Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra

CMUC sponsors the "Prémio Estatístico Júnior 2020" of the Portuguese Statistical Society (SPE). More information HERE. Deadline for submissions: 25 May 2020. ...

Call for Themes for the International Day of Mathematics 2021

(message from IMU) The first International Day of Mathematics (IDM 2020) aroused worldwide enthusiasm with 1,030 celebrations announced in more than 110 countries. Unfortunately, many celebrations were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This led to spontaneous online presentations...

FCT - Call for SR&TD Project Grants

An FCT call for SR&TD projects in all scientific fields is open from 30 January 2020 until 30 April 2020 (new deadline announced by FCT). Applications are submitted electronically, in English, through the electronic platform of FCT for projects. More information at...

Canguru Matemático 2020

As inscrições para a próxima edição do concurso estão abertas até ao dia 9 de março de 2020. A prova decorrerá no dia 19 de Março. Mais informações em www.mat.uc.pt/canguru ...

Ateliers de Matemática no Museu da Ciência

14 Março 2020, Museu de Ciência da UC 16H00 Planeta Matemático Gonçalo Pena, Marta Pascoal, Raquel Caseiro (CMUC/Univ. Coimbra) 17H00 Histórias com Tangram Gonçalo Gutierres, Sandra Pinto (CMUC/Univ. Coimbra) ...

Onde está a matemática na cerveja?

No dia 4 de março, Adérito Araújo, investigador do CMUC, apresenta a palestra "Onde está a matemática na cerveja?", integrada na edição de 2020 do evento "Pontos nos iii - Science Beer Talks 2020". Local: Exploratório...

Mathematical Texts - Vol. 48

13th Young Researchers Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control: three mini-courses The volume 48 of the DMUC Mathematical Texts collection, "13th Young Researchers Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control: three mini-courses" is now available at www.mat.uc.pt/~textos/v48. This...

FCT - Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2019

This call envisages the hiring of researchers in four contract levels - junior researcher, assistant researcher, principal researcher and coordinating researcher. PhD holders in all scientific fields can apply to carry out their scientific research or technological development activity in...

PhD Positions, UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

The UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics, run by the Universities of Coimbra and Porto, in Portugal, welcomes applications for the academic year 2020/2021. The Program will offer a number of doctoral scholarships (covering tuition fees and living expenses) to selected candidates. Funding...

Doctoral INPhINIT - INCOMING Fellowship Programme - 2020 Call for applications

"la Caixa Foundation" offers PhD grants in some top research training programmes, including CMUC. For applying click here.Deadline: 4 February 2020. You may find the projects offered by CMUC here.In order to get the PhD position at CMUC you must also apply to the UC|UP PhD...

Isabel Narra Figueiredo is the new President of CIM-Centro Internacional de Matemática

Congratulations to our colleague Isabel Narra Figueiredo who has just been elected the new Board President of CIM, the International Center for Mathematics, for the quadrennium 2020-2023.After having held the position of Vice-President-Treasurer in the last four years, she will, from now on, lead...

News from ECMI and EMS

1. ECMI2020 conference meeting: We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all to the 21st ECMI conference, which will take place in Limerick, Ireland, from 22-26 June 2020. I am sure it will be an excellent memorable event and a great opportunity to strengthen collaborations between...

Exhibition: JOSÉ MONTEIRO DA ROCHA (1734-1819) - MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER

Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra 9 Oct - 11 Dec 2019 More information at https://www.uc.pt/bguc/article?key=a-a06a9160af...

CMUC Newsletter 02-2019

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XXXVIII Portuguese Mathematical Olympiad (2019/20)

Calendário para as Categorias Júnior (6.º e 7.º anos), Categoria A (8.º e 9.º anos) e Categoria B (10.º, 11.º e 12.º anos) 1.ª eliminatória - 06 de novembro de 2019.2.ª eliminatória - 08 de janeiro de 2020.Final Nacional -...

Estágio DELFOS: 16-17 Nov

Next weekend of the Delfos School: 16-17 November 2019. See the program at www.mat.uc.pt/~delfos/2019-11-Estagios-Delfos.pdf ...

Tardes de Matemática da SPM Centro 2019

As Tardes de Matemática da Delegação do Centro da Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, que nasceram há mais de três décadas, têm sido um veículo importante de divulgação da Matemática junto dos alunos dos ensinos...

Scholarships for the participation at the 8th European Congress in Mathematics (Portoroz, 2020)

From: The Organizing Committee of the 8th European Congress of Mathematics We would like to inform about the open call for scholarships for the participation at the 8th European Congress of Mathematics (8ECM), which will be held in Portoroz, Slovenia between July 5th and July 11th,...

"la Caixa" Foundation is launching a new call for postdoctoral fellowships

The Postdoctoral Junior Leader fellowships programme aims to support the hiring of excellent researchers, of any nationality, who wish to further their research career in Spain or Portugal.The programme offers a total of 45 postdoctoral fellowships divided into two different types: Incoming...

