Registration now open for the BYMAT 2019 conference for young PhD students in mathematics
The second edition of BYMAT – Bringing Young Mathematicians Together will take place from 20 to 24 May at the Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas (ICMAT) de Madrid. Thanks to the collaboration of the BBVA Foundation, participants from outside the Madrid Region may apply for travel and accommodation grants, until 11 March.
14 February, 2019
After a resounding success last year, with nearly 200 participants from 19 different countries and more than 75 institutions, this year the conference will take place from 20 to 24 May at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, ICMAT. For the second year running, it will bring together PhD students, master’s students and advanced undergraduates in mathematics and related areas.
Registration is open until 30 April. Participants wishing to give a talk can submit their abstract and/or poster proposal until 11 March.
The conference will feature seven plenary talks given by the following researchers:
- Jan Maas (Institute of Science and Technology, Austria)
- Marina Logares (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom)
- Tong Tang (Hohai University, China)
- Rafael Ramírez Uclés (University of Granada, Spain)
- Javier López Peña (University College London, United Kingdom)
- Anabel Forte (University of Valencia, Spain)
- Isabel Fernández (University of Seville, Spain)
A new addition for this year, alongside the plenary and contributor talks, is the poster session. The program will also include talks and workshops about career options, mathematics communication and outreach. Participants will be introduced to careers outside academia, as well as to the journalistic communication of mathematical research.
BYMAT, an international network of young mathematicians
The First BYMAT Conference, which took place from 7 to 9 May, 2018 at ICMAT, gathered nearly 200 young researchers in mathematics from 19 different countries and 79 institutions. It was an unexpected success for the organizers, David Alfaya, Patricia Contreras Tejada, Ángela Capel, Roi Naveiro and Jesús Ocáriz, all PhD students at ICMAT, since “never before had so many international, young researchers in mathematics gathered in one place”.
The conference was initially meant to offer young researchers a chance to interact, and a welcoming space to share their research, questions and opinions about the future of mathematics, in both academia and industry.
This will be the second meeting of the BYMAT Network, which was created to support young mathematicians in their professional development in and outside academia, and to strengthen the links between mathematics and society.