Ana Bravo during the UAMMAT camp visit to ICMAT in 2025. Image: Ágata Timón (ICMAT)

Date: 8 July 2026

Venue: Aula Gris 2, ICMAT

Programme:

• 9:45. Talk: “ICMAT, the research career and opportunities for young people to get started in research”, with Ana Bravo, Deputy Director of ICMAT and Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid.
• 10:30. Guided tour of ICMAT’s facilities. The day-to-day life of a research centre, with Ana Bravo.
• 10:45–12:45. Workshop: “Chaos and Fractals”, with Enrique Aycart, PhD researcher at ICMAT and the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).

Organised by: ICMAT Mathematical Culture Unit

Further information

ICMAT welcomes the participants of UAMMAT, a summer camp for students in the first year of the Spanish Baccalaureate organised by the Department of Mathematics at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Its aim is to enjoy mathematics, learn, and work collaboratively. From 6 to 14 July 2026, 20 participants will take part in a series of activities and workshops dedicated to learning what mathematics beyond the Baccalaureate curriculum is, how it is used, and why it matters.

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