International Congress Of Mathematicians - Biggest Geek Festival Ever? It Is When You Add Chess
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 17:50
in Mathematics & Economics
How geeky do you have to be to attend a mathematical meeting every 4 years - and think India in August is a cool place to do it? Pretty geeky. The ultimate geeks. If that is you, we know where you will be August 2010, when the largest gathering of geeks ever will happen in Hyderabad. It's the International Congress of Mathematicians, the biggest and most prestigious international mathematical meeting, which takes place once every four years. No meeting in any scientific discipline has the kind of wide sweep that ICMs have: every branch of mathematics is covered and emphasis is on the essential unity of all mathematics. read more