Assistant Professor position

An international tender for a position of Assistant Professor in the field of Mathematics at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra is open. More information: https://www.uc.pt/drh/rm/pconcursais/pessoal_docente/A_decorrer/fct/P053-19-7729 ...

CMUC Newsletter 01-2019

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CMUC ranked "Excellent" among R&D Units in Portugal

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra was ranked with "Excellent", the best possible mark, in the recent evaluation of R&D Units by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The evaluation was made by an international panel of Mathematicians. Only...

Universidade de Verão 2019

The Summer University 2019, promoted by the University of Coimbra (UC), will take place from the 21st to the 26th of July. This is an event for high school students. Throughout the event, they will have the opportunity to participate in scientific, pedagogic and cultural activities that will show...

CMUC at CIÊNCIA 2019 meeting

CMUC organizes a session on Computational Biology and Medical Applications: July 8, 11:30-13:00 Chair: Paula de Oliveira (CMUC/Universidade de Coimbra) Adélia Sequeira (CEMAT/IST, Universidade de Lisboa), Towards personalized accurate cardiovascular simulations using...

International Day of Mathematics

The IDM Governing Board has decided the theme of the 2020 IDM, which will be "Mathematics is everywhere".The theme was proposed by Jaime Carvalho e Silva (CMUC/Portugal), former Secretary General of ICMI. Examples of topics related to the following sub-themes can be found in several...

Opening for Postdoctoral Position

The University of Coimbra (Portugal) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, under the research project of FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal) titled "Multi-Cam capsule endoscopy imagery : 3D capsule location and...

Programa Cientificamente Provável

CMUC, in partnership with the Mathematics Library of the UC, joined the "Cientificamente Provável" Program, an initiative of the State Secretariat of Education through the School Libraries Network and the State Secretariat for Science, Technology and Higher Education. The...

Aqui há grafos!

Talk by Marta Pascoal (DMat/CMUC) - UC Science Museum, May 11, 2019, 15:00. Resumo:Uma rede de telecomunicações, um GPS, um sistema de escoamento de águas, ou a última tournée da banda do momento estão relacionados com problemas matemáticos do...

Bento de Jesus Caraça e a actualidade da Cultura Integral

The Bento de Jesus Caraça Association, with the support of the Center for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra, promotes next May 4 a colloquium meeting about Bento de Jesus Caraça and the topicality of integral culture. The colloquium takes place in the Museum of Science of the...

Trocas altruístas num mundo competitivo

Talk by Adérito Araújo (DMat/CMUC) - UC Science Museum, April 6, 2019, 15:00. Resumo:O mundo é moldado pelas nossas decisões. O efeito conjugado das decisões que tomamos a cada instante, grandes ou pequenas, por hábito, de forma mais ou menos reflectida...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for three Postdoctoral research grants to be started in April. The grants end on the 31 of December, 2019, with the possibility of renewal. The applications should be submitted between March 11 and March 22. For...

The newly ICM Structure Committee

Irene Fonseca, Director of Center for Nonlinear Analysis (Carnegie Mellon University) and a member of CMUC Advisory Committee, has been appointed to the newly created ICM Structure Committee. Up to ICM 2018 in Brazil, the responsibility to determine the scientific program (sections and the...

A Matemática e as mensagens secretas

Talk by Jaime Carvalho e Silva (DMat/CMUC) - UC Science Museum, March 9, 2019, 15:00. Resumo: Com a Criptografia, uma área da Matemática, podemos esconder ("codificar" ou "encriptar") os conteúdos das nossas mensagens de modo a que pessoas não...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra will open soon a call for three Postdoctoral research grants for the period April 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019.Updated information will appear at CMUC webpage, soon....

FCT - Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus 2018

Applications for the second edition of the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus will run until 20 February 2019. This call envisages the hiring of 300 researchers, in four contract levels - junior researcher, assistant researcher, principal researcher and coordinating...

Doctoral INPhINIT - INCOMING Fellowship Programme - 2019 Call for applications

"la Caixa Foundation" offers PhD grants in some top research training programmes, including CMUC. For applying click here.Deadline: 6 February 2019. You may find the projects offered by CMUC here.In order to get the PhD position at CMUC you must also apply to the UC|UP PhD...

PhD Positions, UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

The UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics, run by the Universities of Coimbra and Porto, in Portugal, welcomes applications for the academic year 2019/2020. The Program will offer a number of doctoral scholarships (covering tuition fees and living expenses) to selected candidates. Funding will...

Os paradoxos do dia de aniversário e das coincidências

Talk by Carlos Tenreiro (DMat/CMUC) - UC Science Museum, January 12, 2019, 15:00. Resumo: Nesta sessão discutem-se dois problemas clássicos do cálculo de probabilidades, conhecidos como o paradoxo do dia de aniversário e o paradoxo das coincidências, que...

Pedro Nunes Lecture: "The ICDD (Interface Control Domain Decomposition) method for the solution of Multiphysics problems" by Alfio Quarteroni

21 November 2018, 15:00, Sala Pedro Nunes (DMat UC) Alfio Quarteroni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)The ICDD (Interface Control Domain Decomposition) method for the solution of Multiphysics problems Abstract: Interface Control Domain Decomposition (ICDD) is a method designed to...

