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MaRDI - Mathematical Research Data Initiative

The core principles for addressing research data are summarized in the FAIR acronym: data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

In 2016, the German Council for Scientific Information Infrastructures (RFII) promoted the creation of different German National Research Data Infrastructures (Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur, NFDI), as part of a nationwide coordinated development of scientific information infrastructures.

MaRDI (Mathematical Research Data Infrastructure) is the NFDI section devoted to mathematics. A consortium of 15 research institutions across Germany, led by the Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS), is creating the infrastructure for handling mathematical data according to the FAIR principles. This includes creating data repositories, web portals, standardization procedures, search engines, training and promotion across the mathematical community, and beyond.

IMAGINARY collaborates with this initiative by helping with the communication and promotion of the project across different publics.

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MaRDI Website

Timeframe:

Pazartesi, Kasım 1, 2021

How to participate:

To get involved in this project, please contact the MaRDI organization.

Open/Closed:

Open

La La Lab - The Mathematics of Music

Submitted by IMAGINARY on Sa, 05/14/2019 - 14:57

La La Lab has been shown at MAINS in Heidelberg (May 17, 2019 - Dec 20, 2020)!
Please find all details on the venue and opening hours (in German). The exhibition is in English and German, entry is free!

Music and Mathematics share many similarities as fields of study. Both disciplines are abstract, have structures and manipulation rules, a well defined notation, and are absolutely precise in their results. Working on them requires practice and an analytical mind. It is no surprise that Mathematics and Music are closely related.

But their relationship goes far beyond an analogy. Mathematics is infused deeply in all aspects of Music, from the physics of sound to the crafting of instruments, from rhythmic patterns to tonal harmony, from classical to electronic music. Mathematics supports Music and our understanding of Art the same way as it supports Physics and our understanding of the World.

Hearing music with mathematical ears brings to the music lover understanding, appreciation for details, and a greater enjoyment of the art; and to the professionals the ability to compose and perform, and tools to express their creativity.

Conceived in collaboration with world renowned experts, La La Lab - the Mathematics of Music mixes a laboratory format with interactive exhibits to present visitors with the historical, conceptual, and philosophical connections between mathematics and music: from the centuries-old tools that musicians use for composing, to the most current research that pushes the boundaries of musical creativity and mathematical knowledge.

La La Lab: 1 minute walk-through from IMAGINARY gGmbH on Vimeo.

Please let us know, if you are interested in showing La La Lab at your museum, science centre, school or university. We are happy to offer help and assistance to produce or adapt the exhibits!

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Files:

20190911-lala-booklet-v0.4-web-text.pdf

La La Lab Explanation Booklet (V0.4) (PDF)

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Pre-release Mathina online test day

Submitted by Johanna Marschall on Sa, 05/04/2021 - 12:24

We have developed exciting stories for children aged 4 to 19 who deal with various math topics. For example, encryption (of secret messages), symmetry (of cuddly toys), logic (when solving puzzles), and spatial imagination (when flying kites).
Each topic has content tailored to four different age groups. Interactive applets are integrated into the individual chapters, which convey the content intuitively and are also fun. It is planned to make the offer freely available on a platform in several languages under an open license (German, English, Portuguese, Italian).

We present the materials and their possible use in lessons or other educational offers.

The event takes place online and is free of charge.

Register here.

We look forward to meeting you!

Time and Place:

Perşembe, Mayıs 27, 2021 - 00:00'den 23:45'e kadar

Venue:

IMAGINARY

Mittenwalderstr.48

10961 Berlin

Germany

Coordinates:

POINT (13.3970726 52.4925182)

Opening Hours:

4 p. m. to 6 p. m.

Files:

mathina_flyer_deutsch.pdf

Flyer (german)

Website:

Mathina

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Thanks to ERASMUS and the five partners to collaborate to realize Mathina.

The Evolution of Christmas Tree Decoration and a Happy New Year!

Submitted by IMAGINARY on Cu, 12/20/2013 - 04:00

The IMAGINARY team wishes you merry christmas and a happy new year!

