Current Information & Events
Here you can find information on current events and news of the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Munich.
Events
Department Colloquium
© Sven Hertle
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, no talks are currently planned for the summer semester 2020.
Fit for TUMorrow Day
© Astrid Eckert
Career opportunities for mathematicians*: The Fit for TUMorrow Day will take place on 13 November 2020!
Graduation ceremony
© Markus Traub
We are sorry! The graduation ceremony in summer 2020 will be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
News for Students
Events, deadlines and events - here you will find news for students of mathematics and all who want to become one.
Summer School in Mathematical Physics
We decided to postpone the Summer School in Mathematical Physics to 2021, due to uncertainties related to the current coronavirus situation.
Independent Studies: Current Talks
Our TopMath students present the results of their independent studies - in a a talk open to a general audience of university members. Here you will find the current dates.
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Fit for TUMorrow Workshop 2020
The corona pandemic poses challenges for many companies - and offers opportunities. Find out how the financial industry is dealing with the situation in our online workshop on 16 July 2020.
Online get-together for students
Meeting fellow students, making small talk and exchanging ideas - all this was not possible in the summer semester 2020 so far. Let's get together online!
TopMath Talk with Luca Arcidiacono
On Tuesday, 26th May 2020 at 16:00, Luca Arcidiacono (Research group Dynamics) will give a talk on "Geometric Desingularization of Non-Autonomous Differential Equations" in a live stream. Everybody is welcome.
Information events about the stay abroad
Are you planning a stay abroad? Visit our online information events. Here you will find the dates.
TopMath Talk with Dominik Schmid
On Tuesday, 5th May 2020 at 16:00, Dominik Schmid (Research group for Probability) will give a talk on "Mixing times for the exclusion process" in a live stream. Everybody is welcome.
First TopMath Analysis Seminar
TopMath students and doctoral students meet in Augsburg to discuss research questions in the fields of Analysis.
Department News
What's new at the Department of Mathematics at TUM?
© Professor Ulrich Bauer
3rd funding period for SFB Transregio 109
The Collaborative Research Centre "Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics" enters its 3rd funding period: The German Research Foundation is funding the project with more than 7 million Euro.
TUM still Germany's best university
In the "QS World University Ranking", the Technical University of Munich has risen up to 50th place and is thus ranked as Germany's best university for the 6th time in a row.
FACETS of Mathematicians #4
We are celebrating "Women in Mathematics": Watch the film "Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani" and talk to us about it!
Conference: Discrete Systems and Calculus of Variations
Workshop cancelled: The conference on "Discrete Systems and Calculus of Variations" will not take place in May 2020 as planned, but at a later date.
FACETS of Mathematicians #3
We like to meet you on 29 April virtually for the next FACETS event. The topic is "How to keep in touch in isolation?" during these uncertain times. Everybody is welcome!
ERC Advanced Grant for Mathias Drton
Professor Mathias Drton receives an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project "Graphical Models for Complex Multivariate Data". It is the first Advanced Grant at our Department.
enigame 2020
Challenged from the first to the last minute: using logic, unconventional thinking and team spirit you can come along way in the puzzle rally enigame. Are you ready to take on the challenge?
Cancelled: Conference SIAM UQ20
We have to inform you that the upcoming SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification 2020 meeting cannot take place due to concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
Current Information on Research
SIAM Student Paper Prize für Jonas Latz
Former TUM student Dr. Jonas Latz receives the SIAM Student Paper Prize 2020 for his paper "On the Well-posedness of Bayesian Inverse Problems". The prize is awarded for the best papers by student authors.
Model for a secure contact tracing app
In the fight against Covid-19, the interdisciplinary research team ContacTUM has developed a model for a secure contact tracing app. Simulations should clarify whether the app can actually slow the spread of the corona virus.
Award for Dr. Dominik Stöger
Our former doctoral student Dr. Dominik Stöger receives the Dr.-Klaus-Körper-Prize 2020 of the GAMM for his outstanding dissertation on "Bilinear Compressed Sensing".
Drones can "hear" walls
Kann eine Drohne mithilfe von Schallwellen Wände und andere ebene Flächen orten? Dass das funktioniert, haben TUM-Professor Gregor Kemper und Professor Mireille Boutin von der Purdue University in Indiana mathematisch bewiesen.
How to make elections fairer
Are democratic elections always fair? Do the results really represent the will of the people? TUM Professor Peter Gritzmann reveals in the video on how mathematical methods can improve voting systems.
TUM ICL Workshop
Identify bridging topics, initiate collaborations and extend already established joint research efforts - these are the aims of the joint mathematics workshop with Imperial College London on 9 and 10 January 2020. Take part!
Events
- 13 July 2020 16:00 – 17:00 Dirk-André Deckert (LMU): TBA
- 16 July 2020 15:00 – 16:00 TBA: TBA
- 16 July 2020 16:30 – 17:30 TBA: TBA
- 20 July 2020 14:15 – 15:15 Johannes Muhle-Karbe: Liquidity and Asset Prices (online)
- 20 July 2020 16:00 – 17:00 David Criens: TBA
- 23 July 2020 13:00 – 14:00 Niki Kilbertus (MPI for Intelligent Systems & University of Cambridge): A class of algorithms for general instrumental variable models