JUNIOR RESEARCHER POSITION

Applications are welcome for a junior researcher position (three-year contract) in the framework of the project "New Perspectives in Nonlinear PDEs: unbalanced optimal transport, reaction-diffusion systems and nonlocal equations", reference PTDC/MAT-PUR/28686/2017, funded by FCT. The...

JUNIOR RESEARCHER POSITIONS

An international tender to fulfill 5 vacancies for the position of Junior Researcher in the field of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, is open for 10 working days following the publication of the present notice in Diário da República [Official Journal of the Portuguese Republic,...

Postdoctoral position in computational mathematics

Postdoctoral position in computational mathematics (focusing on image processing and analysis, visualization, numerical analysis, optimization, inverse problems in imaging, partial differential equations - with applications in medicine) in the framework of the interdisciplinary research project...

CMUC Newsletter 02-2018

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Universidade de Verão 2018

The Summer University 2018, promoted by the University of Coimbra (UC), will take place from the 2nd to 7th of July. This is an event for high school students. Throughout the event, several high school students will have the opportunity to participate in scientific, pedagogic and cultural activities...

Summer School of the UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

Aveiro, 3-14 September 2018. This year the annual UC|UP PhD Summer School will take place in Aveiro and is jointly organised with the PhD Program in Applied Mathematics of the Universities of Aveiro, Minho and Porto (MAP-PDMA) and the PhD Program in Mathematics of the University of Aveiro...

UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics, 2nd call for applications

A second call for applications for the 2018-19 edition of the program will be open in June, 1-15.More information at www.mat.uc.pt/phd_prog ...

CMUC Newsletter 01-2018

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Former DMUC student Afonso Bandeira wins a 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship

Congratulations to Afonso Bandeira! A former student of DMUC, currently an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York), Afonso is a winner of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. Bandeira seeks a deeper understanding of various processes for...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for three Postdoctoral research grants for the period April 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018. The applications should be submitted between February 21 and March 6. For more information see the official announcement at...

PhD Positions, UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

The UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics, run by the Universities of Coimbra and Porto, in Portugal, welcomes applications for the academic year 2018/2019.The Program will offer a number of doctoral scholarships (covering tuition fees and living expenses) to selected candidates. Funding will be...

José Monteiro da Rocha (1734-1819) e a institucionalização da ciência em Portugal

Talk by Fernando Figueiredo (CMUC) - UC Science Museum, January 17 (wednesday), 17:00 A Reforma Pombalina da Universidade de Coimbra de 1772 transformou o ensino nesta instituição, criando para o ensino das ciências o Laboratório Químico, o Gabinete de...

Adérito Araújo was appointed President of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI)

Adérito Araújo was appointed President of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI). He will take up his duties on 1 January 2018. After having held the position of Vice-President in the last two years, he will, from now on, lead the European institution. ECMI is...

"Career Award - SPE (2017)" awarded to Nazaré Mendes Lopes by the Portuguese Statistical Society

At its XXIII Congress, the Portuguese Statistical Society awarded the Career Award - SPE to CMUC member Nazaré Mendes-Lopes "in recognition of her relevant contributions to the scientific, pedagogical and statistical development of Statistics in Portugal". With the awarding of this...

CMUC Newsletter 02-2017

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PostDoc Day 2017 at UC

October 30th, 16:00: "Art of Public Speaking: How to Engage & Connect"Verónica Quitalo and Fernando Charro Postdocs at CMUC Full programmeRÓMULO - Centro Ciência Viva, Departamento de Física, Piso 0, Polo I, UC...

XXXII OLIMPÍADA IBEROAMERICANA DE MATEMÁTICA: Results

The Portuguese team got one gold medal (Henrique Navas, from Lisboa), one silver medal (Kevin Pucci, from Chaves), one bronze medal (João Morais, from Mirandela) and a honourable mention (Maria Madrugo, from Lisboa) at the 2017 IberoAmerican Mathematical Olympiad held in Puerto...

A Aula de Desenho da Universidade de Coimbra e a sua coleção de modelos didáticos

Talk by Carlos Tenreiro (DMat/CMUC) - UC Science Museum, September 13 (wednesday), 17:00 Apesar de instituída pelos estatutos pombalinos da Universidade, a Aula de Desenho anexa à Faculdade de Matemática só funcionará, pela primeira vez, no ano letivo de...

2017 Knowledge Prize

The Gulbenkian Foundation, the most important foundation in Portugal and one of the largest in Europe, has awarded its 2017 Knowledge Prize to the Portuguese Mathematical Society, for the organization of the Mathematics Olympiad. This competition is the widest scientific initiative in Portugal...

