Carolina Benedetti, associate professor at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, spent March at the CRM as a Lluís Santaló Fellow. A specialist in algebraic and geometric combinatorics, she is...
Pau Varela
Sant Jordi 2026 al CRM
Per celebrar Sant Jordi hem demanat a la gent del CRM que ens recomani un llibre. Un. El que tingueu al cap ara mateix. Set persones han respost, i entre les set han aconseguit...
A Semester of Mathematics across Two Continents: Eva Miranda at ETH Zürich, ICBS Beijing, and WAIC Shanghai
In the second half of 2025, Eva Miranda (UPC and CRM) delivered a plenary lecture at the International Congress of Basic Science in Beijing, participated as a panellist at the World Artificial...
CRM welcomes Joost J. Joosten and Domènec Ruiz-Balet as affiliated researchers
Joost J. Joosten and Domènec Ruiz-Balet, both from the Universitat de Barcelona, joined the CRM as affiliated researchers in January 2026. Joosten joins the group in Combinatorics and Mathematics of...
Diario de doctorado | Del modelo matemático al paper publicado: la primera vez de todo se aprende
Tracking Jet Streams as Coherent Structures: A New Mathematical Approach
A new method redefines how scientists can track jet streams, the high-altitude currents that shape weather patterns worldwide. Called JetLag, the algorithm treats jets as coherent structures in the...
Tots els camins porten a l’1
Yves Chevallard (1946–2026)
Yves Chevallard passed away on 16 March 2026. He was 79 years old. Born in Tunis, he trained at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he earned an agrégation de mathématiques. He went on to...
The CRM participates in a European project studying decision-making and risk perception in mountain environments
The NeuroMunt project (POCTEFA, coordinated by the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia) studies how people make decisions under risk conditions in mountain environments, bringing together...
Life After the PhD: Three Roads Forward
On March 18, the BGSMath held its first session on careers after a PhD in mathematics, bringing together three speakers with different professional trajectories and 46 early-career researchers from...
CRM participates in the 2026 ERCOM annual meeting in Belgrade
The CRM participated in the 2026 ERCOM annual meeting in Belgrade (20–21 March), represented by Director Carme Cascante, Manager Gemma Martínez, and Scientific Activities Manager Núria Hernández....
Gerd Faltings Awarded the 2026 Abel Prize for Transformative Work in Arithmetic Geometry
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has recognised the German mathematician for solving two of the most enduring open problems in the field.The Norwegian Academy of Science and...
Una prova que els monstres existeixen (com a mínim en teoria de grups)
The Centre de Recerca Matemàtica Approves Its Strategic Plan for 2026–2030
The Centre de Recerca Matemàtica has approved its Strategic Plan for 2026 - 2030, setting priorities in research, training, and knowledge transfer. Four flagship initiatives anchor the scientific...
CRM Awards Its Prize at Exporecerca Jove for the Third Time
For the third year running, CRM visited Exporecerca Jove to award its prize to the student project with the strongest mathematical content. This edition, the jury selected two...
Homotopy Theory Conference Brings Together Diverse Research Perspectives
The Centre de Recerca Matemàtica hosted 75 mathematicians from over 20 countries for the Homotopy Structures in Barcelona conference, held February 9-13, 2026. Fourteen invited speakers presented...
El nombre que porta desaparegut dos mil anys
Rescuing Data from the Pandemic: A Method to Correct Healthcare Shocks
When COVID-19 lockdowns disrupted healthcare in 2020, insurance companies discarded their data; claims had dropped 15%, and patterns made no sense. A new paper in Insurance:...
Quants cables necessita un pensament per circular?
L’exposició “Figures Visibles” s’inaugura a la FME-UPC
L'exposició "Figures Visibles", produïda pel CRM, s'ha inaugurat avui al vestíbul de la Facultat de Matemàtiques i Estadística (FME) de la UPC coincidint amb el Dia Internacional...
Axel Masó Returns to CRM as a Postdoctoral Researcher
Axel Masó returns to CRM as a postdoctoral researcher after a two-year stint at the Knowledge Transfer Unit. He joins the Mathematical Biology research group and KTU to work on...
From Phase Separation to Chromosome Architecture: Ander Movilla Joins CRM as Beatriu de Pinós Fellow
Ander Movilla has joined CRM as a Beatriu de Pinós postdoctoral fellow. Working with Tomás Alarcón, Movilla will develop mathematical models that capture not just the static architecture of DNA but...
Mathematics and Machine Learning: Barcelona Workshop Brings Disciplines Together
Over 100 researchers gathered at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica to explore the mathematical foundations needed to understand modern artificial intelligence. The three-day workshop brought together...
️ Tim Myers: Industrial Mathematics, Study Groups, and Fifteen Years at CRM
Seeing Through Walls: María Ángeles García Ferrero at CRM
From October to November 2025, María Ángeles García Ferrero held the CRM Chair of Excellence, collaborating with Joaquim Ortega-Cerdà on concentration inequalities and teaching a BGSMath course on...
Fuel Cells, Filtration, and Decades of Collaboration: A Conversation with Brian Wetton
Brian Wetton, from the University of British Columbia, spent last October at CRM collaborating with Tim Myers on computational models for filtration systems. His career has evolved from pure...
From Barcelona to West Bengal: Chemistry Meets Mathematics to Enhance Water Filter Design
Researchers at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur and UPC, have developed a mathematical model that accurately predicts the performance of...
Polytopes, Matroids, and the Friends You Make: Martina Juhnke on Two Months at the CRM
The Centre de Recerca Matemàtica recently hosted a research programme on Combinatorial Geometries and Geometric Combinatorics, focusing on the overlap between polytopes and matroids. Martina Juhnke,...
BAMB! 2025: Participants Return to the CRM for Research Stays
In October 2025, the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica hosted Josefine Meyer (ISTA) and Cate MacColl (University of Queensland) for a month-long research stay following their participation in the BAMB!...
Xavier Ros-Oton among the 65 most cited mathematicians in the world
ICREA professor at the Universitat de Barcelona and CRM affiliated researcher Xavier Ros-Oton appears on Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, which this year reinstates the mathematics...




























