Pau Varela

Two recent papers from the Computational and Mathematical Neuroscience group at CRM ask what makes neural circuits drift in the first place, and what keeps them from collapsing under their own...

Eva Miranda (UPC and CRM) has been named the first recipient of the Agnes Szanto Medal, a new mid-career award established by the Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) society in memory of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 NeuroMunt project (POCTEFA, coordinated by the Université de Perpignan Via Domitia) studies how people make decisions under risk conditions in mountain environments, bringing together...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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 after a two-year stint at the Knowledge Transfer Unit. He joins the Mathematical Biology research group and KTU to work on...

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...

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...