Portugal wins two gold and two silver medals in the Mathematical Olympiad of the CPLP 2017

The Portuguese team got two gold and two silver medals at the 2017 Mathematical Olympiad of the CPLP held in Porto (Portugal). The team members were Rodrigo Andrade (year 10, Matosinhos), Pedro Dias (year 10, Lisboa), David Nassauer (year 10, Lisboa), and Rui Wang (year 9, Faro). They were prepared...

Portugal wins bronze in the International Mathematical Olympiad

The Portuguese team got two bronze medals and two honourable mentions at the 2017 International Mathematical Olympiad held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The team members were Manuel Cabral (year 12, Lisboa), Pedro Moreira Fernandes (year 11, Pombal), Duarte Nascimento (year 12, Amadora), Henrique...

CMUC postdoc Óscar Domínguez wins 2017 Vicent Caselles Prize

Óscar Domínguez has been awarded the prestigious Vicent Caselles Prize, for young (less than 32) spanish mathematicians, by the Real Sociedad Matemática Española.More infomation here. ...

CMUC Newsletter 01-2017

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CMUC at CIÊNCIA 2017 meeting

July 5, 11:30-13:00, 14:00-15:30 CMUC participates in the Mathematical sessions with two talks by João Gouveia and Ercília Sousa. Maria Manuel Clementino will chair the afternoon session:Programme....

RESEARCH GRANTS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for 4 research positions (for the 4-month period 1 September 2017 - 31 December 2017). Applicants should have a Bachelor or Master degree in Mathematics.For more information see the official announcement in the attached...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for two four-month Postdoctoral research grants (September 2017 - December 2017).For more information see the announcement in the attached file below or in the following...

University of Coimbra signed a strategic partnership with Retmarker in technology for ocular screening of diabetics

The University of Coimbra (UC) signed a license agreement with Retmarker, a spin-off of the Critical Group, in the field of ophthalmology, on February 22nd 2017.The agreement consolidates a partnership initiated in 2013 to create a technology with the objective of automatically identify retinal...

ENEMath17 - Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Matemática (Coimbra, 8-11 April, 2017)

The group of Mathematics Students of the students' union of the University of Coimbra is organizing the ENEMath'17, with the support of CMUC.More...

Cardiovascular diseases: Researchers from UC develop a mathematical model to simulate controlled drug release in last generation stents

A team of researchers of the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Coimbra (FCTUC), in collaboration with the Cardiology Department of the Hospital Centre of Coimbra (CHUC, Covões), developed a mathematical model that simulates controlled drug release from...

Mostra de Ciência 2017 da FCTUC

A 24 e 25 de fevereiro, a Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra realiza a Mostra de Ciência 2017! A iniciativa vai ter lugar na Praça Central, piso 0, do Centro Comercial Alma, entre as 10 horas e as 20h (no dia 24) e as 10h e 22h (no dia 25). Ao longo de...

Quartas com a FCTUC: experimentar a ciência e a tecnologia

Todas as quartas-feiras até ao final de março, a Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC) alia-se ao Exploratório - Centro Ciência Viva para dinamizar um conjunto de atividades experimentais de ciência e tecnologia para adolescentes...

CMUC Newsletter 03-2016

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Atractor's webpages in English

Atractor's webpage has now English versions of the following...

CMUC Thematic Line: Outreach and Popularization Activities

The outreach activities of CMUC are now presented at the webpage http://www.mat.uc.pt/~cmuc/OA...

CMUC Thematic Line: History of Mathematics

CMUC work in the History of Mathematics is now presented at the webpage http://www.mat.uc.pt/~cmuc/HM...

MSC-Mathematics Subject Classification

The American Mathematical Society (Mathematical Reviews) and the European Mathematical Society (zbMATH) are revising their subject classification (MSC-Mathematics Subject Classification) and invite all the mathematical community to submit suggestions.Go to https://msc2020.org/ ...

Beginning of the DELFOS School Year 2016/2017

The new Delphic year begins this November. The first session of Delfos Júnior (aimed at students from Year 5 to Year 8) will be held on the 5th of November (saturday). On the weekend 19-20 November, it will be held the first session of Delfos School for students from Year 9 to Year 12. ...

Portugal wins gold in the mathematical olympiad of the CPLP

Portugal got the first place in the VI Mathematical Olympiad of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (OMCPLP) with 121 points and earned one gold medal and three silver medals. The competition took place in the city of Maracanaú (Fortaleza, Brazil) from October 5 till October 10. ...

XXXI OLIMPÍADA IBEROAMERICANA DE MATEMÁTICA: Results

The Portuguese team got two silver medals and two bronze medals at the 2016 IberoAmerican Mathematical Olympiad held in Antofagasta (Chile). The team members were Alberto Pacheco (year 12, Gondomar), Gonçalo Paredes (year 12, Coimbra), Manuel Cabral (year 11, Lisboa) and Matilde Silva (year...

CMUC Newsletter 02-2016

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ATRACTOR wins MathLapse prize

The International competition "MathLapse Festival" (ic16.imaginary.org/mathlapse), organized by Imaginary (a project of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach), held in Berlin (last 22 of July), selected the best 5 MathLapses* from the 47 submitted videos.One of the 5 prizes was...

