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Four exhibits from IMAGINARY in the new permanent exhibition at the Deutsches Museum Bonn

A curated selection of our exhibits on artificial intelligence is now on display in the “Foundations of AI” exhibition area and forms part of the museum’s permanent collection. These exhibits include versions of “Gradient Descent,” “Reinforcement Learning,” and “Sumory,” specially adapted for the Deutsches Museum, along with a brand-new game called “Summy Bears”.

All four exhibits introduce visitors to the fundamental concepts of AI in an engaging manner: gradient descent, reinforcement learning, and the exploration vs. exploitation concept. This empowers visitors to grasp the workings of AI systems, assess their implications, identify potential applications, and make informed decisions. Understanding these core concepts of AI is crucial for analyzing its potential impact on privacy, security, justice, and other societal aspects.

Time and Place: 
Vendredi, Mars 1, 2024 - 00:00 au 23:45
Venue: 
Deutsches Museum Bonn
Ahrstraße 45
53175 Bonn
Germany
Coordinates: 
POINT (7.149896 50.6993692)
Opening Hours: 

Tuesday to Friday 10:00 – 17:00
Saturday 12:00 – 17:00
Sunday and public holidays 10:00 – 17:00

Files: 
Image Collection: 
Credits: 

Summer events 2015

We have two big exhibition openings coming up in early July!

On July 5, the “Mathematics of Planet Earth” exhibition will open at Karlstorbahnhof in Heidelberg, Germany! It runs from July 5 to Aug 2, 2015, and offers a big variety of exciting adventures for children and adults alike. This exhibition is organized by the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF), which came to life in 2013 by joint efforts of the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS) and the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS).
“Mathematics of Planet Earth” is an international exhibition that shows exhibits and programs concerning the question, how mathematics can (and does) play a role in solving esssential problems of our planet. In programs, visualizations and hands-on experiments you can discover its contribution to topics like astronomy, fluid dynamics, volcanism, glaciers or cartography.

IMAGINARY will be shown at the Clore Garden of Science at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, opening on July 7, 2015, and running for three month! This is the first of two IMAGINARY exhibitions in Israel in 2015. The second exhibition will be at Bar Ilan University towards the end of the year. The two exhibitions are part of the project IMAGINARY Isarel, funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research, which includes two scientific events as well: A summer school in Kaiserslautern, Germany, with young researchers from Israel and Germany in September, 2015  and a short workshop at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv in early 2016.

Furhtermore, we invite kids age 12 - 14 years to the IMAGINARY workshop to explore the interrelations of science, art, and music at the KinderuniKunst in Vienna, Austria.

Sneak preview for September:

 

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"MPE - Mathematics of Planet Earth" in Heidelberg

“Mathematics of Planet Earth” is an international exhibition that shows exhibits and programs concerning the question, how mathematics can (and does) play a role in solving esssential problems of our planet. In programs, visualizations and hands-on experiments you can discover its contribution to topics like astronomy, fluid dynamics, volcanism, glaciers or cartography.

This exhibition is organized by Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF), which came to life in 2013 by joint efforts of Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS) and Heidelberg Institut for Theoretical Studies (HITS). The Forum brings together awardees of the most important prizes in mathematics and comuter science, like Abel Prize, Fields Medal, incl. Nevanlinna-Prize and ACM A. M. Turing-Award, and 200 of the world’s best young academics in these fields. Further, HLFF wants to raise public awareness in the disciplines mathematics and computer science, as well as sustainably strengthen interest in these subjects.

Venue:   

Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof e. V.
Am Karlstor 1 | 69117 Heidelberg
Telefon: +49 6221 978911

Date:                   

July 5 - August 2, 2015

Opening hours:       

Sunday, July 5: 6 pm to 8 pm
Mondays to Fridays: 1 pm to 7 pm
Thursdays: 1 pm to 8 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 11 am to 7 pm

Entrance:                   

free of charge

Guided tours for groups:  

on request | special tours for school classes

Organizer:           

Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation
Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 33 | 69118 Heidelberg
Telefon: +49 6221 533-382
E-Mail: mpe[at]heidelberg-laureate-forum.org

Time and Place: 
Dimanche, Juillet 5, 2015 - 00:00 au Dimanche, Août 2, 2015 - 23:45
Venue: 
Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof
Am Karlstor 1
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
Coordinates: 
POINT (8.71904 49.41473)
Opening Hours: 

