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On May 11, 2012, the German Research Foundation (DFG) approved funding for the International Research Training Group (IRTG) "Moduli spaces and automorphic forms: arithmetic and geometric aspects". Prof. Jürg Kramer, designated chair of the IRTG, is delighted: "That is wonderful news! Within the IRTG we will be able to expand our existing contacts with colleagues in Leiden and Amsterdam. Our doctoral students on both sides will profit immensely from this."
HU Berlin is the lead university for the IRTG. The Dutch universities in Leiden and Amsterdam, as well as FU Berlin, are cooperation partners.
The IRTG will bundle broad expertise in the field of arithmetic algebraic and complex algebraic geometry. More specifically, it aims to investigate questions about the interplay between the arithmetic and the geometry of moduli spaces, as well as questions related to the arithmetic theory of automorphic forms. The research program includes the following research areas, which of course have mutual interconnections: arithmetic of moduli; heights, densities, and degenerations; and automorphic forms.
For further information please contact Jürg Kramer, Chair of the IRTG "Moduli spaces and automorphic forms", phone: 030 2093-5842, e-mail:
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Celebrating the approval of ECMath
The Einstein Foundation Berlin will fund the new Einstein Center in Mathematics ECMath is coming! In December 2011, the three Berlin universities (FU, HU, TU Berlin) submitted an application to the Einstein Foundation Berlin for an “Einstein Center for Mathematics Berlin”. ECMath is designed to ensure the international visibility of mathematics in Berlin even after the DFG (German Research Foundation) funding for Matheon ends. ECMath will provide a platform for joint activities of Matheon, the Berlin Mathematical School (BMS), and the “German Center for Teacher Education in Mathematics” (DZLM). An international panel of reviewers came to Berlin in March 2012 to evaluate the application, and the enthusiastic recommended its approval. Now the trustees of the Einstein Foundation have made the final decision to establish ECMath as the first Einstein Center in Berlin. Berlin’s former Senator for Education and Research, Prof. Jürgen Zöllner, the founding father of the Einstein Foundation and still a member of its board of trustees, personally announced the decision at the celebration of Matheon's 10th anniversary held on 10 May at TU Berlin. “We are very pleased that the Einstein Foundation approved our application so quickly. It means that we can continue the successful work in Matheon and the whole of Berlin mathematics” said Matheon chair Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin). DZLM chairman and BMS co-chair Jürg Kramer (HU Berlin) commented: “The fact that DZLM is an integral part of the ECMath proves the importance of teacher education in the future Einstein Center and indicates the changes needed and desired in the way mathematics is taught in schools today.” BMS chair Konrad Polthier (FU Berlin) added: “The longstanding cooperation between Matheon and BMS will increase within the framework of ECMath. With its decision, the Einstein Foundation has guaranteed that Berlin mathematics will be able to continue its high-quality research for years to come.” The new center begins on 1 Janurary 2013 with a start-up phase in which the institutional structures for closer cooperation between Matheon, BMS and DZLM will be set up. Full funding will begin on 1 June 2014, coinciding with the end of DFG funding for Matheon. Initial research will concentrate on four Innovation Areas: “Mathematics in clinical research and health care”, “Mathematics in sustainable energies”, “Mathematics in metropolitan infrastructures and “Mathematics in optical technologies”. Later, further activities in other areas of mathematics will follow.
For further information please contact Volker Mehrmann, Chair of the DFG Center Matheon, phone 030 314 - 25736,
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Research Training Group 1845: Stochastic analysis with applications in biology, finance and physics
HU and TU Berlin/U Potsdam
Call for Applications - PhD scholarships
The RTG Stochastic analysis with applications in biology, finance and physics is offering several scholarships for graduate students in Berlin starting October 1, 2012 or later. Candidates should have obtained (or be about to obtain) a Diploma or M.Sc. degree in mathematics or closely related fields with results significantly above average, and intend to pursue graduate studies in mathematics within the research areas of the RTG. The RTG offers, besides the opportunity to do supervised research, a rich graduate programme consisting of graduate courses, seminars, guest lectures, and research stays abroad. Fellows are required to actively participate in this programme. The RTG is a certified unit of the Berlin wide graduate school of mathematics, BMS, funded in the framework of the German excellence program.
Scholarships are tax-free and carry a monthly stipend of up to 1468,00 Euros plus family allowance. They are initially awarded for two years, subject to renewal to up to 3 years. All graduate students will be expected to work for a Ph.D. degree at one of the participating universities in Berlin and Potsdam.