RETMARKER Diabetic Retinopathy screening technology

An automated screening method designed by a CMUC research team led by Isabel M. Narra de Figueiredo, and incorporated in Retmarker, an automated retinal image analysis technology, has just received independent scientific confirmation of its huge global potential in the fight against...

FCT - 2016 Call for PhD Studentships and Post-Doctoral fellowships

With this call, FCT aims to support graduates who wish to pursue research leading to a PhD degree and post-doctoral researchers wishing to pursue cutting-edge projects at Portuguese or foreign research centres. This call is open to both Portuguese and foreign applicants, across all fields of...

CMUC at CIÊNCIA 2016 meeting

CMUC organizes a session about Mathematics and Life Sciences at the CIÊNCIA 2016 meeting:5th July, 15:30-17:00Chairpersons: Paula de Oliveira (CMUC) and Miguel Castelo-Branco (IBILI, CNC). Speakers: Isabel Narra Figueiredo (CMUC), Rui Travasso (Centro de Física da Universidade de...

2016 Summer School of the UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

September 5-16, 2016. For more information, click here. ...

THREE POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for three one-year Postdoctoral research grants, starting September 2016. For more information see the announcement in the attached file below or in the following...

Práticas matemáticas, cartográficas e arquitetônicas na Amazônia setecentista - Apontamentos históricos (1750-1800)

Palestra por Iran Abreu Mendes (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal/RN, Brasil)24 de Maio de 2016, 16:00Museu da Ciência, UC Sumário da Palestra: 1. Ciências, artes e técnicas mobilizadas para a Amazônia setecentista 2. Do acervo bibliográfico...

New website of ATRACTOR

The "Associação Atractor" --- an organization dedicated to the promotion of mathematics --- launched a new version of its website: www.atractor.ptHere you can find interactive modules and links to the developed software (or translated) by Atractor. Try it!If you encounter...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra will open soon three one-year postdoctoral research positions. The announcemment of the call will appear here....

CMUC Newsletter 01-2016

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OS AZULEJOS JESUÍTAS QUE ENSINAM MATEMÁTICA

Palestra por António Leal Duarte (CMUC) Quarta-feira, 13 de Abril, 16:00 Museu da Ciência da UC, Anfiteatro do Laboratorio Chimico Nesta sessão vamos conhecer um conjunto de azulejos datados do século XVII, baseados na obra "Os Elementos" de Euclides, bem como o...

PhD Positions, UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics

The UC|UP Joint PhD Program in Mathematics, run by the Universities of Coimbra and Porto, in Portugal, welcomes applications for the academic year 2016/2017.The Program will offer a number of doctoral scholarships (covering tuition fees and living expenses) to selected candidates. Funding will...

A new volume of the series Mathematical Texts has been published

Contributions in Statistics and Inference: celebrating Nazaré Mendes Lopes' birthdayMathematical Texts of DMUC, Vol. 47, 2015 (ISBN 978-972-8564-51-3),E. Gonçalves, P. E. Oliveira, C. Tenreiro (eds.) ...

Special Session of the XIII Annual Meeting of the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC-UC)

Mathematical models: paving the way for a personalized medicine? Paula de Oliveira (CMUC) December 17, 2015, 11h20m FCTUC Auditorium, Pólo II...

Adérito Araújo appointed ECMI Deputy Director

Our colleague Adérito Araújo has just been elected Deputy Director of ECMI - European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry.He will take up his new duties on ECMI next meeting in Berlin, February 29, 2016. The European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) is a consortium...

Resultados da OLIMPÍADA IBEROAMERICANA DE MATEMÁTICA 2015

Ouro, prata e bronze: são estas as medalhas que a equipa a representar Portugal em Porto Rico, nas Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática (OIAM), trará para casa. Francisco Andrade alcançou um resultado brilhante, com pontuação máxima,...

13ª reunião da Comissão Nacional de Matemática

11 de Novembro de 2015 - 10:15 - Sala dos Conselhos, Dep.to de Matemática da UC Agenda:1. Aprovação da acta da 12a reunião de 26 de Setembro de 20142. Informações3. PT-MATH-IN4. MathSciNet e AMS5. ICMI (incluindo EMeLP) 12:30...

Luís Nunes Vicente receives the 2015 Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization

CMUC member Luís Nunes Vicente, with co-recipients Andrew R. Conn (IBM Research) and Katya Scheinberg (University of Lehigh), has been awarded the Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization. The prize, established in 2002, is awarded jointly by the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) and...

IMO 2015 Results

The team from Portugal got three bronze medals and a honourable mention in the 2015 International Mathematical Olympiad. This year the competition was considered to be one of the most tough editions of the recent years. The team members were Bruno Carvalho (year 11, Matosinhos), Francisco Andrade...

Special Sessions of the AMS-EMS-SPM International Meeting 2015

CMUC members are organizing the following special sessions: Algebraic Combinatorics and Representation Theory, organizers: Olga Azenhas (CMUC) and Cristina Ballantine (College of the Holy Cross), email of contact organizer: cballant@holycross.edu Algebraic Theory of Semigroups and Applications,...

