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Article on Maths and Architecture in Bild der Wissenschaft
  • Date: 19.03.2015, 12:52
  • Bild der Wissenschaft, one of the largest popular magazines on science, has in its issue from April 2015 a large article on mathematics and modern architecture.


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Bernd Sturmfels Einstein Visiting Fellow


Article in Berliner Zeitung and Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
  • Date: 15.01.2015, 14:13
  • Gesine Wiemer wrote two nice articles on the beauty of mathematics for the Berliner Zeitung and Kölner Stadtanzeiger; the articles date from 27.12. 2014 (Berliner Zeitung) and 9.1.2015 (Kölner Stadtanzeiger).


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Doctoral Program "Discrete Mathematics"
  • Date: 13.01.2015, 14:15
  • The Doctoral Program "Discrete Mathematics" (in its second phase
    2015-2018) offers up to 22 PhD positions for an advanced PhD training
    and research program.


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Günter Ziegler on Guardian Blog
  • Date: 03.12.2014, 07:43
  • 500 years ago the artist Albrecht Dürer created one of his most famous copper engraving -- the Melencolia I.


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Poster award for Faniry Razafindrazaka
  • Date: 02.12.2014, 16:01
  • Faniry Razafindrazaka was awarded 1st poster prize at Curves & Surfaces 2014 in Paris. Congratulations!

     


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Training of Teachers in Munich
  • Date: 02.12.2014, 14:54
  • A day full of dynamics: 19 teachers learned to use mathematical software from the DGD to discover how patterns can emerge from dynamic processes. The workshop was organized by Jürgen Richter-Gebert, Gero Friesecke, and Massimo Fornasier of the TU Munich.


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Smoke Rings in Berliner Zeitung
  • Date: 02.12.2014, 13:47
  • Ulrich Pinkall, an active member of the DGD, has been featured in the Berliner Zeitung.


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Center for Geometry and Computational Design
  • Date: 14.11.2014, 19:32
  • At the TU Vienna, the newly founded "Center for Geometry and Computational Design" (GCD) was opened on Friday, 14 November 2014. It's mission is the development of new geometrical tools for technological needs. The center is directed by Helmut Pottmann, who is also active in project A08 at DGD, so we look forward to a close cooperation between the GCD and DGD.


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New Website
  • Date: 01.10.2014, 01:06
  • Our new website is online.


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Best Paper Award at "Advances in Architectural Geometry"
  • Date: 26.09.2014, 10:44
  • Thilo Rörig, Stefan Sechelmann, Agata Kycia, and Moritz Fleischmann have received a "best paper award" for work on the use of periodic conformal maps in architecture.


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Komplexes Verhalten aus einfachen Regeln - Lehrerfortbildung an der TU München
  • Date: 18.09.2014, 11:44
  • Wie bilden sich Kristalle und Schwärme? Dieses spannende Thema an der Grenzfläche von Mathematik, Physik, Biologie und Informatik können Lehrer in einem interaktiven Workshop unter Anleitung von Forschern des SFB Transregio 109 erkunden. Der Workshop findet am 26.11.2014 an der Fakultät für Mathematik an der TU München statt.


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Auszeichnung "Best Practice" im Wettbewerb Fair für Familie 2014
  • Date: 24.06.2014, 12:28
  • Das Präsidium der TU Berlin hat den Preis „Fair für Familie 2014“ ins Leben gerufen, um innovative Ideen zu mehr Familienfreundlichkeit und vorbildliche Beispiele für einen familiengerechten Universitätsalltag zu würdigen. Für das Projekt "Kinderkonferenzabenteuer" wurde der SFB/TRR 109 ausgezeichnet.


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"Colors of Math" at Abel Prize Ceremony 2014
  • Date: 16.05.2014, 12:10
  • On the occasion of the awarding of the Abel Prize, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and its Abel Board invited to an Abel film night at Kino Victoria Sunday May 18 with two films, Colors of Math and How I came to hate maths.


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Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften 2014 in Berlin
  • Date: 14.05.2014, 12:48
  • On May 10 the "Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften" took place at Berlin's universities.


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