The Mathematics Centre Maastricht (MCM) unites research, education and outreach in mathematics across Maastricht University.
The centre’s current core departments - the departments of Advanced Computing Sciences and Quantitative Economics - have a shared history in research and education dating back to 1987. Maastricht University has since developed a vibrant mathematics community renowned for its work in areas such as game theory and operations research.
The Mathematics Centre Maastricht (MCM) is the central point of contact for mathematics research, education and outreach at Maastricht University. The centre is open to inquiries for collaboration, for example from organisations and businesses looking for mathematics support in the EUregion.
Established in 2019, MCM builds on Maastricht's tradition in mathematics which started with the founding of an applied mathematics research group in 1987. Since then, mathematics research and education has branched out to include multiple organisations, notably including the Faculty of Science and Engineering and the School of Business and Economics.
MCM is a member of PWN (The Dutch Platform for Mathematics) and participates in the research schools LNMB (Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research) and DISC (National Graduate School for Systems and Control).
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MCM offers a number of activities for high school students and other visitors, such as the annual Maastricht Mathematical Modeling (MMM) competition and the mathematics-inspired city guide Math/Maastricht.
Online, weekly seminars with various speakers
The short term goal is to provide seminar access to as many researchers (in mathematical optimization) as possible. For the indefinite future, the seminar series is intended to foster ideas among our truly global research community and to help reduce our impact on climate change.
June 13-14, 2022
This two-day workshop aims to provide a platform for exchanging and discussing the latest developments in econometrics and statistics on topics related to dimensionality reduction and inference in high-dimensional time series.
February 7, 2020
Inaugural lecture of prof. dr. Frank Thuijsman, entitled 'On Balance, Challenge and Choice': 16.30h in the aula of Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht.
January 30-31, 2020
Symposium on the occassion of Prof. dr. Hans Peters' retirement.
January 26, 2020
26th edition of the annual mathematics competition for high school students.
Mathematics in Maastricht? Why yes – for more than 30 years already! The recently-established Mathematics Centre Maastricht (MCM) is a first, however, and has already seen over fifty researchers from across the university join its ranks.
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded a KLEIN-1 grant to Dr. Steven Kelk. He will explore the mathematics behind shrinking the sometimes impossibly huge evolutionary trees.