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Boletín De La RSME Boletín de la RSME Número 297, 16 de enero de 2012 Sumario Noticias de la RSME Noticias de la RSME Encuentro Conjunto RSME-SMM. Antonio Campillo. Torremolinos, Málaga, 17-20 de enero El programa científico consta de veinticuatro • Encuentro Conjunto RSME- La Real Sociedad Matemática Española y la sesiones especiales, ocho conferencias ple- SMM. Torremolinos, Málaga, Sociedad Matemática Mexicana celebran el narias y la conferencia de clausura del profe- 17-20 de enero Segundo Encuentro Conjunto RSME-SMM en sor Federico Mayor Zaragoza con el título preciso “La comunidad científica ante los de- • Noticias del CIMPA el Hotel Meliá Costa del Sol de Torremolinos (Málaga) los próximos días 17, 18, 19 y 20 de safíos presentes”. Como en la primera edi- • Acuerdo entre cuatro insti- enero. El Primer Encuentro Conjunto se ce- ción, el congreso ha programado alrededor tuciones para la creación del lebró en Oaxaca en julio de 2009 y la serie de doscientas conferencias invitadas, la mitad IEMath. Documento de In- continuará cada tres años a partir de 2014, de las cuales corresponden a la parte mexi- cana y la otra mitad a la española. vestigación de la RSME año en el que está prevista la tercera edición en México. El comité organizador está presi- Las conferencias plenarias están a cargo de • Ampliación del orden del dido por Daniel Girela, e integrado por José Samuel Gitler, José Luis Alías, José María día de la Junta General Ordi- Luis Flores, Cristóbal González, Francisco Pérez Izquierdo, Jorge Velasco, María Emilia naria de la RSME Javier Martín Reyes, María Lina Martínez, Caballero, Javier Fernández de Bobadilla, Francisco José Palma, José Ángel Peláez y • Noticia de la COSCE: Nue- Xavier Gómez-Mont y Eulalia Nulart. El pro- Mercedes Siles. El comité científico está co- grama, con la información sobre las confe- va Secretaria de Estado de ordinado por Aniceto Murillo, e integrado por rencias plenarias y sesiones, así como el libro Investigación, Desarrollo e Onésimo Hernández- Lerma, José Antonio de de resúmenes (con todos los detalles) pue- Innovación la Peña, Alberto Elduque, Gabor Lugosi, Er- den encontrarse en la página web del con- nesto Lupercio, Isidoro Gitler, Luis Narváez y • Noticias de la EMS greso, http://www.uma.es/rsme-smm-2012/. Becas y oportunida- des profesionales Novedades en DivulgaMAT Otras noticias • Luis Caffarelli y Michael Aschbacher, Premio Wolf de Matemáticas 2012 • William Thurston, Premio Steele 2012 Samuel Gitler Xavier Gómez-Mont María Emilia Caballero • Isaac Held, Premio Fronte- ras del Conocimiento de la Fundación BBVA • Actividades ICMAT • Actividades BCAM • Demostraciones del teore- ma de Pitágoras • Seminario de Geometría y Topología en la UCM • Y más… José Luis Alías José María Pérez Izquierdo Jorge Velasco La cita de la semana Noticias del CIMPA da. El orden del día, que se puede consultar en http://www.rsme.es/content/view/954/101/, El Comité de Orientación y Pilotaje (COP) del se ha ampliado con punto nuevo por acuerdo CIMPA se reunirá en el Hotel Melía Costa del de la Junta de Gobierno en la propuesta: Sol de Torremolinos (Málaga) el próximo viernes día 20 de noviembre de 2012, entre Punto 2Bis) Nombramiento, si procede, de las 15:00 y las 20:00, tras la conclusión del nuevos socios de Honor de la RSME. Segundo Encuentro Conjunto RSME-SMM. Noticia de la COSCE. Nueva Secreta- En la reunión se revisará la actividad del CIMPA en su nueva etapa como Centro in- ria de Estado de Investigación, Desa- ternacional tras la incorporación de España rrollo e Innovación como Estado miembro en 2010 y las próxi- La Confederación de Sociedades Científicas mas de Suiza y Noruega. También se selec- de España (COSCE), presidida por Carlos cionarán las Escuelas de Investigación CIM- Andradas, se ha hecho eco del nombramien- PA para 2013 entre las 29 propuestas que el to de la científica Carmen Vela Olmo como comité científico ha valorado positivamente Secretaria de Estado con la siguiente mani- en la reunión de evaluación que tuvo lugar en festación ubicada en su página web: la sede del BCAM en Bilbao los pasados días 21 y 22 de noviembre de 2011. La reunión El nombramiento de Carmen Vela como se- del COP está organizada por Mercedes Siles, cretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarro- responsable científica transversal del CIMPA, llo e Innovación ha sido recibido con satisfac- y por el director y la presidenta del CIMPA. ción por la COSCE al aunar en su persona la Más información en www.cimpa-icpam.org. faceta científica y la experiencia en la indus- tria, además de ser una defensora activa de Acuerdo entre cuatro instituciones la importancia de las sociedades científicas. para la creación del IEMath. Docu- mento de Investigación de la RSME Coincidiendo con los actos de Clausura del Centenario de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española, los pasados 28 y 29 de