ICMAT Newsletter #25 - 2025
March at ICMAT
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Hello!
Here is the ICMAT monthly newsletter, which includes the latest news and forthcoming activities related to the Institute and its members.
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ICMAT launches the first intensive mathematics programme for university students in Spain
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A small group of students will be part of the MIP. Image: Iñigo de Amescua/ICMAT
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ICMAT is launching a pioneering project: the first Mathematics Intensive Program (MIP) for undergraduate students whose passion for mathematics drives them to deepen and expand their knowledge. The MIP will cater to the special needs of the most talented students so they can fully develop their potential. A highly select group of students starting a Mathematics degree at a university in the Community of Madrid in the 2025-26 academic year will be chosen. The entire program will be free of charge for students. It starts in October 2025, and registration is open until May 15, 2025, through an online form.
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ICMAT researchers prove the existence of fluids with unexpected behavior
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En la imagen, se muestra un corte de dos dimensiones de un flujo turbulento de tres dimensiones. Imagen: Terry Brannigan
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For the first time, scientists have theoretically proven the existence of stationary flows in which any small perturbation, such as a slight pressure change, radically alters their behavior, pulling them out of equilibrium and potentially leading to highly complex and unpredictable behaviors: turbulence. These are known as isolated stationary flows. In an article published on 21 March in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Alberto Enciso and Daniel Peralta-Salas, researchers at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at ICMAT, together with Willi Kepplinger (University of Vienna, Austria), demonstrate that the complexity of these flows is much greater than previously thought.
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Masaki Kashiwara becomes the first Japanese recipient of the Abel Prize in mathematics
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Masaki Kashiwara is the creator of the analytic theory of D-modules. Image: Peter Badge / The Abel Prize
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Masaki Kashiwara, emeritus professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS) and the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), both at Kyoto University (Japan), has become the second Asian mathematician to win the Abel Prize—one of the two most important awards in mathematics, alongside the Fields Medal—. He is the first Japanese recipient among the 27 awardees to date. “Masaki Kashiwara is considered the founder of the analytic theory of D-modules, a key tool in many branches of mathematics, from number theory to mathematical physics,” says Oscar García-Prada, research professor at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at ICMAT.
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Two new PhD students join ICMAT through the INPhINIT programme of the “la Caixa” Foundation
Meet Pablo Alvarado Seguel and José Antonio Castro Moreno
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Alvarado Seguel (left) and Castro Moreno will carry out their doctoral research at ICMAT over the next four years. Images courtesy of the researchers
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Category Theory for Designing Quantum Computers
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ICMAT brought together around 40 early-career researchers at the IX International Workshop on Information Geometry, Quantum Mechanics and Applications
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Mathematician and computer pioneer Ada Lovelace, in theatre
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On the occasion of 8 March, International Women’s Day, and 14 March, International Mathematics Day, ICMAT and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) organised a performance of the play " Ada Byron: The Weaver of Numbers" in Madrid. The play took place on 5 March in the Auditorium of the UC3M Leganés Campus. Afterwards, the round table discussion ‘Ada Lovelace and women in mathematics’ was celebrated with the participation of representatives of UC3M, ICMAT and the theater company. |
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- Pedro Caro (BCAM), until 04/04/2025
- Nathaniel Sagman (University of Luxembourg), until 04/04/2025
- Alessio Martini (Politecnico di Torino), until 05/04/2025
- Eugenia Malinnikova (Stanford University), until 08/04/2025
- Josef Greilhuber (Stanford University), until 08/04/2025
- Liangchen Zou (University of Science and Technology of China), until 15/04/2025
- Guillermo Barajas Ayuso (University of Southern Denmark), until 27/04/2025
- Nemo Sauvion (École Normale Supérieure Paris), until 20/06/2025
- Gonzalo de Polavieja (The Champalimaud Foundation), until 30/06/2025
- Xueting Jin (School of Mathematical Sciences Capital Normal University of China), until 01/07/2025
- Elizabeth Gillaspy (University of Montana, USA), until 31/07/2025
- Andoni de la Hera de Arriba (UNED), until 31/07/2025
- Víctor Soto Larrosa (Universidad Europea de Madrid y Universidad de Alcalá), until 31/07/2025
- Rubén Izquierdo López (UNIR), until 31/07/2025
- Daniel Isaac Puignau Chacón (King's College London, UK), until 05/08/2025
- Giulia Cardoso Fantato (Universidade de Sao Paulo), until 31/01/2026
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The following people have joined ICMAT in March:
New predoctoral researchers:
- Juan Carlos Díaz
- Laura González
New postdoctoral researchers:
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SO Master's Scholarships for Master's students in the academic year 2025/2026. ICMAT announces a programme of research grants for students enrolled in official master's degree courses who are interested in starting a research career in the 2025-2026 academic year. The amount of each grant will be 10,000 euros, divided into 10 monthly instalments and will not include any additional funding.The period and duration of each scholarship will be 10 months, ideally from October 2025 to July 2026. The maximum time of dedication of the beneficiaries will be 20 hours per week.
