ICM'98

Activities in the URANIA on the Occasion of ICM'98

Exhibitions
VideoMath Festival
Talks
The Matinee

Location of the URANIA

The most important exhibition is "Mathematik zum Anfassen" ("Hands on Mathematics"), organized by Professor Beutelspacher from the University of Giessen. It is intended for young people - mainly for school classes together with their teachers. Visitors will have the opportunity to perform mathematical experiments, to solve problems etc.

We also show the exhibition of a sculpturer (Klaus Becker) who uses mathematical algorithms when proceding from simpler to more advanced forms. He will explain what he is doing and what mathematical problems remain to be solved in two talks, one in English (Friday, August 21, 5:30 pm), the other in German (Thursday, August 27, 5:30 pm).

Exhibition of work from the schools competition "Art and mathematics"
"Present an image of four dimensions! Try to paint someone moving almost at the speed of light!" - These and similar problems had to be solved by Berlin school-children in their art lessons. The children have to enter works of art which relate to the topic "Mathematics". The prizes are being awarded by the organisers of the World Congress, who have intentionally kept the framework for entries as wide as possible. The award ceremony will be on August 25, 1998, 4.00 p.m. in the Urania. There will be three prizes of DM 500, DM 300 and DM 200.

Finally, there is an exhibition "Mathematik und Keramik - Ceramics and Mathematics".

The entrance to all three exhibitions (and also to Becker's talks) is free.

7:30 pm,


Professor Frank Natterer (Münster) in the Kleistsaal:
"The Mathematics of Imaging in Medicine and Technology". (Abstract)

Friday, August 21

5:30 pm:


Klaus Becker's first talk in the Kleistsaal:
"From Stone-Sculpturing to Mathematics: Approximating the Inscribed Ball of Regular Polyhedra". (Abstract)

7:30 pm,


Professor Phil Davis (Brown University, Providence) in the Kleistsaal:
"The Prospects of Mathematics in a Multi-Media Civilization". (Abstract)

Saturday, August 22

7:30 pm,


Professor van Lint (Eindhoven) in the Kleistsaal:
"The mathematics of the CD-player". (Abstract)

No lectures on Sunday, August 23

Monday, August 24

5:30 pm,


Orm Finnendahl in the Kleistsaal:
He is a young composer living and working in Berlin. The title of his talk is "Konstruktion und Musikalischer Sinn; Auswirkungen Rekursiver und Stochastischer Verfahren in Meinen Kompositionen". He will explain how he uses recursions and probability in his compositions, the talk should be comprehensible to both German and English speaking people (there will be transparencies as well as short summaries in English). The talk will be accompanied by a "real" performance presented by a small ensemble. (Abstract)

7:30 pm,


Hans-Magnus Enzensberger im Humboldtsaal (in German):
"Zugbrücke außer Betrieb, oder die Mathematik im Jenseits der Kultur (eine Außenansicht)" (Abstract)

Tuesday, August 25

5:30 pm,


Gero von Randow (Hamburg) in the Kleistsaal (in German):
He is a science journalist ("DIE ZEIT") who has written several interesting articles on mathematics. The title of his talk is "Geisterfahrer des Journalismus - Wie Kommt die Mathematik in die Zeitung?" He will comment on the reception of mathematics in the non-mathematical community.

7:30 pm,


Professor Walter Schachermayer (Vienna) in the Kleistsaal:
"The Role of Mathematics in Financial Markets". After his talk there will be a panel discussion with R. Dantschke, Deutschen Bank AG, Dr. G. Stahl, Bundesaufsichtsamt für das Kreditwesen, D. A. Gruber, Allianz-Lebensversicherungs-AG. (Abstract)

Wednesday, August 26

5:30 pm,


Peter Hoffmann, IRCAM (Paris) in the Kleistsaal:
"Mathematische Tonerzeugung: Stochastische Verfahren bei Iannis Xenakis"
"Mapping Mathematics to Sound: The Dynamic Stochastic Synthesis by Iannis Xenakis" (Abstract)

(There will be no talk in the evening because of the ICM-party.)

Thursday, August 27

5:30 pm:


Klaus Becker's second talk in the Kleistsaal (in German):
"Von der Steinbildhauerei zur Mathematik: Eine Annäherung an die Einbeschriebenen Kugeln Regelmäßiger Polyeder". (Abstract)

7:30 pm,


Professor Heinz-Otto Peitgen (Bremen) in the Kleistsaal (in German):
"Mathematik und Medizin - Computerunterstützung in der Leberchirurgie und Früherkennung von Brustkrebs". In this talk he will speak on recent applications of mathematics in medicine. (Abstract)

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Last modified: July 28, 1998