We prepared a christmas card for you (in English, Spanish, German, French and Catalan for now) to download and forward. It was made with our program SURFER, which visualizes algebraic surfaces in real time. If you help us translate the card into other languages we can prepare new versions (for example Portuguese or Russian). We also offer you the InDesign file to recreate your own Christmas card - see attached files and below for the download directory.

2013 was a very special year for us: we collaborated with Mathematics of Planet Earth to launch a new exhibition and presented our new platform “IMAGINARY - open mathematics”. We worked on many exhibitions and events in Germany, Russia, Norway, France, Denmark, Argentina, Spain, Uruguay and Vietnam… And we presented our “IMAGINARY-Entdeckerbox”, a very exciting new medium for us to reach out to schools. The biggest news in 2013 was that we continue our great collaboration with the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. We are now working on a 3 years program to communicate modern mathematics and current research. We are looking forward for the upcoming “snapshots of modern mathematics” project and new exhibitions which are already in the pipeline for 2014.

Download directory for IMAGINARY Christmas card

Thank you for your support!

With all the best,

Your IMAGINARY team

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Files:

imaginary-christmascard-english-2.png

IMAGINARY Christmas Card (English)

imaginary-christmascard-german-2.png

IMAGINARY Christmas Card (German)

imaginary-christmascard-french-2.png

IMAGINARY Christmas Card (French)

imaginary-christmascard-spanish-2.png

IMAGINARY Christmas Card (Spanish)

imaginary-christmascard-catalan-2.png

IMAGINARY Christmas Card (Catalan)

imaginary-christmas-card-indesign-folder.zip

Christmas Card InDesign Package (zip)

131219-christmascard-02.pdf

All cards in PDF format (PDF)

New exhibition, Explaining Artificial Intelligence

Submitted by Sebastian Uribe on Ct, 02/16/2019 - 15:00

Call for Partners and Exhibits

IMAGINARY is creating a new exhibition, which aims to bring understanding about Artificial Intelligence to the general public. We are looking for partners and collaborators with interesting projects that can be turned into exhibits and works of art.

The exhibition, supported by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, will open on April 2020 and include demonstrations and explanations of Artificial Intelligence using interactive exhibits, artworks, videos, and workshops. It will feature both new and established research in fields like machine learning, expert systems, general artificial intelligence and more. The exhibition will visit three German cities, for three months each.

We are looking for partners and collaborators working in any branch of AI, with existing exhibits, or with research projects that can be turned into new ones. As always with IMAGINARY, all exhibits and content will be released online using Open Source and Creative Commons licences. We are also looking for works of art that present questions about AI and society, both in the present and the future.

If this sounds exciting to you please send us a short description of what you’re working on to ai@imaginary.org. Links to online examples and videos of your work are very welcome. You have time until the 1st of May.

Update: there is a new call for art projects, with an extended deadline (30th of September).

About IMAGINARY

IMAGINARY is a non-profit organization dedicated to the communication of current research in mathematical sciences. It develops interactive software, 3d prints, visualizations for exhibitions, museums, workshops and teacher trainings. IMAGINARY also runs a collaborative platform for open source formats in mathematics communication.

It originated in the German Year of Mathematics 2008 at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO), a Leibniz Institute, and has become an independent organisation in 2016 with the MFO remaining a shareholder. IMAGINARY won several awards and organized more than 340 exhibition activities in 60 countries and in 30 languages and attracted several million visitors.

About the Carl Zeiss Foundation

The Carl Zeiss Foundation’s mission is to create an open environment for scientific breakthroughs. As a partner of excellence in science, it supports basic research as well as application-orientated research and teaching in the MINT subject areas (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technical disciplines). Founded in 1889 by the physicist and mathematician Ernst Abbe, the Carl Zeiss Foundation is the oldest private science funding institution in Germany. It is the sole owner of Carl Zeiss AG and SCHOTT AG. Its projects are financed from the dividend distributions of the two foundation companies.

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Snapshots of modern mathematics

Submitted by Bianca Violet on Sa, 11/10/2015 - 10:54

Snapshots are short, easy to understand articles on recent topics of mathematical research. They explain mathematical problems and ideas in an accessible and understandable way, and provide exciting insights into current topics of the mathematical community for everyone who is interested in modern mathematics.