Featured ECMI node: Coimbra

The ECMI (European Consortium for Mathematics with Industry) blog is now online at http://ecmiindmath.org. It contains up-to-date information about events and opportunities in industrial and applied mathematics and will also feature the different ECMI centres. Until April 15, CMUC will be the...

FCT - 2015 Call for PhD Studentships, PhD Studentships in Industry and Post-Doctoral fellowships

With this call, FCT aims to support the best graduates who wish to pursue research leading to a PhD degree, and the most creative post-doctoral researchers in pursuing cutting-edge projects, in Portuguese or foreign research centres, in all fields of research. Application deadline: 11 May...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra will open soon three postdoctoral research positions.Period for applications : from April 20 until May 1, 2015. For more information consult the announcement at...

Sobre um problema de Matemática que se tornou viral

Um problema de Matemática colocado a alunos dos 14 aos 16 anos em Singapura relançou o debate em torno do ensino da disciplina. O projecto Delfos e Jaime Carvalho e Silva explicam em notícia no jornal Expresso....

PhD Program in Mathematics UC | UP

The first call for applications for the new edition of the PhD Program in Mathematics UC|UP (starting September 2015) will be open during December 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015. The Program will offer a number of doctoral scholarships (covering tuition fees and living expenses) to selected candidates. ...

2013 Evaluation of R&D Units by FCT, through ESF

CMUC got the highest grade ("Exceptional") in the 2013 Evaluation of R&D Units by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (with the collaboration of the European Science Foundation). The full list of results, including funding guidelines, is available here....

THREE POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra, Portugal and CMUC (Center for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra) invite applications for 3 Postdoctoral Positions in Computational Mathematics, beginning January 01, 2015, (each position is...

Resultados da OLIMPÍADA IBEROAMERICANA DE MATEMÁTICA 2014

Já são conhecidos os resultados da 29.ª edição das Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática que decorrem até amanhã, 27 de Setembro, na cidade de San Pedro Sula (Honduras). Portugal participou com uma equipa constituída por David...

FCT - 2014 Call for PhD Studentships, PhD Studentships in Industry and Post-Doctoral fellowships

Application deadline: 30 september 2014. With this call, FCT aims to support the best graduate researchers who wish to pursue research leading to a PhD degree, in any scientific domain, and the most creative post-doctoral researchers in pursuing cutting-edge projects, in Portuguese or foreign...

IMO 2014 Results

The team from Portugal got the best overall result in this year's International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) with 123 points. The team members were David Martins (year 12, Mirandela), Francisco Andrade (year 11, Matosinhos), Henrique Aguiar (year 11, Aveiro), Henrique Santos (year 11, Coimbra),...

José Miguel Urbano appointed as new member of the CMU Portugal's scientific council

José Miguel Urbano joined the team of Scientific Directors of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program. José Miguel Urbano is a member of CMUC, full professor in the Mathematics department of the Universidade de Coimbra, a member of the National Council for Science and Technology, of the...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION

The CMUC|Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning July 01, 2014. The focus of the research is on imaging sciences and...

"Anastácio da Cunha em Valença"

Valença celebra as primeiras Jornadas Anastacianas, com o título "Anastácio da Cunha em Valença" evocando o grande matemático português, quinta-feira, 12 de junho. As jornadas inserem-se nas comemorações do quinto...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION

Professor James Green (1926-2014)

It was with great sadness that we at CMUC learnt of the passing away of Professor James Green. Professor Green was a great friend of our Centre since the 1980s. His generous participation in our Advisory Board was an invaluable help, apart from being an honour to us. We also recall his frequent...

Researcher position in CMUC

An Assistant Researcher position (for a period of 27 months) is available at CMUC.Application deadline: April 18, 2014. More information in the pdf file below. ...

Researcher position in CMUC

An Assistant Researcher position (for a period of 51 months) is available at CMUC. Application deadline: April 18, 2014.More information in the pdf file below. ...

A new volume of the series Mathematical Texts has been published

D. Bourn, N. Martins-Ferreira, A. Montoli, M. Sobral, Schreier Split Epimorphisms in Monoids and in Semirings, Textos de Matemática do DMUC, Volume 45, 2014 (ISBN 978-972-8564-49-0)...

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION

The CMUC|Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning February - April 2014. The focus of the research is on imaging...

IIIUC - Institute for Interdisciplinary Research

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra (IIIUC) is a Research and Education unit of the University of Coimbra for the promotion of research and advanced interdisciplinary education, that encourages the crossing of knowledge and of team building of different areas,...

A new volume of the series Mathematical Texts has been published

The Natália Bebiano Anniversary Volume, Textos de Matemática do DMUC, Volume 44, 2013 (ISBN 978-972-8564-48-3), C. Fonseca, S. Furtado, A. Kovačec, C.-K. Li (eds.)...

