Sunil Maharaj (a leading South African mathematician) and Dr Romilla Maharaj (representing
Award for visiting AIMS researcher
Visiting Senior Researcher, Prof Douw Steyn has been awarded a mentorship medal by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences. CFES/FCST awards the medal annually to nominees from all sectors and specializations within the earth science community. The medal was created in 2009 by CFES/FCST in order to recognize the sustained
AIMS is featured on Euronews
http://www.euronews.net/2011/02/25/educating-tomorrow-s-scientists/
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