May 29, 2017 A Data Science Workshop organised by Dr Bubacarr Bah, the German Research Chair of Mathematics with specialisation in Data Science, in association with the German Federal Ministry of Education and the Humboldt Foundation, was hosted at AIMS South Africa from 22 to 27 May 2017. The workshop introduced participants to some theory and methods, computational
AIMS South Africa hosted a variety of events from 6-11 March 2017 to celebrate International Women’s Day as part of the AIMS Women in Stem initiative. Events included outreach to secondary schools where learners were given the opportunity to listen to female role models who encouraged them to follow careers in STEM fields. Schools visited
The 11th annual Summer School in Mathematical Finance will bring to South Africa several leading academic exponents of the fast-growing field of Mathematical Finance, and presents a week-long opportunity to local practitioners, academics and students to interact with international leaders in Mathematical Finance on topics and modelling techniques current in the South African and international financial markets. Dates: 21 –
AIMS recognises that women’s and girl’s involvement in mathematical sciences is a critical factor that will contribute to shaping Africa’s growth and development. It is important to attract and retain more women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce, as this will maximize innovation, creativity, and competitiveness. Scientists and en-gineers are working to
Capetown, South Africa, 13 – 17 February 2017 The summer school “Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing” is jointly organized by the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Germany and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa, Capetown, South Africa. The school brings together experts from Germany and Africa to lecture on various topics of Scientific Computing. Intended Audience
In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the United Nations General Assembly decided in 2016 to declare 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On 15 February from
The Mathematics in Industry Study Group in South Africa will take place at AIMS South Africa 11 -14 January 2017: Graduate Workshop16 – 20 January 2017: MISG23 – 27 January 2017: Project write-up A Mathematics in Industry Study Group is a five-day workshop at which academic researchers and graduate students work collaboratively with representatives from
Dates: 7-8 December 2016Times: Lecture 1 (14h30 – 15h30) open to physicists, researchers and academics from other universitiesLecture 2 (16h00 -17h00) open to all AIMS students, researchersVenue: AIMS South Africa, 6 Melrose Road, Muizenberg View photos
The workshop on Computing in the Financial World will be hosted at AIMS South Africa from 28 November to 2 December 2016 Participants Senior undergraduates (3rd year) or honours students in mathematics, computing or statistics.
28 November 2016 Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 1: Prof Neil Koblitz, University of Washington Time: 14.30 – 15.30 Title: Introduction to some computer-science aspects of cryptographyAbstract: Using graph theory (perfect codes, related to error-correcting codes) a cryptosystem based on an NP-complete problem is constructed, (but without going into any detail on NP-completeness). The reduction from one
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