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SAMS Congress 2024 – Abstract and Registration Deadline Extension

In response to the increasing demand for registration extensions, the LOC has decided to extend both registration and abstract submission deadlines until the end of the day on Monday, 18 November 2024. All late registrations must complete their fee payment by November 18 using the credit card option available on the conference portal.

To register or to submit an abstract, kindly visit the SAMS Congress website:
https://www.up.ac.za/cf-sams2024

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1st Announcement – Conference on “Evolution Equations, Operator Semigroups and Beyond” (EEOSB)

It is our greatest pleasure to announce the conference on “Evolution Equations, Operator Semigroups and Beyond” that will be held October 13-17, 2025, at the Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Attached to this e-mail you can also find the conference poster.

This conference aims to bring together leading experts in the fields of operator semigroups and evolution equations. With speakers who possess extensive expertise in these areas, we seek to foster a productive dialogue and exchange of ideas. This gathering aspires to lay a robust foundation for future dynamic exploration into the theory and applications of operator semigroups and evolution equations.

A list of possible topics for contributed talks includes, but is not limited to: Applications to Biology, Asymptotic Behavior of Operator Semigroups, Control Theory, Delay Equations, Ergodic Theory, Evolution Equations on Graphs, Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Numerical Methods of Operator Semigroups, Perturbation Theory, Port-Hamiltonian Systems, Positivity, Spectral Theory, etc.

This conference offers a unique opportunity to discuss the latest research in the area of evolution equations and operator semigroups and to engage with both local and international experts in the field. Additionally, you will have the chance to enjoy stunning coastal views and vibrant local culture. The following invited speakers are confirmed for this conference:

  1. Jacek Banasiak (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
  2. Balint Farkas (University of Wuppertal, Germany)
  3. Marjeta Kramar Fijavž (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  4. Christian Seifert (Technical University Hamburg, Germany)
  5. Sanne ter Horst (North-West University, South Africa)
  6. Bruce Watson (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

If you are interested in participating in this conference, please visit our website, 

https://sites.google.com/view/eeosb2025/home,

and register for the event. The final conference fee will be published in due course and will depend on the available funding, but will be approximately R1 500 – R3 000 (75 – 150 Euro). The conference fee will include conference material, two times tea/coffee/refreshments and snacks per conference day, one day city sightseeing tour including a boat tour as well as a conference dinner comprising a two course meal at a local wine farm. The fee excludes both transport and accommodation. As soon as the funding situation is clear, we will communicate the final conference fee. The final payments will be handled by the Central Events and and Conferencing Office (CECO) of the Stellenbosch University.

Please forward this announcement and poster to everybody that also might be interested attending this conference.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are already looking forward welcoming you in South Africa.

The organizing committee:
Christian Budde (BuddeCJ@ufs.ac.za)
Retha Heymann (rheymann@sun.ac.za)

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Mega Maths Festival: July 2025

Mark your calendars for 7-11 July 2025 and join us at the University of the Western Cape, in Cape Town, for the first-of-its-kind mathematics festival for South Africa.

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in partnership with the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa, is launching the “Mega Maths Festival” under the theme: Mathematics: Our 13th National Language.

The festival aims to strengthen Mathematics teaching, learning, and research across the South African ecosystem, from schools to higher education and industry. It will bring together diverse stakeholders in mathematics education from the breadth of South Africa, including policymakers, academics, researchers, NGOs working in mathematics education, corporate entities, rural school mathematics teachers, high school students, university students and international partners for a 5-day celebration and sharing of Mathematics and the future it offers.

Visit www.megamaths.org for more details and regular updates, and please share the save the date with colleagues. We look forward to welcoming you to Cape Town, where Mathematics meets wonders of nature and warm hospitality.

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SAMSA Conference 2024

The Department of Computing, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Namibia (UNAM) is hosting the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) annual conference from the 26th to the 29th of November 2024 at the Windhoek Main Campus.

For more details, kindly see the attached poster.

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Two events in Number Theory in January, 2025

Please take note of the following events in Number Theory that are scheduled to take place in January, 2025. This may be of interest to postgraduate students and young academics in Number Theory.

