The newsletter will inform you on the latest news and activities of the MFO, in particular with regard to the measures concerning the pandemic.
News
On November 27th, the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation awards the Heinz Gumin Prize for Mathematics to Wolfgang Hackbusch, Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences. The foundation hereby recognizes his groundbreaking contributions to numerical mathematics, especially to the development of H-matrices and hierarchical tensors.
The Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO), Germany and the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University, Japan invite proposals for a tandem-workshop taking place simultaneously in a hybrid format at MFO and RIMS in the week of 5-11 September 2021.
The Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO), Germany and the Australian Mathematical Research Institute MATRIX invite proposals for a tandem workshop taking place simultaneously in a hybrid format at MATRIX and MFO in the week of 5-11 September 2021.*
Since November 8, 2020, it is obligatory for people coming from high risk areas outside Germany to Baden-Württemberg to have a quarantine stay.
Due to worldwide travel restrictions in view of the corona pandemic the Mathematical Research Institute Oberwolfach (MFO) has limited additional capacity for small institutional collaborations in specific weeks before June 2021.
Because of the very positive feedback and high demand for this new fellowship, the possibility to apply for an Oberwolfach Research Fellowship is extended to end of June 2021.