noviembre de 2011, y como fue anunciado por el Secre- tario de Estado de Investigación al concluir dichos actos, el Consejo Superior de Investi- gaciones Científicas, el Consorcio Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, la Universidad de Gra- nada y la Universidad de Santiago de Com- postela procedieron a partir de ese momento Carmen Vela Olmo, nueva Secretaria de Estado a firmar el acuerdo para la creación del Insti- tuto Español de Matemáticas IEMath. de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Como desgraciadamente ocurre a menudo, Una vez concluida la firma por los máximos desde algunos ámbitos de la comunicación responsables de las cuatro instituciones ante- se han expresado dudas sobre su trayectoria riores, y coincidiendo con el comienzo del y capacidad, sin dar oportunidad de desarro- año 2012, el acuerdo se ha dado a conocer llar acción alguna. Ante ello, COSCE quiere en los ámbitos matemáticos correspondien- expresar su máximo respeto por la experien- tes y se ha hecho público. Durante los actos cia de Carmen Vela como investigadora, em- de clausura la RSME presentó un documento prendedora y experta gestora de la transfe- sobre investigación en el que se alude a la rencia de conocimiento científico, y confía en conveniencia de que el IEMath fuera impul- que hará todo lo posible para evitar nuevas sado. Con el fin de que la comunidad ma- reducciones en los presupuestos de I+D, así temática pueda contribuir a que el IEMath como para evitar la dispersión de las compe- adquiera la estructura y los objetivos ya de- tencias en I+D entre distintos ministerios. La terminados, consensuados y asumidos por la COSCE espera asimismo la urgente creación comunidad investigadora, tanto el acuerdo y puesta en marcha de la imprescindible como el documento mencionado se pueden Agencia Estatal de Investigación, consen- consultar en suada y aprobada por las fuerzas políticas en Primera página del convenio www.rsme.es/org/Convenio_IEMathFINAL.pdf la legislatura anterior. Para todo ello, la Con- de creación del IEMath federación ha pedido una reunión con la se- y en cretaria de Estado para comunicarle nuestra http://www.rsme.es/org/DOCUMENTO%20S postura. OBRE%20INVESTIGACIO%CC%81N%20R Asimismo, la Sociedad Española de Biotec- SME2011.%20SENADO.pdf nología (SEBiOT), miembro activo de COS- Ampliación del orden del día de la CE, y cuya presidencia ha ejercido Carmen Vela hasta el momento de su nombramiento, Junta General Ordinaria de la RSME quiere transmitir a través de la Confedera- Se recuerda que el próximo día 19 de enero ción, su total apoyo y consideración a la nue- está convocada la Junta General Ordinaria va secretaria de Estado en un comunicado de la RSME, a las 17:30 horas en primera que se puede consultar en convocatoria y a las 18:00 horas en segun- www.cosce.org/pdf/comunicado_SEBIOT_0112.pdf Noticias de la EMS http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/files/Seip.pdf La European Mathematical Society (EMS) ha Intervendrá en el CRM de Barcelona entre el anunciado la celebración de algunas de sus 20 y 24 de febrero, en la Universidad de Tel actividades durante 2012, la más importante Aviv, entre el 4 y el 8 November y en el Labo- de las cuales es la celebración de su sexto ratorio Chebyshev de la Universidad de San Congreso cuatrienal, el 6ECM, en Cracovia, Petersburgo entre el 3 y el 7 de diciembre. del 2 al 7 de julio, cuya información se en- Finalmente, el próximo Encuentro de Presi- cuentra en http://www.6ecm.pl/. Los días dentes de las sociedades miembro de la previos, 30 de junio y 1 de julio, se reunirá en EMS tendrá lugar en Praga el 31 de marzo y el Auditorium Maximum de la Universidad el 1 de abril, en el marco de la conmemora- Jagiellonian de Cracovia el Council de la ción del 150 aniversario de la Sociedad Ma- EMS, www.euro-math-soc.eu/node/2469. Se temática Checa. La edición precedente tuvo trata del máximo órgano de gobierno de la lugar en Bilbao los días 7 y 8 de mayo de EMS que se reúne cada dos años. 2011 en el marco de la celebración del Cen- El EMS Lecturer de 2012 es el profesor Kris- tenario de la RSME. Más información en tian Seip de la Universidad Noruega de Cien- Kristian Seip http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/ cia y Tecnología de Trondheim Becas y oportunidades profesionales Plazas y becas en Universidades y Coruña. Visita la página web Centros de Investigación • Una plaza de Catedrático de Universidad de la Comisión Profe- • Contrato postdoctoral en el Institute of Al- (Área de Conocimiento: Matemática Aplica- da). Universidad Miguel Hernández. sional de la RSME. gebraic Geometry at Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Alemania. • Una plaza de Catedrático de Universidad (Área de Conocimiento: Álgebra). Universi- www.rsme.es/comis/prof • Contratos postdoctorales y estancias- sabático en el Instituto de Matemáticas de la dad de Oviedo.
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