1. CIMPA school in Effective Algebra and the LMFDB, Makerere University, Uganda, January 13-24, 2025:
Deadline for application: October 13, 2024

https://www.math.mak.ac.ug/cimpa_uganda/index.html

2. Stellenbosch Number Theory conference, January 20-24, 2025:

https://math.sun.ac.za/djbasson/2025conference.html

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Summer School on Quantitative Molecular and Cellular Biology

Summer School on Quantitative Molecular and Cellular Biology

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, on 16-27 June 2025

We would like to draw your attention to the Summer School on Quantitative Molecular and Cellular Biology that will take place at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, on 16-27 June 2025.

This research school is part of a series of events that has emerged from the collaboration of three bodies: the Mathematical Modeling Mini-Courses (3MC) program, Potchefstroom, South Africa, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Studies (PIMS), Manitoba, Canada, and the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

The summer school aims to equip students with essential tools and methodologies for investigating complex molecular and cellular questions. Courses will cover techniques relevant to structural, molecular, and cellular biology, all driven by specific biological questions. Cancer will be used as an integrative example throughout the program.

Biological interests: Structures and topology of molecules; Transport in cells; Proteins interactions and signaling pathways; Cell shapes and structures; Introduction of cancer biology.

Methodology: Graph theory and applications in biology; Geometric and statistical methods in biological data analysis; Mathematical and computational modelling of cellular and molecular biology; Stochastic processes and dynamical systems in biological systems.

Limited funding is available for selected participants from African institutions upon successful application. Registrations and applications for funding are open and can be completed online on the event website.

Application deadline: 15 October 2024 

Please disseminate the information and the attached poster to postgraduate students and other potentially interested participants.
 
The organizing Committee
Julien Arino
Sophia Dabo-Niang
Stéphanie Portet
Patrick Tchepmo Djomegni

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ACIAM 2024

The first African Conference for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ACIAM 2024) will take place in Cape Town from 30 September to 5 October this year. This conference will feature renowned researchers from around the globe who are eager to share their expertise with local South African researchers and, particularly, our postgraduate students. For more details about this event, please visit the website https://aciam.co/ or see the official flyer.

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CIMPA School: Enumerative Combinatorics with Applications to Computer Science

CIMPA School: Enumerative Combinatorics with Applications to Computer Science
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
6 – 17 January 2025

 
Apply: https://application.cimpa.info/
Deadline: 15 September 2024
 
We invite interested postgraduate students and early career researchers to apply to our summer school. The school aims to familiarise attendees with the field of enumerative and analytic combinatorics, and to show its many connections to other areas, especially computer science. The school will consist of 8 mini-courses, with practical components in python-based SageMath. 
 
Participants from developing countries will be provided with free board and lodging for the duration of the school, and we can provide financial support for travel to a limited number of participants from developing countries. More information about the school can be found at https://math.sun.ac.za/cimpa/. We would like to strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups in mathematics to apply.
 
Please contact Sarah Selkirk (sarah.selkirk@warwick.ac.uk) for enquiries.
 
The organising committee
Frédérique Bassino (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)
Dimbinaina Ralaivaosaona (Stellenbosch University)
Sarah Selkirk (University of Warwick)
Stephan Wagner (Technische Universität Graz)
 
This school is made possible through the generous financial support of:
– Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA)
– Stellenbosch University
– Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
– European Mathematical Society – Committee for Developing Countries

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67th Annual SAMS Congress

We are pleased to announce that the 67th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society will run from Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 December 2024 on the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria. The website is  https://www.up.ac.za/cf-sams2024

Please see the attached poster for a summary of registration fees, important dates, the conference email address, and a call for Special Sessions.

Early bird registration closes 27 September 2024. To register, and for further information, please see the above-mentioned website.

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Modeling in the Context of African Health 2024

Modeling in the Context of African Health 2024

From 15 to 17 November, the CoE-Mass, NITheCS, and UKZN will host a joint conference which aims to bring together researchers from the Biosciences, the Health Sciences, and the Mathematical Sciences. For more details, please see the official poster: MoCAH 2024 flyer