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In this edition there are four challenges from the following companies: Lookiero, Quantum Mads, BAT - B Accelerator Tower and Danobat.
The academic participants that will participate in ESGI 188 are a diverse group of people, including MSc and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors, with expertise in Mathematical fields such as Operations Research, Optimisation, Statistics, Numerical Analysis, Computer Sciences, Physics, Finances, Data Analysis, among others. |
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| | | The SeMA "Antonio Valle" Prize is awarded annually by the Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics (SeMA) to young researchers under the age of 33 whose work stands out for its scientific excellence and potential to positively impact mathematical research. Matteo Croci is an Ikerbasque Research Fellow and Ramón y Cajal Fellow in the Mathematical Design, Modelling and Simulations area at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) in Bilbao. His research has always been interdisciplinary, working at the interface between various fields of applied mathematics and computational engineering. |
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| | This cultural initiative, part of the ‘2M: Mathematics and Music’ project, will take place at the "Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga" Conservatory in Bilbao, featuring two categories: violin and piano.
The closing ceremony will be held on June 28 at the Sociedad Bilbaina. The main objective of the competition is to promote mathematical and musical culture and to encourage the musical development of young pianists and violinists. The initiative is part of Bilbomath, a collaboration agreement between Bilbao City Council and BCAM aimed at promoting internationalization and innovation in talent attraction.
Participants are free to choose their repertoire. Registrations are now open to pianists and violinists born between 1993 and 2017. Competition rules are available at this link. Prizes will include concerts at the Sociedad Bilbaina and the Bilbao Conservatory, along with scholarships ranging from €500 to €1,000. The event is organized with the collaboration of Bilbao City Council; UPV/EHU; the "Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga" Conservatory of Bilbao; Sociedad Bilbaina; and Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science.
Artistic Direction: Luca Fanelli (Ikerbasque Research Professor, UPV/EHU and BCAM; pianist)
Co-Artistic Directors: Ales Larrazabal (Bilbao Conservatory; pianist); Rubén Darío Reina (RTVE Orchestra; violinist); Maite Villate (Bilbao Conservatory; pianist) |
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| | On April 7th, BCAM hosted a seminar focused on patient transportation, organized by its Combinatorial Optimization research line. The event featured Ángel Ruiz Bartolome from Laval University (Canada) as the guest speaker. Ángel Ruiz Bartolome has collaborated with BCAM’s researchers María Merino and Imanol Gago in their work within the health project BMTF - Basque Modeling Task Force.
This seminar provided valuable insights into the current challenges in patient transportation and emphasized the importance of optimizing resource management to improve efficiency and service quality in both emergency and non-emergency contexts. |
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| | | These visits are part of "Matematikhariak," BCAM's outreach program, aimed at inspiring STEM vocations among students visiting the center.
Luca Fanelli ((Ikerbasque Research Professor at UPV/EHU / BCAM Linear and Non-Linear Waves) worked with Txomin Aresti Leioa. Students had the chance to interactively explore mathematical applications while they answered different challenges or played with ‘Slinky’ to learn more about longitudinal and transverse waves.
Matteo Croci (Ikerbasque Research Fellow and Ramón y Cajal Fellow/ Mathematical Design, Modelling and Simulations area) and Ana Fernandez Navamuel (Postdoc Fellow Mathematical Design, Modelling and Simulations) engaged with IES Ballonti. Students learned that mathematics helps understand how brain fluids and their solutes move to study Alzheimer's disease; it is in supercomputers that predict the weather; and it helps predict failures and detect damage to structures using sensor data, among many other applications.
They also got to know about the ORE4CITIZENS project, which brings renewable marine energies closer to the public with different recreational and educational proposals. |
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| Research area: Mathematical Modelling with Multicisciplinary Applications Research line: Mathematical and Theoretical Biology |
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| Aguiar, M., Steindorf, V., Srivastav, A.K., Stollenwerk, N., Kooi, B.W Bifurcation analysis of a two infection SIR-SIR epidemic model with temporary immunity and disease enhancement.
