The Applied Computational Logic and Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Ferrara and the Schools of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Applied Mathematics at the University of Witwatersrand will be presenting a Summer School on Logic and Machine Learning.

This school introduces participants to the fundamentals of logical reasoning and its applications in machine learning, with both theoretical and practical work (we request each participant to bring their own laptop for the practical sessions). We encourage all interested participants to read more about the school on the website linked below. The details are as follows:

Dates: 12th to 16th of January 2026
Venue: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/logic-and-machine-learning
RSVP: Email abuzers2000@gmail.com

Please note that the school will be free to attend; however, we will not be providing any funding for travel and living costs. Participants are requested to RSVP no later than 18 December 2025 to help us manage attendance and prepare appropriately.

Please feel free to spread the word further to any interested candidates.

We are pleased to share an announcement for the upcoming Mini Workshop on Topology and Algebra 2025 (MWTA2025), taking place on 10 December 2025.

Further details—including the scientific motivations, provisional programme, and registration information—are available on the workshop website:
https://sites.google.com/site/topolalgeb/home/conferences/mwta-2025

• Scientific motivations:
  https://sites.google.com/site/topolalgeb/home/conferences/mwta-2025/scientific-motivations-mwta-2025
• Provisional programme:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yn7LbG_tGJCN0Bzgqil2BXClWJScLLji/view
• Registration information:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KTBuJ-oEtQLRrX2SxDKNQ0zjl4gcJ82b/view

Registration remains open until 30 November 2025.
Please note that, at this stage, only online participation is still possible (pending final approval by the scientific board).

A poster for the event is attached for circulation.

The links below contain details on the two mini-courses that will be presented at FAOTSA 2025. Both also contain information about the prerequisites and a list of reading material for those that want to prepare ahead of the mini-courses.

Mini-course Jacek Banasiak
Mini-course David Blecher

All the information can also be found on the FAOTSA 2025 website:
https://sites.google.com/view/faotsa2025/

Best regards,

The FAOTSA 2025 OC:
Ronalda Benjamin
Sanne ter Horst
Martin Weigt
Bertin Zinsou

Functional Analysis and Operator Theory South Africa

2025 Workshop

29 November – 1 December 2025, Nelson Mandela University

Due to other functional analysis events throughout 2025, we decided to have the FAOTSA 2025 workshop team up with the 68^th Congress of the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), both at Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape. The FAOTSA workshop will be from 29 November till 1 December and comprises two minicourses, while the SAMS congress will be from 2 to 5 December. Participants of FAOTSA 2025 are encouraged to give a talk in the Functional Analysis and Operator Theory session at the SAMS congress. We hope to welcome you at the fourth FAOTSA workshop at Nelson Mandela University.

Minicourse 1

• Title: Semigroups of Operators and Applications
• Presenter: Jacek Banasiak (University of Pretoria)

Minicourse 2

• Title: Quantum Convexity and Noncommutative Ordered Spaces
• Presenter: David Blecher (University of Houston, USA)

Important dates:

• Early bird registration deadline (for those who need funding): 26 September
• Final registration deadline: 1 November

Registration: To attend FAOTSA 2025, please register on the workshop’s website listed below. Those that qualify and require financial support, should register before the early bird registration deadline, since we will try to select the funded participants once the early bird registration closes.

Cost of participation: There will be no registration fee for the workshop. If funding allows, we will provide lunches as part of the program. Participants are required to arrange their own accommodation and transport.

SAMS Congress at NMU: Registration for the SAMS congress is independent of the registration for FAOTSA. More details on the SAMS congress will be made available on the FAOTSA website.

Support for postgraduate students and early career academics: We obtained funding from CoE-MaSS to support the attendance of a limited number of postgraduate students, postdocs and early career academics (<5 years from PhD). Those who qualify and require support, should apply before the early bird registration deadline and fill out all the required fields. We have also received funding from the London Mathematical Society to support a very limited number of international participants from other African countries.

Kindly share this announcement, available in pdf format from the link below, with those who may be interested to attend the Workshop.

FAOTSA 2025 Announcement

For further details please go to the website:

https://sites.google.com/view/faotsa2025

or contact someone of the Organizing Committee:

Ronalda Benjamin (Stellenbosch University)

Sanne ter Horst (North-West University)

Martin Weigt (Nelson Mandela University)

Bertin Zinsou (Wits University)

3MC-CIMPA School: Second round of registration

Due to additional funding for local participants, we opened a second round of registration for the 3CIMPA School on “Mathematical and Statistical Modeling in Oncology” that will take place at North-West University, South Africa, on 3-14 February 2025. This concerns only those who reside in South Africa.

This CIMPA 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.

Registration will remain open till 8 December. To register please fill out the online registration form.

On behalf of the organizing committee

Sanne ter Horst & Patrick Djomegni

As part of the Mathematical Modeling Mini Courses (3MC) project, North-West University will host a CIMPA School in February next year. The details are as follows:

Name: CIMPA School on Mathematical and Statistical Modeling in Oncology
Place: North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
Dates: 3-14 February 2025
Website: https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/paa/3MC-CIMPA-School-2025
Registration deadline: 3 November 2024
Poster: poster_3MC CIMPA School 2025