The traditional seminar on differential equations will be lectured by Prof. Josef Diblík, the laureate of the Brno City Prize for 2023.

His talk "Behaviour of solutions to a nonlinear complex differential equation near the singular point" will take place on April 22, 2024 (12 pm, DMS meeting room).

The traditional MUNI DAY will take place on May 16. This event also includes a sports and social-educational program. If you would like to join, please do not forget to register.

Registration

Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science Seminar Series

17 April 2024, 4:30PM, Meeting room nr. 300, Komenského náměstí 220/2

Kathryn Hess

Topological perspectives on networks

Kathryn Hess Bellwald is an American mathematician who is world-known for her work in algebraic topology, category theory and homotopy theory, and on applications of algebraic topology in neuroscience, cancer research and materials science. Professor Hess received her PhD in 1989 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and she has been a professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne since 1999. Professor Hess was appointed to be a full member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences in 2016 and a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2017. In addition to her outstanding research, Professor Hess is also known for her excellent expository skills: she was awarded the Credit Suisse teaching prize at EPFL in 2012, voted by EPFL students to receive the Polysphere d'Or Prize in 2013, and invited to deliver a public lecture at the European Congress of Mathematicians in 2021.

Abstract:

Over the past decade or so, tools from algebraic topology have been shown to be very useful in the analysis and characterization of networks, in particular for exploring the relation of structure to function. I will describe some of these tools and illustrate their utility in neuroscience.

More info HERE.

Dear friends of hikes and mathematics,

you are cordially invited to the 45th mathematical hike planned on Saturday Saturday, April 13. Meet at 9:30 in front of St. Barbara's Church in Adamov.

We recommend arriving at the meeting place by train, which leaves at 9:00 a.m. from the Brno Main station and at 9:05 from Židenice (zones 100 + 2 outside Brno). Also, there are plenty of parking spaces in the area.

Planned route (length 25 km +-delta, elevation 1100 m +-epsilon) goes largely on less frequented roads and will lead us back to the train stop in Adamov. There are many places to disconnect from the route, with frequent connections to Brno.

Recommended equipment: headlamp.

Not recommended equipment: that you don't want to get dirty (some paths are not maintained).

Looking forward to see you,

Pavel Francírek and Jonatan Kolegar, organizers

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