The WAMS-Mathematics and their Interactions was held at the Nesin Mathematics Village in Izmir, Turkey during the period 27 October-3 November, 2019. The objective of this school was to offer a fairly complete offer of courses in the modeling field, ranging from theoretical approaches to concrete developments (modeling and numerical simulations). The implementation and development of numerical approximation methods requires, first and foremost, a good knowledge of mathematical equations (differential equations, partial differential equations), but also the phenomena they account for. Finally, the efficient implementation of the associated approximation algorithms cannot be conceived without an introduction to computer skills. The courses were intended for students, researchers or teaching researchers wishing to acquire an introduction to modern training in the field of mathematics and their applications.

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The CIMPA Research School "Approches algorithmiques et statistiques de l'apprentissage" was held at University of Antananarivo in Madagascar during the period 16-25 July, 2019. The aim of this CIMPA School was to familiarize graduate students and young researchers with the field of Machine Learning and to show its many connections to other areas, especially mathematics, computer science, probability and economics. The introductory courses of the CIMPA School laid the groundwork by discussing the basic concepts and techniques while the more advanced courses of the school built on these and discussed more specialized Topics.

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The London Mathematical Society, in association with the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative, has opened the sixth round of MARM program, partly funded by the IMU CDC. The call for prospective mentors will be open till 20th December 2019. Four mentoring partnerships are to be awarded by the MARM Board.  See full details and download an application form at https://www.lms.ac.uk/news-entry/08112019-1550/marm-partnership-grants-call-prospective-mentors

The Program provides modest support for emerging research groups, working in a developing country listed in Priority 1 or 2 of the IMU Definition, making it possible for them to fund their most talented students to study full-time and pursue a Master or PhD graduate degree in mathematics.

We invite applications from Teams consisting of a Principal Investigator plus his or her research group and an International Partner by March 15, 2020.

The Principal Investigator should be a university professor in mathematics holding a PhD, working at a university or research centre in a developing country listed in Priority 1 or 2 of the IMU Definition, who is already training mathematics Master’s or PhD students and who is part of a research group. The International Partner should be a mathematician working at a university or research centre not based in any of the countries listed in Priority 1 or 2 of the IMU Definition. At the time of application there should be an active and ongoing collaboration between the International Partner and Principal Investigator.

This program is managed by the GRAID Subcommittee and the American Mathematical Society.

For more information please visit https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/scholarshipsgraduate-scholarships/graduate-assistantships-developing-countries

Call for Donations to the GRAID Program
Funding for GRAID is provided by voluntary donations from mathematicians or mathematical institutions worldwide. IMU-CDC acknowledges and encourages donations to GRAID that can be done via the Friends of IMU website http://friends-imu.org/donate/#graid.

This October, the IMU Executive Committee endorsed the proposal made by the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC) regarding the definition of Developing Countries to be used by IMU during the next 4-year period. The list consists of all the countries classified by the World Bank (WB) in the categories: Low income (<USD 1.025), Lower middle income (USD 1.026 – 3.995), and Upper middle income (USD 3.996 – 12.375) in accordance with the WB Database by July 2019. These are all countries with Gross National Income (GNI) per capita in USD, not exceeding USD 12.375, with the WB data of 2018. See
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD

As in the previous term, the following subdivision in priority groups has been established, for different purposes:

Priority 1 (WB Low income) - GNI per capita in USD below 1.025
Priority 2 (WB Lower middle income) - GNI per capita in USD 1.026 – 3.995
Priority 3 (WB Upper middle income, A) - GNI per capita in USD 3.996 – 6.785
Priority 4 (WB Upper middle income, B) - GNI per capita in USD 6.786 – 9.575
Priority 5 (WB Upper middle income, C) - GNI per capita in USD 9.576 – 12.375

The list of Developing Countries with indication of their priority classification can be found in https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/about-cdc/definition-developing-countries

At any moment, IMU member countries can ask the IMU to consider inclusion/exclusion as a Developing Country. The application should be motivated and, on the basis of the evidences presented by the country, CDC would make a recommendation to EC for a case-by-case decision. If a country's World Bank status as a Developing Country has changed between the data used to decide on developing countries and the time of the request, this information should be included as part of the evidence.

The “8th SEAMS UGM International Conference on Mathematics and its Applications” was held at the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Jogyakarta, Indonesia during the period 29 July-1 August, 2019.

The scientific program included keynote lectures, contributed presentations and mini-symposia on selected topics. The objectives of the conference were to provide a forum for researchers, lecturers, educators and students to exchange ideas as well as to communicate and discuss research findings and new advances in mathematics in the wide area of mathematics. This conference also aimed to deepen mathematical concepts and widen its application through collaboration with industries.

Topics which were covered included all the research areas of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics Education, and Computer Science. The 8th SEAMS-UGM International Conference attracted 304 participants and guests (from 21 countries and 4 continents), including 33 invited speakers.

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The conference “Algebraic and Geometrical Methods in String Theory” was held in Argentina during the period 28 October-8 November, 2019. The aim of this research school was to present a general mathematical background of relevance for the study of many subjects appearing in theoretical physics, in particular in string theory and, more broadly, in quantum field theory. This was done though a collection of courses explicitly covering the physical topics that these mathematical tools help to understand. Some of the specific mathematical subjects covered during the school were representation theory of Lie and Kac-Moody algebras, vertex algebras, Hopf algebras, homological and homotopical algebras, complex geometry and Landau-Ginzburg models, whereas the physics courses covered some basics on Quantum Field Theory, string theory, string compactifications and Wess-Zumino-Witten models, as well as some new research concerning these.Every course introduced the subject providing the participants with the necessary background before proceeding with more advanced topics. Problem solving sessions were organized under the supervision of the corresponding lecturer as well as a poster session.

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The “West Asia Mathematical School (WAMS)” was held at the Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee, India during the period 29 August-3 September, 2019. This was a school in applied mathematics for (introduction to) real life problems where participants discussed partial differential equations as modelling tools in several nowadays societal and technical issues, at postgraduate level. It covered modelling, analytical, numerical and simulation aspects.

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The “Symposium on Biomathematics 2019” was held at the Riverview Hotel in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia during the period 25-28 August, 2019. The Symposium on Biomathematics (Symomath) is an annual multidisciplinary forum for promoting and fostering interactions between mathematical, biological, and related industrial communities in studying various phenomena in biology, ecology, infectious diseases, medicine, bioengineering, etc. The first symposium was successfully held in 2013 in Bandung. Symomath 2019 was the seventh year of the conference. Until the 6th Symomath conference in 2018, 180 papers have been published, indexed by Scopus and research collaborations with more than 10 researchers in neighboring countries took place.

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