Simons Science School in Mathematics

STEM education and the training of future scientists, innovators, and high-tech entrepreneurs play a key role in Ukraine's future recovery. The Ukrainian education system excels at identifying gifted youths and at nurturing them in a highly-developed culture of science olympiads and research competitions. This experience should be studied and supported at the highest level, recognizing it as a national asset. Collaborative projects in STEM education between Ukraine and the EU will be to everyone's benefit and promote Ukraine's further integration into the EU.

The Simons Science School in Mathematics is a one-week program for Ukrainian high school students who have excelled at science competitions in mathematics and computer science. The goal is to foster the students’ interest in science, to introduce them to potential research careers, and to inspire them to apply their talents to shape Ukraine’s future. During their week in Vienna, participants will engage with leading mathematicians of the University of Vienna and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria.

The participants of the Simons Science School in Mathematics are recruited from two of Ukraine’s most successful science high schools: the Ukrainian Physics and Mathematics Lyceum in Kyiv and Boiko Super Math in Kharkiv.

This event is made possible by a generous gift of the Simons Foundation, the support of the Erwin Schrödinger Institute, our unbelievable volunteers, and the work of Dmytro Rzhemovskyi and his team from Projekt MmF. Jim Simons sets an outstanding example to us all.

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 Program

Sunday, September 15

Monday, September 16

Location: Erwin Schrödinger Institute, 
Schrödinger Lecture Hall

Tuesday, September 17

Location: Erwin Schrödinger Institute, 
Schrödinger Lecture Hall

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:00 - 10:30 Lecture by Alberto Minguez
    • Introduction to elliptic curves
  • 11:00 - 12:00 Lecture by Balázs Szendrői
    • Reflection patters
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at the University of Vienna's Cafeteria (Kolingasse)
  • 14:00 - 15:30 Lecture by Gramoz Goranci
    • Randomized algorithms
  • 15:30 - 18:00 Free time
  • 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at the Faculty of Mathematics
  • 19:00 - 21:00 Board games at the Faculty of Mathematics

Wednesday, September 18

Location: Erwin Schrödinger Institute, 
Schrödinger Lecture Hall

Thursday, September 19

Location: Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:21 Arrival at ISTA
  • 09:30 - 11:00 Lecture by Tim Browning
    • Sum of Squares
  • 11:15 - 12:00 Presentation about ISTA and a short guided tour by Christian Bertsch
  • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at ISTA's cafeteria
  • 13:15 - 14:30 Lecture by Zuzana Masarova
    • Introduction to computational geometry
  • 16:00 - 17:00 Hiking with PhD students Oleksii Kolupaiev and Nhok Tkhai Shon Ngo 
  • 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at the Faculty of Mathematics

Friday, September 20

Location: Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna

Saturday, September 21

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:00 - 10:15 Lecture by Vera Fischer
    • Axiomatic Set Theory and the Real Numbers
  • 11:00 - 13:00 Guided tour of Schönbrunn with Kateryna Kinsel
    • Grand tour of Schönbrunn Palace
    • Tour of Schönbrunn Palace Park
  • 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch at the Faculty of Mathematics
  • 14:30 - 16:30 Free time
  • 18:00 - 19:00 Dinner at Stiegl-Ambulanz

Sunday, September 22

  • 07:30 - 08:00 Breakfast at Hotel Geblergasse
  • 09:00 - 12:00 Free time, e.g., visit to Albertina
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch at Pizzeria Riva
  • 16:30 Departure to Ukraine

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