Sunday, July 5: 6 pm to 8 pm

Mondays to Fridays: 1 pm to 7 pm

Thursdays: 1 pm to 8 pm

Saturdays and Sundays: 11 am to 7 pm

Files: 
Banner MPE (PDF)
Interview Bianca Violet, RNZ 3.7.2015 (German) (PDF)
Exhibition Guide (German) (PDF)
Essays Broschure (German) (PDF)
Image Collection: 
Credits: 
Ruth Wetzlar (Head of Conference Management HLFF)
Christiane Schirok (Outreach Activities HLFF)
Stephan Hölz (Media&Design HLFF)
Bianca Violet (project management IMAGINARY)
Christian Stussak (software and technology advisor, IMAGINARY)

Math Creations

News

The winners are:

 

1. Oliver Niemöller
2. Christian Tschersich, Marvoin Bratke
3. Alexander Gürten
4. Isabella Retter
5. a) Mara Wimberger
5. b) Stefan Sechelmann
5. c) Rudolf J. Kaltenbach

 

Additionally, all participants are invited to exhibit their Math Creations at the Exhibition Event in May.

 

The special prize for the most inspiring lecture of the Creative Input Event was awarded to Alexander Bobenko. His talk on mathematical circle patterns motivated six participants to submit a Math Creations idea.

The Events

“Creative Input”

January 27, 2017, 6 pm at Technische Universität Berlin (MA004)
Inspiration for contest ideas during an evening of discussion with the following speakers of the two special research fields:
Alexander Bobenko, Matthias Staudacher, Gero Friesecke, Thomas Klose, Thilo Rörig, and Christian Bär

 

-> Find all slides and additional material here

 

Here are videos of the talks:

 

In the event video playback is not supported in your browser please click here.

“Creative Output”

March 24, 2017, 6 pm at spektrum art&science community
Participating teams present their ideas. The jury chooses the most promising math art projects to receive a grant.

“Exhibition”

May 5, 2017, 6 pm at spektrum art&science community
The results of the productive phase are presented and exhibited.
All events are open to the public. We cordially invite everyone interested!
 
 

A professional film crew directed by film-maker Ekaterina Eremenko (Colors of Math 2012, Discrete Charme of Geometry 2015) will record the events as well as the realization process of the winning projects. A feature film will be produced to be screened internationally, starring all winners and their Math Creations.

Short Version of the Contest Rules

 

Participation in the Creative Input Event is not mandatory in order to participate in the contest. However, your artwork should relate to the topics presented there. There is no restriction in age of the participants or format of the submitted ideas.

 

Please send us an email until March 20, 2017 to register your submission. It should mention your name (and the names of your team members, if you participate as a group), the title and short description of your idea, which should be presented at the Creative Output event on March 24, 2017. Please also include the amount of money needed to realize this idea, and what it will be spent for.

 

You will be asked to give a presentation of your idea at the Creative Output Event. The duration depends on the number of participating teams. We will let you know in advance by email. The language of your presentation should be English or German (English is prefered). Please also submit a description of your idea. We encourage you to include sketches and images of your planned work.

 

Winners of the contest receive one of the grants adding up to a maximum of 3738 EUR total for the realization of their creative work which will be exhibited in May.
 
 
Please read the detailed contest rules here in German and ask any questions beforehand.

The Jury

Hybrid Lab

 

We are happy to collaborate with the Hybrid Lab of the Hybrid Platform, a project platform of the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) and the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) serving the cross-disciplinary exchange of art, science and technology. Creative teams with members from UdK or TU Berlin can take advantage of the Hybrid Lab on Campus Charlottenburg, for example to create 3D prints. Participants of the Math Creations competition who are high school students may find a tutor for the lab from either universities.

 

  

Team: 
Die mathematische Betreuung des Projekts obliegt dem Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 109 „Discretization in Geometry and Dynamics“ sowie dem Sonderforschungsbereich 647: „Raum - Zeit - Materie. Analytische und Geometrische Strukturen“. ---
Ekaterina Eremenko, eefilms
Alexander I. Bobenko, Professor für Mathematik, TU Berlin, SFB/TRR 109
Matthias Staudacher, Professor für Mathematik und Physik, HU Berlin, SFB 647
Image Collection: 
Files: 
more info (PDF) (German)
widescreen promo image (JPG)
Teilnahmebedingungen (PDF) (German)
Program - Creative Input (PDF) (German)
Timeframe: 
Jeudi, Décembre 8, 2016
How to participate: 

After the Creative Input in January, ideas for new creations will be submitted to the competition and presented to the jury at the Creative Output event on March 24, 2017. Winners of the competition receive one of the grants adding up to a maximum of 3738 EUR total for realization of their creative work, which will be exhibited in May.

