Opening of the International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (ICMU)
On 9 August, a special session of the 'Numbers in the Universe' conference was held to celebrate the opening of the International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (ICMU).
“Ukraine has solid mathematical traditions, there has always been a high interest in mathematics. The new Centre will be a place for intensive contact between Ukrainian researchers and their foreign colleagues, a place where young researchers will be exposed to groundbreaking ideas from around the world. ” – declared Maryna Viazovska of the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, a member of the Co-ordination Committee of ICMU.
The meeting was honoured with the presence of representatives of authorities and scientific institutions from Poland and Ukraine, including: Mykhailo Podolyak (Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine), Paweł Szrot (Secretary of State, Chief of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic of Poland), Ihor Taranov (Director of the Directorate of Science and Innovations at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine), Wojciech Murdzek (Secretary of State, Ministry of Education and Science of Poland), Anatoliy Zahorodniy (President of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Marek Konarzewski (President of the Polish Academy of Sciences), Vasyl Melnychuk (Third Secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland).
For more information about the ICMU, visit https://mathcentre.in.ua/
