Mathematics in the Modern World

Title

Mathematics in the Modern World

Speaker

Prof. Efim Zelmanov

Director of the Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology

Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Fields Medal, 1994

Guangdong Friendship Award, 2023

Time and Location

19:00-20:00 (Beijing Time), 14:00-15:00 (Israel Time), December 10, 2025 (Wednesday), GTIIT Auditorium, South Campus

Zoom

https://gtiit.zoom.us/j/9630844007?omn=93773453749

Abstract

Today Mathematics shapes our lives even if we don’t realize it. I will discuss the special nature of Mathematics and applications to AI, cybersecurity, medical imaging etc.

Bio

Professor Efim Zelmanov is a renowned mathematician, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Fields Medalist, a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences. He is also a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Zelmanov’s work primarily focuses on non-associative algebra and group theory. He solved the Restricted Burnside Problem, one of the oldest and most influential problems in finite group theory, which was posed in 1902 and had perplexed group theorists and algebraists throughout the 20th century. For his groundbreaking contributions, he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994.

He has held positions at several prestigious institutions, including Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1980), Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1990-1994), and Professor at the University of Chicago (1994-1995). Since 2002, he has served as a Chair Professor at the University of California, San Diego. In February 2019, he became the Director of the Zelmanov Mathematical Center at Southern University of Science and Technology. In July 2022, he became a chair professor at Southern University of Science and Technology.

Free pizza will be provided!