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The Foundation of Computational Mathematics has announced that Professor Eva Miranda, a full professor in the Department of Mathematics at UPC, will receive the Inaugural Agnes Szantó Medal during the FoCM 2026 conference in Vienna, in recognition of her pioneering career in geometry and computational mathematics. The award ceremony will take place on July 13.

This series brings together leading international researchers to present recent advances in mathematics. Among the recent speakers are prominent figures such as Nalini Anantharaman, Anna Wienhard, Alexander Razborov, and Anton Zorich. The lecture will be accessible online upon prior registration.

Joan Claramunt, Roser Homs and Eduard Vilalta have joined the ETSEIB and EPSEB sections during the first semester.

The ATRAE program grants grants to encourage the incorporation of consolidated talent.

The Matrix Analysis and Discrete Potential Theory (MAPTHE) research group has presented the MARIA prototype that improves the early detection of breast cancer.

Professors Mònica Blanco and Rosa Maria Massa-Esteve organized the XX Colloquium on the History of Technology within the framework of the anniversary of the ETSEIB.

Prof. Miranda will coordinate the WAM 2027 program at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), in Princeton, during the month of May 2027.

M. Olivieri joins the Besòs section as RyC this January 2026.

P. Morris will join the FIB-FNB section as RyC in April 2026.