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“Meeting with the Masters”——Prof. Zhang Shouwu had a face-to-face conversation with students

2023-07-20

During his visit to the school, the world-renowned algebraic topologist Zhang Shouwu shared his stories and research experience as a mathematician. The students were inspired by his idea on how to select research topics and how to read and prepare for it at the early stage of the graduate study. This is the third event of our “Meeting with the Masters” series, held at the Book Bar in June.Prof. Liu Yifeng, who was a PhD student of Prof. Zhang, hosted the event and shared their stories and interactions at the Columbia University.Prof. Zhang talked about his own experiences in academics、research and mathematics, also answered questions from the audience with patience and humor. He shared his unique point of view, “mathematicians are fortunate for that the history of this discipline is continuous and will last to be remembered”, and that “sometimes being a mathematician is not all about solving problems, but to simply do mathematics as a pure and enjoyable thing.” “As many students may sometimes struggle during research,” Prof. Zhang suggested, “what is important is not the fact that you cannot solve it, but to understand why you cannot solve it.” He also stressed that the key to success is self-confidence. Prof. Liu added “If one way doesn’t work, you can always try another; however, keep in mind that only years of accumulation and hard-working can lead you to new ideas and sparks of inspiration.”

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School of Mathematical Sciences held 2023 Commencement

2023-07-11

On Sunday 25 June 2023, the school gathered to celebrate the graduation of our 2023 class. In his speech, dean Li Jianshu sent his best wishes and addressed to our graduates “When faced with opportunities and challenges in today’s drastically changing world, our students need more motivation to pursue excellency and refuse mediocrity.” Our students celebrate their graduation with performances.Congratulations to our graduates! The school encourages all students to carry on to shine with their brilliant, truth-seeking and scientifical minds, remember their professional training, always have the courage to explore, innovate and never stop trying to be better themselves.

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Distinguished Lecture | Prof. Lin Fanghua from Courant Institute gives a lecture on “Weak Averaging and Strong Analytic Properties of Elliptic Operators”

2023-04-27

Prof. Lin is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Chair Professor of the Courant Institute of Mathematics at New York University. As one of our honors alumni and a distinguished fellow of the SMS, Prof. Lin has supported the development of the school and was involved in many academic activities for many years. His talk on the April 27th, titled with “Weak Averaging and Strong Analytic Properties of Elliptic Operators” received a large audience and invokes a lot of interest and discussions in topics of stochastic homogenization and cutting-edge analysis tools.

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