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Is knowledge a commodity?: At the Menao event (part of the 2014 ICM ) in Seoul last August, Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta from Cambridge University, gave a very interesting ... by villegas — last modified Nov 15, 2014 09:51 PM
More publishing trouble: Via Fabio Vlacci I heard of the issues with the Journal of K-theory. From The Aperiodical The rumours are true: the editors which in 2007 resigned ... by villegas — last modified Nov 07, 2014 11:44 AM
An international mathematician for ICTP: My dear friend Don Zagier joins ICTP as Distinguished Staff Associate. Read all about it! by villegas — last modified Nov 03, 2014 02:43 PM
It's eleven o'clock, do you know where your mathematical software is?: My ICTP colleague Ralph Gebauer mentioned to me this article . It is in German. The main point however is discussed in the paper by Antonio J. Durán, ... by villegas — last modified Nov 03, 2014 02:36 PM
Who wants to be an author?: At the EMS-CDC meeting last year in Berlin I heard for the first time the concept of predatory publishing. I have received, like many other I am sure, endless ... by villegas — last modified Nov 03, 2014 02:07 PM
Villani speaks to Trieste high schools students: As part of the activities for the 50th anniversary of ICTP early last October Cedric Villani gave a talk at the Liceo Oberdan in Trieste for over 100 high ... by villegas — last modified Nov 03, 2014 11:52 AM
Almost contact 5-manifolds are contact: We were pleased to learn that a paper jointly written by one of our former postdocs has been recently accepted for publication by the Annals of Mathematics. ... by villegas — last modified Nov 03, 2014 11:29 AM
CIMPA - ICTP school in Benin: A few weeks ago I attended the first few days of a CIMPA-ICTP school “Algebraic Number Theory and Applications” in Dangbo, Benin. It was held at ISMP an ... by villegas — last modified Jul 30, 2014 02:42 PM
Zentralblatt for developing countries: I am currently attending the annual meeting of the Committee for Developing Countries of the The European Mathematical Society. I may write more on this ... by villegas — last modified Apr 26, 2014 04:37 PM
Is mathematician the best job?: From our physicist colleague Sandro Scandolo we got a pointer to an article in the Wall Street Journal claiming that the best job in 2014 is, yes, ... by villegas — last modified Apr 17, 2014 10:18 AM
Bitcoin: Curious about the math behind Bitcoin? Have a look at this talk for undergraduates by UT Austin Prof. Felipe Voloch. by villegas — last modified Apr 11, 2014 10:49 AM
ICTP Math Section Activities 2014: I am experimenting with the free map creation website zeemaps to keep track of relevant information. As a test here is a map with all the activities of ... by villegas — last modified Dec 30, 2013 01:25 PM
ictp-math-dinner-2.jpg: by villegas — last modified Dec 29, 2013 01:03 PM
Happy New Year 2014!: A group of us from the math section at ICTP went out for dinner to celebrate the end of 2013 to Ristorante Capriccio on Piazza Libertà in Trieste. This was ... by villegas — last modified Dec 29, 2013 01:11 PM
Panama - Costa Rica: Last October Claudio Procesi and I went to Panama and Costa Rica, where we gave a couple of talks on general topics in Algebra. My talk was on "Algebra ... by villegas — last modified Dec 09, 2013 02:17 PM