Deadline: 16/04/2025
Severo Ochoa Research Introduction Grants Programme (INTRO-S0) 2025. The aim of these grants is to introduce participants to some of the ICMAT's lines of research, as well as to enable them to participate actively in the scientific activity of the institute with an ICMAT researcher as a tutor. The programme is aimed at students in their final years of undergraduate and, exceptionally, master's degrees who are interested in research in mathematical sciences. The training will take place between 9 June and 31 July 2025.
Deadline: 23/04/2025
Mathematics Intensive Program (MIP). The Mathematics Intensive Program (MIP) is a high-performance mathematics training programme for undergraduate students, who will begin their degree studies in the academic year 2025/26, organised by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences. This programme offers mentoring by ICMAT research staff to undergraduate students of Mathematics at a university in the Community of Madrid, during the consecutive years until the completion of their degree.
Deadline: 15/05/2025
Escuela JAE de Matemáticas 2025. The JAE School of Mathematics is organised by ICMAT and is traditionally held between June and July. The school is aimed at bachelor's and master's students interested in learning about research in mathematics and its applications. It is an opportunity for interaction between top researchers and students who enjoy doing mathematics, in an ideal and fruitful environment for research.
Deadline: 16/05/2025
Leonardo Grants for Scientific Research and Cultural Creation, BBVA Foundation. The Leonardo Grants for Scientific Research and Cultural Creation 2025 are intended to support the development of individual projects of researchers and cultural creators in intermediate stages of their career, residing in Spain, between 30 and 45 years of age and with a highly innovative scientific, technological or cultural production. The projects will have a minimum duration of 12 months and a maximum of 18 months.
Deadline: 30/05/2025
MSCA COFUND 2025. The main objective of the MSCA COFUND 2025 call is to co-fund new or existing doctoral programmes as well as research staff recruitment programmes at national, regional or international level. Through these actions, the aim is to promote MSCA best practices, including international, intersectoral and interdisciplinary research training, and to foster transnational and sectoral mobility of researchers at all stages of their careers.
Deadline: 24/06/2025
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- "Gran avance en análisis matemático: resuelven la conjetura de Kakeya en tres dimensiones", 27/03//2025, 'Café y teoremas', Materia, El País. Article signed by Antonio Córdoba (ICMAT-UAM)
- "Día de las matemáticas", 13/03/2025, Sinfonía de la mañana, RNE Clásica. Collaboration of Piergiulio Tempesta (ICMAT-UCM) in this programme, in which they spoke about the relationship between music and mathematics on the occasion of International Mathematics Day.
- "El CSIC busca los mayores talentos matemáticos para guiarlos en la búsqueda de la excelencia", 14/03/2025, El País Educación. Report on the occasion of the launch of the ICMAT's Mathematics Intensive Program (MIP), with statements by Javier Aramayona, director of the Institute.
- "14 de marzo, celebremos la pasión por las matemáticas", 14/03/2025, Agencia SINC. Tribune by Javier Aramayona, ICMAT director, on the occasion of International Mathematics Day.
- "‘Nobel’ de Matemáticas para el genio que aprendió a calcular con patas de grullas y tortugas", 23/03/2025, 'Materia', El País. News story on the awarding of the Abel Prize to the mathematician Masaki Kashiwara, with statements by Oscar García-Prada (ICMAT-CSIC).
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Keep in touch
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