For the first time, the Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE23) will take place outside the United States from Feb. 26 to March 3 at the RAI in Amsterdam. On Wednesday evening, March 1, there will be a public evening where six top scientists will explain in a TED Talk-like manner why mathematics is essential for solving the world's big problems.
Held every two years since the beginning of this century, the CSE conferences focus on applying mathematical models and powerful algorithms in industry and science. This ranges from models for climate change, finance, biology, aerospace, astronomy, automotive, transportation, defense and more. This year's conference attracts 2,200 participants, making it the largest edition ever.
The organizers, TU Eindhoven and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Siam), invite the public to the free evening event "The Role of Mathematics in Solving the World's Main Challenges" on March 1 (from 8 p.m., language English). In it, six international scientists will talk in a TED-like manner about how mathematics affects life and the everyday world.
'We want to show a large audience that night what you can do with math. People don't know that almost everything that happens in life has to do with mathematics. It is everywhere and essential. Even now, for example, with everything that is going on around artificial intelligence,' says Professor Wil Schilders, professor of scientific computing at TU Eindhoven. He refers to a quote by the well-known Dutch mathematician Lex Schrijver, who said, 'Mathematics is like oxygen. If it's there, you don't notice it. If it wouldn't be there, you notice that you can't live without it.'
