IMI Mathematics Prize for the year 2017

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The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences opens a call for nominations for the IMI Mathematics Prize for the year 2017 for excellent achievements in Mathematics. Candidates must be Bulgarian citizens and must not have completed 40 years of age before 1-st of January 2017. The deadline for nominations is 31-st of December 2016. Nominations are sent (electronically) to the Chairman of the Prize Committee.

For the first time the Prize was awarded for the year 2014 to Martin Kassabov, Professor at the University of Cornell, USA.
Details about the Prize and the nominations’ procedure can be found in the Statute of the Prize.

The members of the IMI Prize Committee for 2017 are:

• Stanimir Troyanski (Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia, Bulgaria) - Chairman of the Prize Committee. E-mail: stroya@um.es.
• Armen Sergeev (Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia)
• Luchezar Stoyanov (University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)
• Vidar Thomée (Chalmers University of Technology, Goeteborg, Sweden)
• Efim Zelmanov (University of California at San Diego, USA)

Professor Jonathan Borwein passed away at 65

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With deep sadness we report that our colleague Jonathan Borwein, Laureate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Newcastle, Australia, passed away on August 2, 2016 at the age of 65. Professor Borwein was a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and a dear friend of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He has been closely related to the Bulgarian mathematical community by collaborative work with several Bulgarian mathematicians, by hosting Bulgarian scientists and participation in projects and scientific events involving the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and the Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Proceedings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Comptes rendus de l'academie Bulgare des sciences.

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16th Summer Research School in Mathematics and Informatics

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Category: Education, Young Talents

The High School Student Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (HSSIMI) will conduct for sixteenth time the Summer Research School in Mathematics and Informatics (SRS'16). The school will be hosted by the American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad, from July 31st to August 20th, 2016.

SRS'16 will be attended by 50 students from Bulgaria, India, Luxembourg, Macedonia, New Zealand, with special interests in the fields of mathematics, informatics and information technology.

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Award for Prof. Vladimir Pericliev

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At the beginning of this year Prof. Dr Vladimir Pericliev from the Mathematical Linguistics Department (IMI-BAS) was awarded the prestigious Sejong Prize for academically distinguished papers of Sejong University, South Korea.