COLÓQUIO MPT2013/CIM

José Francisco Rodrigues (CMAF, Univ. Lisboa), Some mathematical aspects of the planet EarthDecember 13 (friday), 2013, 14:30 Abstract and poster: www.mat.uc.pt/mpt2013/files/Anuncio-MPE_13dez2013.pdfOrganizers:Centro Internacional de Matemática (www.cim.pt)Ano Internacional...

Delfos School year 2013/14

No passado dia 9 de Novembro o Projeto Delfos e o Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra abriram portas para o primeiro estágio do ano lectivo. Nesta primeira parte do ano teremos aulas de introdução aos temas da Matemática olímpica,...

Afonso Bandeira wins the 2013 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize

Afonso Bandeira (Princeton University, formerly University of Coimbra) was selected as the winner of the 2013 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize for his paper A. S. Bandeira, K. Scheinberg, and L. N. Vicente, "Computation of Sparse Low Degree Interpolating Polynomials and their...

Resultados da XXVIII Olimpiada Iberoamericana de Matemática

De 20 a 28 de Setembro realizou-se, na cidade do Panamá, a 28.ª edição das Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática. Portugal participou com uma equipa constituída por Luís Duarte (Alcains), Miguel Torres Costa (Porto), Miguel Moreira (Lisboa)...

Apresentação do livro "Matemática do Planeta Terra"

Integrada na programação da Noite dos Investigadores 2013, irá realizar-se no dia 27 de setembro, pelas 21h00, no Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, a apresentação do livro "Matemática do Planeta Terra", editado por Fernando Pestana...

Postdoctoral Research Position

The CMUC|Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning October 2013. The focus of the research is on imaging sciences and...

Planeta Matemático 2013

O jogo "Planeta matemático 2013" é uma iniciativa integrada no ano 2013, declarado pela UNESCO como o ano internacional da "Matemática do planeta Terra", organizada pelo Departamento de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra e que pretende envolver as...

Postdoctoral Research Position

The Center for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (CMUC) invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in the framework of the FCT project UTA-CMU/MAT/0007/2009 Degenerate elliptic and parabolic equations and its applications to front propagation The position is for eleven months,...

Vladimir Voevodsky in Coimbra (July 25, 2013)

Vladimir Voevodsky (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA), winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics (2002) for his outstanding contributions to Algebraic Geometry, will present a colloquium talk at DMUC (July 25, 2013)....

Post Doctoral Research Position

The CMUC|Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning September 2013 (or earlier July/August 2013). The focus of the...

A prodigiosa aventura do nascimento dos números imaginários

Jaime Carvalho e Silva (CMUC), 25 de Maio de 2013, 14:30, Museu da Ciência, UC, Coimbra....

IMAGINARY - matemática e natureza

A exposição IMAGINARY - matemática e natureza é uma exposição sobre a matemática e as formas que encontramos na natureza. Constitui uma oportunidade para aprender conceitos básicos sobre geometria e álgebra de forma lúdica e...

O Mundo na Escola: Grande Aula

Piões que voam e piões que dormem - Eduardo Marques de Sá (CMUC)Quarta-feira, 13 de Março de 2013, 10h30mEscola Secundária Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Leiria...

Matemática, o Universo e tudo o resto

23 de Janeiro de 2013, 15 horas, Museu da Ciência, Universidade de Coimbra.Palestra por Jorge Buescu (Universidade de Lisboa), a encerrar o ciclo "Matemática: a ciência da natureza", iniciativa do Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar da Universidade...

Matemática, a Ciência da Natureza

Ciclo de Conferências, na Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, organizado pelo Serviço de Ciência, que dedica o ano de 2012 a pensar, de forma motivadora, nos novos caminhos abertos ou antevistos pela Matemática ao reassumir o seu papel central de discurso sobre a...

O Mundo na Escola: Grande Aula

Piões que dormem e discos que voam - Eduardo Marques de Sá (CMUC)Quarta-feira, 28 de Novembro de 2012, 11h50Agrupamento de Escolas de Arganil, Arganil...

Resultados das Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática 2012

De 1 a 6 de Outubro, realizaram-se em Cochabamba, Bolívia, as XXVII Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática. A equipa obteve o melhor resultado de sempre nas Olimpíadas Ibero-Americanas de Matemática, ficando em segundo lugar na classificação por...

RESEARCH POSITIONS

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (CMUC) invites applications for one-year research positions, beginning in September 2012.Applicants should have a Master degree in Mathematics and a good command of English. They must show considerable promise in one of the areas of research in...

Portugal duplica ouro e prata nas Olimpíadas Internacionais de Matemática

A equipa mais jovem de sempre a representar Portugal nas Olimpíadas Internacionais de Matemática (IMO) superou todas as expectativas ao conquistar uma medalha de ouro, uma de prata e duas de bronze, numa competição que reuniu cerca de 550 participantes vindos de uma...

Mathematical aesthetics in a beautiful town: Bridges Coimbra 2011

The May 2012 volume of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society contains an article about the conference Bridges 2011....