If you have any questions, please contact us via mathcreations@imaginary.org.

Open/Closed: 
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SURFER

Description

Description: 

Mathématiquement, le programme illustre la géométrie algébrique réelle en temps réel. Les surfaces exhibées sont obtenues comme l’ensemble des zéros d’une équation polynomiale en les variables x, y et z. Tous les points de l’espace qui résolvent l’équation sont représentés et forment la surface. Regardez par exemple x2+y2+z2-1=0, l’équation de la sphère. Vous pouvez facilement voir que le point (x,y,z)=(0,0,0) n’est pas sur la sphère, alors que les points (1,0,0), (0,1,0) et (0,0,-1) sont solutions de l’équation. Le programme inclut une grande galerie d’exemples avec des explications et un tutoriel. Il est disponible en plusieurs langues dont l’allemand, l’espagnol, le russe, le serbe et le portugais.

Le grand avantage de SURFER est qu’il n’est pas besoin de comprendre a priori les mathématiques sous-jacentes (la géométrie algébrique), vous pouvez expérimenter, essayer, suivre votre intuition et votre créativité et de cette manière apprendre des maths et créer vos oeuvres d’art personnalisées telles que des images ou des animations.

SURFER est la nouvelle extension en langage Java du programme SURFER2008 qui fut développé pour l’exposition IMAGINARY en Allemagne lors de l’année des Mathématiques 2008. Le programme est indépendant de la plate-forme et fonctionne avec les systèmes d’exploitation Windows, Linux ou Mac. SURFER a été utilisé pour de nombreuses expositions IMAGINARY et est constamment amélioré et enrichi.

Crédits

Credit Text: 
SURFER is a program by IMAGINARY in collaboration with the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
Supported by: 
SURFER and IMAGINARY are supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (2011-2013) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (2008–2009).

Fichiers attachés

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Embed External Video: 
Contributor(s): 
Gert-Martin Greuel
Christian Stussak (Java renderer) Maik Urbannek (JavaFX), Henning Meyer (previous version)
Andreas Daniel Matt, Anna Hartkopf
Christoph Knoth
Oliver Labs
Herwig Hauser
Maria Alberich, Jordi Buendía, Capi Corrales, Lara May, Anna Sabater and Emilio Sánchez
Files: 
SURFER 1.7.0 setup for Windows 64-bit
SURFER 1.7.0 disk image for Mac OS X 64-bit (dmg)
SURFER 1.7.0 Debian package 32-bit (deb)
SURFER 1.7.0 Debian package 64-bit (deb)
SURFER 1.7.0 RPM package 32-bit (rpm)
SURFER 1.7.0 RPM package 64-bit (rpm)
SURFER 2012 Manual (EN) (pdf)
SURFER manual (German) (pdf)
SURFER 2012 Manual Source (EN) (InDesign)
SURFER Tips and Tricks (English, pdf)
SURFER Tips and Tricks (English, doc)
SURFER program galleries PDF, DE/EN/SR/RU/PT/ES (zip)
SURFER printing script for LaTex image print (zip)
SURFER Info for guided tour at exhibitions (pdf)
RSME-Imaginary Surfer Rollup (ES)(pdf)
RSME-Imaginary Surfer Rollup (ES) (inDesign)
SURFER print images samples (DE) (pdf)
SURFER manual (Portugese) (pdf)
SURFER Tips and Tricks (Portugese) (pdf)
SURFER tutorial - Snowman (pdf)
SURFER tutorial - Alien vs. Virus (pdf)
SURFER tutorial - Tic Tac Toe (pdf)
Basics before the snowman (Chinese) (pdf)
Basics before the snowman (English) (pdf)
SURFER guide Uruguay 2015 (Spanish) (pdf)
Main File Description: 
SURFER 1.7.0 setup for Windows 32-bit (Mac and Linux packages see below). PLEASE NOTE the info for Mac and Windows users at the end of the description text.
Image Collection: 
Applet height: 
450px

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Launch of the I AM A.I. Digital Exhibition

On June 10 the interactive exhibition “I AM A. I. – explaining artificial intelligence” will be launched in a new digital format at www.i-am.ai. Different “trails” introduce the visitor to core questions around artificial intelligence through means of images, videos, and experiments. The exhibits are targeted at everyone from the age of 12. From 2021 onwards, I AM A. I. will travel to several German cities as a physical exhibition. IMAGINARY conceptualized and developed I AM A. I. together with international partners. The Carl Zeiss Foundation generously supports both the physical and digital exhibition.

