October at ICMAT

ICMAT is taking a new step in the training of mathematical talent of excellence. This October it has launched the Mathematics Intensive Programme (MIP), the first intensive training programme for undergraduate mathematics students in Spain. 

In this first year of MIP, four students who have just begun a Mathematics degree in Madrid are taking part, selected from over a hundred applicants. They are Sofía Paz Chacón, a Mathematics student at UAM, Gonzalo San Vicente, a student of the double degree in Mathematics and Physics at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Iván López Navarro, studying Mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), and Justo Juan Salcedo Otero, enrolled in Mathematics at UCM and in Physics at the National University of Distance Education (UNED). Each of them has been assigned an ICMAT researcher as their mentor for the next four years: Diego Córdoba, Mario García Fernández, Andrei Jaikin and David Martín de Diego.

On 4 November at 19:00 Alberto Ibort (UC3M-ICMAT) gives the lecture “Is reality as we believe? Mathematics and quantum theory to decipher it”, as part of the series Mathematics at the Residencia, at the Residencia de Estudiantes (Madrid). The talk offers a journey through the theories that have redefined what we understand as “reality”, from Isaac Newton’s cosmology and Albert Einstein’s relativity to Roger Penrose’s three worlds and the simulation hypothesis, in light of new quantum technologies. “Mathematics is the only sense that allows us to see clearly in the quantum universe”, says Ibort.

On 14 October, the Embassy of Spain in Beijing (China) organised “Spain–China Exchange: Connecting Talent, Fostering Excellence and Cutting-edge Research”, a scientific event where representatives from leading organisations and institutions from Spain and China shared best practices and explored avenues for collaboration between both countries. Among the speakers, Javier Aramayona, Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT), who introduced the centre and its main areas of action. The event was opened by Juan Cruz Cigudosa, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain, and Chen Jiachan, Vice-Minister of Science and Technology of China.

• 3-6 November. Course: "Nets in vector lattices and functional analysis Course", Youssef Azouzi (Université de Carthage, Tunisia)
• 4, 6, 11, 13 November. Course: "The space of Kähler potentials", Eleonora Di Nezza (Tor Vergata)
• 4 November. Science and Technology Week, Mathematics at the Residencia series, International Year of Quantum Science and Technology: "¿Es la realidad como creemos? Matemáticas y cuántica para descifrarla", Alberto Ibort (ICMAT-UC3M)
• 5 November 2025 - 20 May 2026 (Wednesdays, every other week). Reading Group in Probabilistic Machine Learning 
• 6 November. Science and Technology Week. "De la trayectoria de una pelota al movimiento de las olas", Ángel Castro (ICMAT-CSIC)
• 14, 21, 28 November. MIP course: "Algunas construcciones sobre anillos conmutativos como unidad", Ana Bravo (ICMAT-UAM)
• 15-19 December. Recent Trends in the Mathematics of Fluid Dynamics Workshop