Post Doctoral Research Position

The UTAustin|Portugal Program and the CMUC|Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning September 2012 (or earlier May/June...

Post Doctoral Research Position

The University of Coimbra invites applications for a postdoctoral research position in the framework of the UTAustin|Portugal Program projectUTAustin/MAT/0035/2008 - Analysis of Nonlinear PDEs.The position is for eight months, starting around September 2012, with the possibility of an extension for...

FCT - Announcement of calls offered in 2012

The Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia informs that calls for projects in all scientific domains will be offered in 2012....

Bridges Conference 2011

Report of Konstantin Weixelbaum (Freie Universität Berlin)...

William Thurston in Coimbra (July 27-31, 2011)

William P. Thurston (Cornell Univ., USA), winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics in 1982 for his contributions to the study of 3-manifolds, will be in Coimbra, in July 2011, as an invited speaker of the conference Bridges 2011 - MATHEMATICS, MUSIC, ART, ARCHITECTURE, CULTURE....

Efim Zelmanov in Coimbra (July 25-29, 2011)

Efim Zelmanov (Univ. of California, San Diego, USA), winner of the Fields Medal in Mathematics in 1994 for his solution of the restricted Burnside problem, will be in Coimbra in July 2011, as an invited speaker of the conference Non-Associative Algebras and Related Topics....

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra invites applications for a one-year plus six months renewable Postdoctoral Position in Algebraic Geometry, starting in October 2011....

"The index theory of Fredholm operators" by Prof. Sir Michael Atiyah

6 de Abril de 2011, 14h30 Sala Pedro Nunes, Departamento de Matemática Sir Michael Atiyah The Index Theory of Fredholm Operators Sir Michael Atiyah foi autor de contribuições fundamentais em várias áreas da matemática, mas em especial em Topologia,...

Postdoctoral Research Position

The deadline for applications is August 15, 2010. ...

Postdoctoral Research Positions 2010/2011

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (CMUC) invites applications for one-year postdoctoral research positions, beginning September 2010. Check the call for applications....

Postdoctoral Research Position

The deadline for applications is August 15, 2009. ...

Bolsas de Integração na Investigação

Período de candidatura: 8 de Junho a 30 de Junho de 2009...

The 2007 University of Coimbra Prize was awarded to Marcelo Viana, who was nominated by CMUC.

The 2007 University of Coimbra Prize was awarded to Marcelo Viana, who was nominated by CMUC. ...

O CMUC oferece uma bolsa para a frequência do primeiro ano do Mestrado em Matemática no Departamento

O CMUC oferece uma bolsa para a frequência do primeiro ano do Mestrado em Matemática no Departamento de Matemática da FCTUC. A bolsa prevê um subsídio mensal de 500 euros e o pagamento das propinas relativas ao primeiro ano. Os interessados devem enviar um curriculum detalhado para o secretariado do...

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra - CMUC invites applications for a Invited S

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra - CMUC invites applications for a Invited Scientist Grant, tenable for 3 months, during 2003...

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra - CMUC invites applications for a Initial Sc

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra - CMUC invites applications for a Initial Scientific Training Grant, tenable for 8 months, during the academic year 2002/03 ...

O CMUC oferece uma bolsa para a frequência do primeiro ano do Mestrado em Matemática no Departamento

O CMUC oferece uma bolsa para a frequência do primeiro ano do Mestrado em Matemática no Departamento de Matemática da FCTUC durante o ano lectivo de 2003/2004. ...

O CMUC abriu Concurso de Bolsas para Licenciado.

O CMUC abriu Concurso de Bolsas para Licenciado....

O CMUC abriu Concurso de Bolsas para Licenciado (com classificação elevada).

O CMUC abriu Concurso de Bolsas para Licenciado (com classificação elevada)....

Scholarships for Senior Researchers

Scholarships for Senior Researchers...

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2006/2007 Deadline for applications: January 31, 2006

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2006/2007 Deadline for applications: January 31, 2006...

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2007/2008 Deadline for applications: May 10, 2007

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2007/2008 Deadline for applications: May 10, 2007...

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITIONS Deadline for applications: September 10, 2007

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITIONS Deadline for applications: September 10, 2007...

Joint PhD Program in Mathematics UC|UP Deadline for applications: January 31, 2008 Scholarships av

Joint PhD Program in Mathematics UC|UP Deadline for applications: January 31, 2008 Scholarships available...

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITION Deadline for applications: May 2, 2008

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITION Deadline for applications: May 2, 2008...

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITIONS Deadline for applications: September 10, 2008

5-YEAR RESEARCH POSITIONS Deadline for applications: September 10, 2008...

BOLSAS de INTEGRA????O na INVESTIGA????O (BII) Candidaturas até: 30 de Setembro de 2008

BOLSAS de INTEGRA????O na INVESTIGA????O (BII) Candidaturas até: 30 de Setembro de 2008...

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2009/2010 Deadline for applications: January 31, 2009

Postdoctoral Research Positions for 2009/2010 Deadline for applications: January 31, 2009...