This study presents a two-infection SIR-SIR model incorporating waning immunity during the first infection and enhancement or protection effects in recurrent infections. Bifurcation analysis identifies two codim-2 bifurcations as organizing centers. A cusp bifurcation describes the transition from disease-free to endemic equilibrium. Analytical solutions provide geometric insights into stationary dynamics, while a Bogdanov-Takens point reveals oscillatory endemic dynamics and a homoclinic connection.
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BCAM will participate in ‘2025, International Year of Quantum Science and Technology’ by Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales De España
7 May
Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Madrid.
More info Luis Vega (Severo Ochoa accreditation's PI) will give the talk “Las matemáticas y el mundo cuántico, tres escenarios“.
There will be 2 more talks: "La Revolución Cuántica: Un viaje al futuro de la computación y la comunicación” by Prof. Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturáin, Instituto Max Planck de Óptica Cuántica “El reto de clasificar las fases cuánticas de la materia”, by Prof. David Pérez García, Universidad Complutense de Madrid | | |
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IKUR Quantum Colloquium
8 May
Paraninfo, Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT/ZTF), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Leioa..
More info IKUR Quantum Talks are organized by the DIPC, the UPV/EHU and BCAM to raise awareness of the scientific basis and potential of quantum technologies.
Prof. Rainer Blatt (University of Innsbruck, IQOQI, AQT GmbH) will review the foundational principles of quantum information processing and provide insights into the current status of the Innsbruck trapped-ion quantum computer. Using strings of trapped ions, his team implements a quantum information processor capable of quantum operations, simulations, and measurements. The talk will explore analog and digital quantum simulations, highlight applications in quantum metrology through entanglement-enhanced Ramsey interferometry, and address the implementation of fault-tolerant logical gates. Additionally, Prof. Blatt will discuss the development of a commercially available NISQ-type quantum processor through Alpine Quantum Technologies (AQT). | | |
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BCAM will be part of SOMMa's Open Science Meeting
26 May
ICMAT.
More info Representatives of the Open Science working group of the Alliance of Excellence of Severo Ochoa Centres and María de Maeztu Units (SOMMa) will meet at ICMAT (Madrid). Miguel A Benítez (Project Office) will attend on behalf of BCAM.
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BCAM's 'MATH4SPORTS' project will be presented on Friday 6 June at the Elkano Business School (UPV/EHU), as part of the ‘New technologies applied tosports management' class
6 June
Elkano Business School (UPV/EHU - Bilbao)
More info The class will be taught by Dae - Jin Lee BCAM's Knowledge Transfer Unit Data Science coordinator & Applied Statistics Research Line leader (2020 - 2022) who will present the project developed on mathematical modelling for the sports health and performance industry, with special emphasis on the results of the project and how Data Analysis has applicability in the world of sport. | | |
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BCAM will participate in the AFDA Conference on Artificial Intelligence applied to sport 'Inteligencia Artifical y Deporte. Una Realidad’
19 June
Palacio de Europa (Vitoria - Gasteiz)
More info These conferences are organised annually by AFDA (Association of Federations of Alava) and are aimed at associations (mainly in the Basque Country). On this occasion, Fernando García, Research Fellow (Computational and Applied Statistics) will give one of the talks on the second day. | | |
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5 May, 2025 - 9 May, 2025
Basque Center fo Applied Mathematics - BCAM, Bilbao, Spain
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Santiago Mazuelas (BCAM & Ikerbasque) and Jean-Michael Loubes (INRIA(Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse)
19 May, 2025 - 23 May, 2025
UPNA, Pamplona (Spain)
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Andrea Cianchi (University of Florence)
19 May, 2025 - 23 May, 2025
Maryam Mirzakhani Seminar Room at BCAM
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Saurabh Shrivastava (IISER Bhopal, India)
20 May, 2025 - 23 May, 2025
Maryam Mirzakhani Seminar Room at BCAM
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27 May, 2025
Maryam Mirzakhani Seminar Room at BCAM
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Marius Tucsnak (Institute of Mathematics of Bordeaus - University of Bordeaux)
10 June, 2025
Maryam Mirzakhani Seminar Room at BCAM
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