How does a neural network learn? Why is a computer able to recognize the words I speak? Can artificial intelligence be wrong sometimes? What are training data sets? Is it possible to do something without understanding it? These and other questions will be examined by the digital exhibition through several thematic “trails”. The trails include interactive software programs, images, videos, do-it-yourself experiments, and explanatory texts. The exhibition content is complemented by interactive video tutorials presented by an exhibition guide. You will be able to interact with neural networks, train an AI to recognize your handwriting, read an AI comic, and play games with an AI. You will be introduced to and intuitively guided through the gradient descent algorithm, which is one of the most important methods in AI. Virtual tours for schools will also be available free of charge.

The exhibition will launch on June 10, 2020, on www.i-am.ai, in English and German (more translations are planned) to accommodate an international audience. All content is available under open licenses and free to download.

Visit www.i-am.ai to learn more.

I AM A. I. was developed by IMAGINARY and finaned by Carl Zeiss Foundation.

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IMAGINARY – through the eyes of mathematics

The exhibition IMAGINARY has visited more than 100 cities in 30 countries and attracted more than 2 million visitors. The exhibition sets out to evoke interest and curiosity in mathematics. Visitors are encouraged to interact with the exhibits and create their own mathematical artwork using special software. Demonstrators are available to give helpful insights into the theoretical background.

The Idea

The idea behind the IMAGINARY exhibition is—as the name suggests—to use the visual and aesthetic component of mathematics as an eye-catcher in order to explain the mathematical backgrounds to the visitors in an interactive manner. The imaginary and unimaginable of mathematics is illustrated, it turns to images which you can generate yourself. 

The exhibition 

In its original form developed for the Year of Mathematics 2008 in Germany, the exhibition consists of four exhibit sections: A gallery of beautiful mathematical images, several interactive installations where visitors can experiment with math art themselves, a film station where mathematical movies are shown, and a showcase with 3D sculptures of algebraic surfaces.

The IMAGINARY cube

The IMAGINARY cube is a walk-in aluminium cube in which the mathematical images are presented. Most of the pictures show beautiful algebraic surfaces that were created by the Austrian mathematician Herwig Hauser. The algebraic surfaces that are presented together with their defining equations are at the same time beautiful images as well as interesting mathematical objects. The gallery is completed by a series of spectacular mathematical images by Oliver Labs, Aurélien Alvarez, Jos Leys and Étienne Gys, Ulrich Pinkall, Nicholas Schmitt, Charles Gunn and Tim Hoffmann, and some more artistic works by Luc Benard and Richard Palais. All pictures are presented at a size of 85×85 cm on acryl glass and are provided with explanation boards describing their mathematical properties.

Interactive programs

The main attraction of an IMAGINARY exhibition is the SURFER program that calculates and displays algebraic surfaces in real time. Visitors can enter and change polynomial equations on a large touchscreen with their fingers, shift parameters, determine the colours of the surfaces and turn the figures as they like.

Various mathematical and physical phenomena are adressed with the program CINDERELLA. This is a compilation of interactive applications that communicate topics as simulation, chaos or symmetries in a playful way. In addition, the program MORENAMENTS allows to paint symmetrical patterns in one of the 17 space groups in the Euclidian plane.

A unique 3D experience is provided by the program 3D-XPLORMATH. Using 3D glasses, visitors are able to discover mathematics from a three-dimensional point of view. 

Finally, there is the JREALITY program, which generates a virtual mathematical world where visitors can move freely, climb and jump on certain surfaces or fall down. The surfaces used in the program are, among others, the Boy surface, an artful torus or a tetranoid. 

Mathematical films

There are several mathematical movies shown at the exhibition: The multiply awarded film MESH on discrete mathematics explains the history of discrete geometry and its application to computer graphics. Moreover, the film DIMENSIONS is presented. It offers a look into the fourth dimension by explaining the stereographic projection on a generally understandable level. There is also a short film on algebraic surfaces, a film on elliptic curve cryptography and a collection of the winner films of the Math Film Festival 2008.

Surfaces as sculptures

The German companies Voxeljet Technology and Alphaform are engaged, among others, in generative manufacturing of 3D models by selective gluing plastic powder or by means of stereolithography. Both companies have accepted the challenge to print in 3D a selection of algebraic surfaces of the exhibition and present them as sculptures. Ten sculptures at a diameter of about 25 cm are exclusively displayed at the exhibition. They were produced for the exhibition by the two companies free of charge. The 3D data of the sculptures was prepared by the exhibition partner FORWISS Institute, University of Passau.