Applications should provide the usual documents:
- letter of application
- curriculum vitae
- copies of certi ficates
- Diplom/masters' thesis and relevant publications if available
- statement of purpose sketching the applicants research interests
- two letters of recommendation (to be sent directly to us)
The RTG particularly encourages the application of female candidates. Disabled persons will be given preferential treatment in cases of otherwise equal qualification.
Applications and inquiries should be addressed to:
Prof. Dr. Peter Imkeller, Coordinator, GRK 1845
Institut für Mathematik
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Germany
preferably via e-mail to
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DEADLINES: Applications are requested before May 31, 2012
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 The Berlin Mathematical School offers a fast-track doctoral program in the rapidly developing scientific landscape of Berlin presenting an exciting variety of possibilities both for mathematical research and graduate education. As a BMS student, you will join a diverse community of fellow graduate students coming from over 30 countries around the world of which 30% are women.
We offer:
- A broad range of courses
- Pure and applied mathematics
- Full course program in English
- Scholarships
- Funding for conferences and summer schools
- Mentoring program and soft skills training
- Funding for students with children
We are now accepting applications for admission from talented students completing their Bachelor's degree or above.
Deadline: 31 May 2012
For detailed information, please go to:
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 Michael Högele receives the Adlershof Dissertation Award 2011.
"Convince us, show us what you have done over the last three years!" This challenge was directed to three junior scientists nominated for the Adlershof Dissertation Award 2011. Their task was to present the topic of their dissertation in a 15 min talk understandable to a general audience. After the presentations of the nominees it was a difficult decision for the judges who consisted of a mathematician, a psychologist and a physicist. Finally, the award went to award BMS alumnus Dr. Michael Högele.
Michael wrote his dissertation at the Institute of Mathematics at the Humboldt-Universität on stastical probabilistic interpretations of climate time series. he described how the last ice age, 90,000 to 20,000 years ago, had not been relatively equally cold but also had abrupt changes of temperature, with differences of 8 degrees celsius within 60 to 80 years. Michael analyzed the patterns of such temperature
changes with mathematical models.
The Adlershof Dissertation Award is awarded annually by the Humboldt-Universität, the Initiativgemeinschaft Außeruniversitärer Forschungseinrichtungen in Adlershof e.V. (IGAFA) and the WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH. It comes with a cash award of 3,000 Euros. The judges consist of leading personalities of the three awarding institutions.
Graduates with a doctoral degree from research institutions located in Adlershof who received at least a "magna cum laude" for their doctorate are eligible for the prize.
Congratulations to Michael!
For more information in German please read the press release from IGAFA:
http://www.igafa.de/2012/01/02/verleihung-der-dissertationspreises-adlershof-2011/
http://www.igafa.de/veranstaltungen/dissertationspreis-adlershof/
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BMS Phase II students Olga Heismann and Maite Wilke Berenguer received TU's Clara-von-Simson Award for their outstanding work on their theses. TU president Jörg Steinbach awarded the prize to Olga Heismann for her Master thesis, entitled "Minimum Cost Hyperassignments", and Maite Wilke Berenguer for her Diplomthesis on "Lipschitz Percolation." Olga is now working on her dissertation at the ZIB under the supervision of Martin Grötschel, Maite is a member of the Stochastics group at TU Berlin working under Michael Scheutzow. Clara von Simson was the first woman to finish her habilitation in Physics in 1951 at TU Berlin. It was one of her lifelong goals to motivate women for a career in the natural sciences and she committed herself to supporting women in science, technology and engineering. Congratulations to Olga and Maite!   |
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Germany has the best political and financial support to encourage international study, according to the British Council. Australia comes second in the organization’s “global gauge” for international higher education, while the UK sits in third place. The ranking is based on an analysis by the British Council, both of government policies that encourage international opportunities and those that act as a barrier.
Germany scored particularly highly in the British Council ranking because of policies that encourage domestic students and academics to spend time abroad, as well as its success in attracting international students. Among the attractions for international students is the increasing availability in Germany of courses taught entirely in English, so much so that students can complete degrees without ever having to speak German. It was also an attractive study destination because tuition fees were subsidized by the government.
OVERSEAS FRIENDLY
1. Germany
2. Australia
3. UK
4. China
5. Malaysia
6. US
7. Japan
8. Russia
9. Nigeria
10. Brazil
11. India
Source: British Council
more information:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12610268
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415465 |
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Topology and Groups Berlin 2012 