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Yuri Tschinkel was elected a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
On November 25, 2024, Professor Yuri Tschinkel from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York, USA, was elected a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. A proposal for this was made by the Scientific Council of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics.
Yuri Tschinkel is one of the leading modern mathematicians with outstanding contributions to the development of algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and geometric aspects of mathematical physics. His main results have been published in over 130 papers in the most prestigious mathematical and physical journals and have been cited more than 1550 times. He is the editor of 19 mathematical books and 23 reviews. He was editor-in-chief of the journal Experimental Mathematics, and currently serves on the editorial boards of Springer’s Progress in Mathematics book series, as well as a number of mathematical journals, including Algebraic Geometry, Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, European Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics and Serdica Mathematical Journal – a publication of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Since 2012 Yuri Tschinkel is the director of the Mathematics & Physical Sciences Department of one of the largest charitable organizations in the USA – the Simons Foundation.
Prof. Yuri Tschinkel has always strongly supported Bulgarian mathematics. His collaboration with Bulgarian mathematicians and physicists dates back to his student years at Moscow State University and continues to this day. Yuri Tschinkel was a plenary speaker in the second edition of the international conference “Mathematics Days in Sofia” in 2017, which greatly contributed to the establishment and popularization of this prestigious scientific forum of the Bulgarian mathematical community around the world.
In 2022 prof. Tschinkel was a special guest at the “Second Annual Meeting of Young Bulgarian Mathematicians” – an annual scientific forum organized by the International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) at IMI-BAS. The event brings together young Bulgarian mathematicians working all over the world and introduces the mathematical community in Bulgaria to some of their most significant achievements. During his visit to Sofia, Prof. Tschinkel also gave a special popular lecture entitled “Building Scientific Institutes”, which was organized by BAS and IMI, and in which he shared his experience in financing scientific research in various fields with the support of private capital.
Yuri Tschinkel is an active participant in the initial discussions on the creation of the International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS–Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics together with Prof. Revalski, Prof. Todorov and Prof. Katzarkov. Today Prof. Tschinkel is a member of the Supervisory Board of the ICMS. He made an indisputable contribution to the approval of the three-year grant from the Simons Foundation, given to IMI–BAS in 2022, the funds of which are used to organize international scientific forums with the participation of world-renowned and established mathematicians, to open new positions for researchers in IMI and support of scientists from Ukraine and other countries. In 2024 he once again strongly supported the activities of the ICMS through the second grant given by the Simons Foundation for a five-year period, which will finance the creation of four research groups at IMI-BAS, led by world-leading scientists. The funds from this grant will also be used to organize joint scientific events with leading international institutions and to increase support for integration and reintegration programs. The financial support from the Simons Foundation will contribute to the transformation of the International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia into a leading research and scientific center in Europe and in the region.
IMSAC Days in Sofia
The international conference IMSAC Days in Sofia takes place from August 8 to 10 at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. This conference is a collaborative effort between the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS-Sofia) and the Institute for the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas (IMSA) at the University of Miami, with generous financial support from the Simons Foundation.
The conference was officially opened today by the Director of ICMS-Sofia Prof. Julian Revalski.
The event is set to gather prominent mathematicians and researchers from around the world, fostering an environment of knowledge exchange and collaboration. The event will feature a series of presentations and discussions on cutting-edge developments in mathematical sciences. IMSAC Days in Sofia aims to celebrate the very successful collaboration between the institutes involved in the Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas Consortium (IMSAC). It will solidify connections and further expand the prosperous cooperation between these esteemed institutions.
More details can be found at https://icms.bg/imsac-days-in-sofia-conference/
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics announces a temporary postdoctoral position
The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI-BAS) announces a temporary postdoctoral position, funded by the Bulgarian Scientific Programme “Enhancing the Research Capacity in Mathematical Sciences” (PIKOM). The duration of the position is 12 months under the programme. The starting date is October 1, 2024, but it is flexible. The working language is English or Bulgarian.
The following research topics are available:
- Stochastic processes, special functions, exponential functionals
- Computational topology of solitons
- Optimal management of constrained distributed systems
- Birational Geometry
- Modeling of quality in service systems
The interested candidates should provide a CV, list of publications, and a research statement sent to pdj@math.bas.bg with a copy to director@math.bas.bg by July 26, 2024. They should also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent by the referees to the same addresses.
More details can be found at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/249043
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics announces a Senior Researcher Temporary Position
The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences offers a 6-month Senior Researcher position in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a possibility for extension.
The starting date is October 1, 2024, but it is flexible. The working language is English.
The approved candidate will be affiliated with the International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia (ICMS-Sofia), which is part of the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and will work in the field of functional analysis and complex analysis. The project includes the study of Hadamard multipliers on spaces of holomorphic functions in complex plane and several variables. These are linear continuous maps such that every monomial is an eigenvector of the map.
Candidates must send a CV and a list of publications to pdj@math.bas.bg with a copy to director@math.bas.bg by July 26, 2024.
More details can be found at https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/249022.
ICMS-Sofia organizes Modern Methods in Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic PDE International Conference
From May 27 to 31, an international conference Modern Methods in Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic PDE will be held in Plovdiv. The event is organized by the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS–Sofia) at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with the financial support of the Simons Foundation.
The goal of the conference is to bring together world-renowned senior and early-career researchers working in the field of elliptic and parabolic PDE and foster discussions gravitating around (though not limited to): regularity theory and its applications, free boundaries, singularity formation, qualitative properties of solutions. The meeting also seeks to provide an opportunity for young scholars from Eastern Europe to engage with cutting-edge research in the area, thus helping to maintain the continuity and strength of our traditions in the area.
The conference will be officially opened on May 27, 2024, by Prof. Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Director of the International Center for Mathematical Sciences.
Find more at https://simons.icms.bg/event/modern-methods-in-nonlinear-elliptic-and-parabolic-pde/.
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