IMAGINARY Catalogue, Poster Set and Postcards

You can purchase the printed IMAGINARY exhibition catalogue, an IMAGINARY poster set with 12 algebraic surfaces and a set of 5 IMAGINARY postcards in high quality. We also offer the pdf files under an open and non-commercial license.

Main Image: 
Credit Text: 
A project by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany BMBF from 2008 - 2009 and by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung from 2011 - 2016.
Image Collection: 
Files: 
IMAGINARY logo (pdf)
IMAGINARY Flyer template and example (pdf, InDesign)
IMAGINARY Poster template and example (pdf, InDesign)
IMAGINARY Guided Tour Info (pdf)
IMAGINARY postcards (pdf)
IMAGINARY poster set (German) (pdf)
IMAGINARY poster set (EN) (pdf)
IMAGINARY poster set (EN) (InDesign)
IMAGINARY poster set (Portuguese) (pdf)
IMAGINARY poster set (FR) (pdf)
IMAGINARY catalogue (English, German) (pdf)
IMAGINARY Catalogue (CN) (pdf)
RSME-IMAGINARY Catalogue (ES)(pdf)
RSME-IMAGINARY-Valencia Catalogue (CA)(pdf)
RSME-IMAGINARY-Zaragoza Didactical guide (ES) (pdf)
RSME-IMAGINARY-Valencia Didactical guide (ES)(pdf)
RSME-Imaginary Intro Rollup (ES)(pdf)
RSME-Imaginary Intro Rollup (ES)(inDesign)
RSME-Imaginary-Valencia Poster (CA)(pdf)
RSME-Imaginary-Valencia Poster (CA)(inDesign)
Contributor(s): 
Gert-Martin Greuel
Andreas Daniel Matt
Herwig Hauser
Christian Stussak, Steffen Weissmann

Science Spaces

In each workshop, teams of students together with guides from IMAGINARY will develop science exhibits, which will be presented after the workshop in a public exhibition.

Experiments and exhibits are related to the STEM subjects: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Modern aspects, such as the interplay with art, sustainability and science communication will be examined as well.

Previous and planned workshops:

 

Team: 
Image Collection: 
Files: 
concept paper (German)
material wish list (German)
vocabulary (German)
description (English)
Timeframe: 
Mercredi, Octobre 18, 2017
Open/Closed: 
Open

Cérémonie dédiée à l'anniversaire des 50 ans de relations diplomatiques germano-israéliennes

C’est à l’occasion de cet anniversaire à Tel Aviv et Rhovot qu’une conférence d’envergure interdisciplinaire de l’Institut Weizmann, de la Société Max Planck et l’Académie des sciences israélienne a eu lieu.

La ministre fédérale allemande de la Recherche, Johanna Wanka, est la première des membres du gouvernement à venir en Israel à l’occasion de cette cérémonie dédiée à l’anniversaire des 50 ans de relations diplomatiques entre les deux pays. 

Les porte paroles ont abordé des sujets variés tant sur les sciences dures que les sciences humaines. IMAGINARY a été représenté par le conseillé scientifique Martin Greuel. 

L’Institut Weizmann est le mieux à même d’acceuillir cette célébration. C’est lui qui possède les liens les plus forts avec la recherche allemande, nous pouvons citer les premiers contacts en 1959 entre des scientifiques israéliens et allemands à travers la société Max Planck, ouvrant les premiers liens diplomatiques. Aujourd’hui, l’institut Weizmann et les scientifiques allemands entreprennent plus de 90 projets chaque année, de manière bilatéral ou dans le cadre européen.

Time and Place: 
Mardi, Février 10, 2015 - 00:00 au Mercredi, Février 11, 2015 - 23:45
Venue: 
Weizmann Institute of Science
234 Herzl St.
Rehovot 7610001
Israel
Coordinates: 
POINT (34.8085102 31.9026385)
Image Collection: 
Credits: 
Prof. Gert-Martin Greuel
Dr. Antonia Mey
Avec le soutien de: 
IMAGINARY Israel est organisé dans le cadre de la campagne "la Recherche en Allemagne" impulsée par le Ministère fédéral de l'Education et de la Recherche. L'action a pour but de renforcer les collaborations traditionnelles en matière de recherche mathématiques entre les deux pays.

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