First BMS - BGSMath Junior Meeting in Barcelona

Sofía from Colombia

Sofia Garzon, BMS Phase II Student, MSc Freie Universität Berlin, BSc Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá

Martha from Uganda

Martha Nansubuga, BMS Phase II Student, MSc Humboldt University of Berlin, MSc University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Under...

Sophia from the US

Sophia Elia, BMS Phase II Student, BMS Qualifying Exam, Msc FU Berlin, BA UC Berkeley, California

Li Li from China

Li Li, BMS Phase II Student, BMS Qualifying Exam, Msc HU Berlin, BSc Tsinghua University

Ángel from Spain

Ángel Crespo Blanco, BMS Phase I Student, BSc University of Oviedo

Yoanna from Bulgaria

Yoanna Kirilova, BMS Phase I Student, BA Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Abhinav from India

Abhinav Jha, BMS Phase II Student, MSc IIT Roorkee, BSc University of Delhi

Dragana from Serbia

Dragana Radojičić, BMS Alumna, MSc TU Berlin, Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Belgrade

Lena from Germany

Lena Walter, Phase II student, MSc Goethe Universität, Frankfurt

Alexander from the United Kingdom

Alexander Fairley, BMS Phase II student,Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Glasgow

Simona from Bulgaria

Simona Boyadzhiyska, BMS Phase I Student, BA Wellesley College

Efstathia from Greece

Efstathia Katsigianni, BMS Phase II Student, MSc HU Berlin, Qualifying Exam BMS, BSc University of Patras

Evgenia from Russia

Evgenia Youett, BMS Phase II Student, MSc Saint Petersburg State University

Christoph from Germany

Christoph Gorgulla, BMS Alumnus, PhD completed in May 2018, MSc Freie Universität Berlin, BSc Freie Universität Berlin

Ignacio from Chile

Ignacio Barros, BMS Alumnus, PhD completed in June 2018, Qualifying Exam BMS, MSc Freie Universität Berlin, BSc Pontific...

Todor from Bulgaria

Todor Bilarev, BMS Phase II Student, Qualifying Exam BMS, MSc Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, BSc Jacobs University Brem...

Giulia from Italy and the USA

Giulia Codenotti, BMS Phase II, MSc University of Pisa

In their rich, diverse and international mathematical environments, the Berlin Mathematical School (BMS) and the Barcelona Graduate School of Mathematics (BGSMath) share the common goal of striving for excellence in their doctoral and postdoctoral training programs. To kick off the new collaboration between these two graduate schools, the first BMS - BGSMath Junior Meeting was held in Barcelona on 9 and 10 October 2017.

The aim of this meeting was to bring together young researchers from the two cities, and the organizing committee was made up of PhD students and postdocs from both the BMS and BGSMath. In total there were 71 registered participants, 20 of whom were affiliated with Berlin universities and included 16 members of the BMS student body and postdoctoral faculty. The meeting was opened by the BMS Deputy Chair Prof. John M. Sullivan and the BGSMath Director Prof. Marc Noy, and was divided into three sections: Algebra & Geometry; Discrete Mathematics & Computer Science; and Probability, Statistics & PDEs. Each section consisted of one keynote address by a senior researcher and eight short talks by PhD students and postdocs from both the Berlin and the Barcelona side.

The BMS and BGSMath have declared their intention to cooperate together in initiatives aimed at promoting the mobility of and exchange between students and faculty members by way of events such as the Junior Meeting; joint summer schools; mutual visits by advanced students and postdocs of each institution; and other scientific activities. The ultimate goal is to create strong scientific exchange, strengthen research collaboration between the respective math communities, and enhance the multicultural environment of both graduate schools.

The BMS would like to thank Bahareh Banyassady, Katharina Klost, Jean-Philippe Labbé and Martin Wahl for their hard work and commitment in getting the first BMS joint event with BGSMath off the ground!

Written by S. E. Sutherland-Figini

Sources:
https://bgsmath.cat/event/bms-bgsmath-junior-meeting/
http://page.mi.fu-berlin.de/spiegelc/junior_meeting/