One more year, the Graduate School of the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) and the Department of Engineering in Mathematics (DIM, because of its acronym in Spanish) was held in summer to give the opportunity to students to know more about the DIM Master in Applied Mathematics and PhD program.
“Our main aim is to detect and atract talented students looking for strong graduate programs in applied mathematics and mathematical modeling. Many oustading students who have attended this school were admitted in our PhD program” highlighted CMM researcher Joaquín Fontbona, member of the organizing committee and director of DIM’s Graduate School.
This 14th edition of the school, which took place from 12th to 23th January 2015, consisted of a main course, entitled ‘Introduction to functional analysis’ and conducted by Michal Kowalczyk. It offered also two short introductory courses of three sessions each one, presented by Michal Schraudner and Jaime Ortega, and focused on ergodic theory and image processing respectively.
“Definitely it was an opportunity to share experiences with students from other countries and faculties. Lecturing an entire course in five sessions is challenging. It made me think about the depth of the Hahn-Banach theorem and its consequences. In this sense it was enriching”, pointed out Kowalczyk.
Fifteen candidates from Chile and other Latin American countries applied to the school this year. However, just six were admitted. The group met for first time in Santiago and some of them might continue sharing experiences if they are accepted in the DIM graduate programs.
“I was surprised about the powerful infrastructure of the faculty (laboratories and offices) as well as the practical focus for mathematics that is used in the department, whereas in my home country it is more theoretical. Research here tries to help society, to find solutions to daily problems”, said the attendee Diego Alberto, from Universidad de Salta (Argentina).
“I discovered new concepts and perspectives. But time is limited at the school. I would like to continue learning about it, which is also a motivation to look forward to being enrolled in the PhD”, stressed Dany Rios, from Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
