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We inform that the director of the Institute of Mathematics, dr hab. Karol Palka, has been elected Chairman of the Assembly of Directors of the Scientific Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences. 

The Assembly, established on the basis of the new statute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, is an advisory body to the President of the Academy. It consults and gives opinions on matters concerning the activities of the institutes and the conditions for their development.

The 2024 Jaroslav and Barbara Zemanek Prize in functional analysis has been awarded to Christopher Schafhauser.

The Jaroslav and Barbara Zemanek Prize in functional analysis with emphasis on operator theory for 2024 is awarded to Christopher Schafhauser (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) for his outstanding contributions to the classification and structure theory of C*-algebras, particularly to the Elliott classification programme. The jury emphasized his outstanding results on AF-embeddability of the UCT C*-algebras and his original and innovative approach to the classification of simple nuclear C*-algebras, which led to breakthrough in the field.

Following a generous donation from the Zemanek family, the annual J. and B. Zemanek Prize was founded by the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy
of Sciences (IM PAN) in March 2018, to encourage the research in functional analysis, operator theory, and related topics. The Prize is established to promote young mathematicians, under 35 years of age, who have made important contributions to these areas.

The awarding ceremony will take place at IM PAN, Warsaw, in the Fall of 2024. More detailed information about the Prize can be found on the webpage.

On July 4, 2024, during a meeting of the EMS Council, Prof. Adam Skalski from the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IM PAN) was elected to the Executive Committee of the European Mathematical Society for the 2025-2028 term. The candidacy was proposed by the Polish Mathematical Society (PTM). We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Skalski and wish him continued success in his new role.

We cordially invite you to participate in the Simons Semester titled "Contemporary Harmonic Analysis and Its Synergies," scheduled for August and September 2024.

The main events of the semester will include a series of lectures in Wrocław, a summer school in Będlewo, and a conference in Warsaw. Detailed information and registration forms are available on the Semester website.

The 2024 prize laureate is Dr. Borys Kuca from the Jagiellonian University for his series of works focusing on the study of polynomial configurations in combinatorics, ergodic theory, and fractal geometry. The jury especially valued the winner's contributions to the continuous version of Sárközy's problem.

The award was granted by a jury consisting of: Dr hab. Iwona Chlebicka, Dr hab. Maciej Dołęga, Dr Mikołaj Frączyk, Dr hab. Joachim Jelisiejew, Dr hab. Jarosław Mederski, Dr inż. Justyna Signerska-Rynkowska, Prof. Adam Skalski, Dr Marcin Sroka, Dr Anna Szymusiak.

From the prize regulations: The Kazimierz Kuratowski Prize for scientific achievements in mathematics was established in 1981 by his daughter Zofia Kuratowska, the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Mathematical Society. The prize is awarded at least once a year to persons who are under 30 years of age by the end of the year preceding the award and who are not laureates of the PTM awards (excluding prizes for young mathematicians) or the scientific award of the Faculty III of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Both published and accepted scientific papers of candidates are evaluated. Previous winners of the award can be found on the IM PAN website.

dr Borys Kuca

We would like to inform you that the Simons Semester: Knots, homologies, and physics runs from March 1 to June 30, 2024.

Knots, homologies, and physics is a research program organized within the “Simons semester” series from March 1 until June 30, 2024. It is devoted to the analysis of the relations between knot theory and physics. The program is hosted at the Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, and co-organized by the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, and Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. The program includes two workshops, an advanced school, and other lecture series and seminars by renowned mathematicians and physicists.

We encourage you to visit the website of the Semester: https://simons2024.fuw.edu.pl/