University of Bath [Press Release, February 2023] - New maths research to improve disease diagnosis and cybersecurity

Title:

New maths research to improve disease diagnosis and cybersecurity

Published:

University of Bath, Press release, 2 February 2023

https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/new-maths-research-to-improve-disease-diagnosis-and-cybersecurity/

From the press release: 

A new programme aims to extract useful information from huge, complex datasets. Bath mathematicians will be building models to identify big dataset anomalies.

 

New Data Shows How the Pandemic Widened the Racial Gap in Educational Progress [The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, September 2022]

Title:

New Data Shows How the Pandemic Widened the Racial Gap in Educational Progress

 

Published:

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 12 September 2022

https://www.jbhe.com/2022/09/new-data-shows-how-the-pandemic-widened-the-racial-gap-in-educational-progress/

From the article:

Everyone feared that exclusively online education for students during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic would have a severe negative impact on educational progress. Now we have proof that in fact, that is the case.

 

University of South Australia (UniSA) - The numbers don’t lie: Australia is failing at maths and we need to find a new formula to arrest the decline

Title:

The numbers don’t lie: Australia is failing at maths and we need to find a new formula to arrest the decline

Published:

University of South Australia (UniSA), 17 May 2022

https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2022/the-numbers-dont-lie-australia-is-failing-at-maths-and-we-need-to-find-a-new-formula-to-arrest-the-decline/

 

From the article:

"From an OECD mathematics ranking of 11 in the world 20 years ago, Australian secondary students are now languishing in 29th place out of 38 countries, according to the most recent statistics.  

 

The sliding maths rankings have created widespread debate over whether curriculum changes are needed in our schools, but a new international paper co-authored by University of South Australia cognitive psychologist Dr Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos could provide part of the solution."

 

Simple mathematical trick could slash AI development time in half [NewScientist, 2022]

Title:

Simple mathematical trick could slash AI development time in half 

 

Author:

Matthew Sparkes

 

Published:

NewScientist, 10 March 2022

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2311525-simple-mathematical-trick-could-slash-ai-development-time-in-half/

 

From the article:

Training artificial intelligences to identify faces or digitise text involves thousands or millions of iterations of a two-stage process known as back-propagation, but a new approach could save time, energy and computing power.

 

Humans Didn’t Invent Mathematics, It’s What the World Is Made Of [SingularityHub, November 2021]

Title:

Humans Didn’t Invent Mathematics, It’s What the World Is Made Of

 

Author:

Sam Baron 

Published:

SingularityHub, 25 November 2021

https://singularityhub.com/2021/11/25/pythagoras-revenge-humans-didnt-invent-mathematics-its-what-the-world-is-made-of/

 

From the article:

Many people think that mathematics is a human invention. To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it doesn’t “exist” outside the minds of the people who use it.  

 

But the Pythagorean school of thought in ancient Greece held a different view. Its proponents believed reality is fundamentally mathematical. More than 2,000 years later, philosophers and physicists are starting to take this idea seriously.  

 

As I argue in a new paper, mathematics is an essential component of nature that gives structure to the physical world.

 

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) - Studying engineering without physics and maths is like a building without foundation [ThePrint, 2021]

Title:

Studying engineering without physics and maths is like a building without foundation

 

Authors:

S.S. Mantha & Ashok Thakur

 

Published:

ThePrint, 6 April 2021

https://theprint.in/opinion/studying-engineering-without-physics-and-maths-is-like-a-building-without-foundation/634583/

 

From the article:

AICTE making maths, physics optional for engineering sounds ‘flexible’ only on paper. Its bridge courses won’t fix the problem.

AI maths whiz creates tough new problems for humans to solve [Nature, 3 February 2021]

Title:

AI maths whiz creates tough new problems for humans to solve 

 

Author:

Davide Castelvecchi

 

Published:

Nature, 3 February 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00304-8

 

From the article:

Algorithm named after mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan suggests interesting formulae, some of which are difficult to prove true. 

STEM Education in College: An Analysis of Stakeholders’ Recent Challenges and Potential Solutions [Scholarly Article - FDLA Journal, 2020]

Title:

STEM Education in College: An Analysis of Stakeholders’ Recent Challenges and Potential Solutions

 

Authors:

Santanu De, Nova Southeastern University

Georgina Arguello, Nova Southeastern University

 

Published:

FDLA Journal, Volume 5, Article 9 (2020)

https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fdla-journal/vol5/iss1/9/

Abstract:

A vast majority of academic disciplines and curricula in the college center around Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), which are critical to developing the skills necessary for a global workforce. Rapid changes in pedagogical setups, educational modes, and advances in instructional technology entail diverse challenges for key stakeholders (i.e. students, faculty, and the organizations). This paper highlights the most relevant challenges and potential solutions in STEM higher education at the college level, reported in the last decade. The holistic analysis combining the three stakeholders’ perspectives would help elucidate significant contemporary aspects impacting the fields. The goal is to further understand the factors impeding expected learning outcomes. This would help identify as well as bridge the gaps among these three pillars of instruction, possibly forming a foundation for improved content, delivery, and efficacy of higher education in STEM.

ONLINE EVENT (Stellenbosch University, 5 October 2020) - African Women in Mathematics Seminar 2020 [Speaker: Prof Federico Ardila​ from San Fransisco State University]

Title:

African Women in Mathematics Seminar 2020

 

Hosted by:

Stellenbosch University, South Africa

 

Speaker:

Prof Federico Ardila​ from San Fransisco State University

 

Date & Time (South Africa):

Monday, 5 October 2020

From 16:00 - 17:00

[Online seminar]

Click here for more information

 

Click here to register

 

How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning? AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine

Title:
How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?

Author:
Stephen Ornes

Published:
Quanta magazine, 27 August 2020
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-close-are-computers-to-automating-mathematical-reasoning-20200827/

From the article:
A formidable open challenge in the field asks how much proof-making can actually be automated: Can a system generate an interesting conjecture and prove it in a way that people understand? A slew of recent advances from labs around the world suggests ways that artificial intelligence tools may answer that question.

Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa - Maths Identity project helps learners with reasoning​​​​

Title:
Maths Identity project helps learners with reasoning

Published:
Stellenbosch University (SU), 6 May 2020

From the article:
"Stellenbosch University's (SU) Maths Identity project helps primary school learners with mathematic reasoning and stimulates positive attitude towards mathematics."

To read this article:
http://www.sun.ac.za/english/Lists/news/DispForm.aspx?ID=7318

Abel Prize in Mathematics Shared by 2 Trailblazers of Probability and Dynamics (The New York Times, 18 March 2020)

Title:
Abel Prize in Mathematics Shared by 2 Trailblazers of Probability and Dynamics

Published:
The New York Times, 18 March 2020

From the article:
"Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, both retired professors, share the mathematics equavalent of a Nobel Prize."

To read this article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/science/abel-prize-mathematics.html

SOUTH AFRICA - What connects Shaka Zulu, decolonisation and mathematical models

Title:
What connects Shaka Zulu, decolonisation and mathematical models

Authors:
A.H. Verhoef & H.A. Kruger

Published:
The Conversation, 16 February 2020

From the article:
 "Is it possible to decolonise mathematical sciences?  Some researchers argue that it’s not. They cite numerous reasons why. Two include the fact that decolonisation is extremely difficult for the “pure sciences” such as mathematics. And that the concept of decolonising is “poorly defined and contentious, in this domain”.  But our research shows that it is possible to achieve the goal of decolonising teaching material for mathematics."

To read this article:
https://theconversation.com/what-connects-shaka-zulu-decolonisation-and-mathematical-models-131246