The snapshots are all written by real experts in their fields:
At the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, every week 50 to 60 experts from all over the world work together on current challenges in the field of Mathematics. They introduce new results, discuss different approaches and develop new ideas. After each symposium, the institute asks selected participants to explain one aspect of their research in a comprehensible language to a general audience in a few pages. A team of young mathematicians revise the articles in close collaboration with the authors and assists them in communicating complicated matters to a broad audience. Together they prepare an edited version for publication.

Find all published snapshots at the IMAGINARY texts section!
So far, there are 23 Snapshots available in English and German. More are to come. Some of the English articles are already being translated into other languages. You can filter by mathematical field and/or connections to other fields, as well as authors.

The snapshot project is designed to promote the understanding and appreciation of modern mathematics and mathematical research in the general public world-wide. As part of the project “Oberwolfach meets IMAGINARY”, it is funded by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung.

Start reading right now!

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press release (German) (PDF)

press release (English) (PDF)

press release (Spanish) (PDF)

Mathematics of Planet Earth at the Deutsches Technikmuseum

Submitted by Sebastian Hamburger on Sa, 01/07/2014 - 17:42

Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, melting glaciers: Can they be calculated? How big is the contribution of mathematical sciences to the task of mastering these current ecological problems and catastrophes that massively challenge our world? The exhibition “Mathematics of Planet Earth” gives insights into these questions. It will be shown in the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin starting on March 27th. Several computer terminals offer interactive videos and simulations to specific examples and their mathematical models.

The exhibition was developed in the year 2013, which was themed “Mathematics of planet earth”. More than one hundred scientific institutions, universities, NGOs and research facilities all over the world united to create public awareness for the contribution of mathematics towards natural disasters and the ecological challenges our world faces. They were supported by the UNESCO, the International Science Council ICSU, and the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics ICIAM.

One of the highlights was the creation of an exhibition whose contents are available under a free license. A competition was created, where users could send in virtual contributions like pictures, films, programs, or construction plans for physical exhibits. 29 groups from 11 different countries participated in that competition.

For the exhibition in the Deutsches Technikmuseum, three contributions have been picked by a jury and were didactically prepared. The selected projects are presented at touch screen stations that can be used interactively by the visitors. The exhibit “Dune Ash” of the University of Freiburg is a virtual simulation of a volcanic eruption. The calculation of the movement of an ash cloud is made visible for the visitors. “The future development of a glacier” of the Freie Universität Berlin explains how experts create models in order to predict glacier shifting. Finally, the exhibit “Tsunami” is a project from the University of Paris that shows a simulation of the evolution and computation of tsunami waves as well as a historical outline about the formation and the consequences of devastating tsunamis in the past.

The exhibition was organised in collaboration with IMAGINARY, a project of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach founded by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. It can be visited in the Deutsches Technikmuseum until June 27th and is located directly next to the permanent exhibition “The first computer” about Konrad Zuse.

Time and Place:

Çarşamba, Mart 26, 2014 - 00:00'den Pazartesi, Mart 30, 2015 - 23:45'e kadar

Venue:

Deutsches Technikmuseum

Trebbiner Straße 9

10963 Berlin

Germany

Coordinates:

POINT (13.3768443 52.4986278)

Files:

ausstellungseroffnung_mathematik_des_planeten_erde.pdf

Invitation for the opening - German

exhebition_opening_mathematics_of_planet_earth-1.pdf

Invitation for the opening - English

flyer-mpe-ausstellung-technikmuseum.pdf

Flyer of the exhibition

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Organization

Deutsches Technikmuseum

Ortaklar/Maddi Destekler:

Deutsches Technikmuseum

Press links and other information:

https://dmv.mathematik.de/index.php/2012-07-31-15-39-48/mathemacher/des-monats http://www.sdtb.de/Mathematik-des-Planeten-Erde.2310.0.html http://www.moz.de/artikel-ansicht/dg/0/1/1262663/

IMAGINARY at Taksim Sanat

Submitted by Ferit Öztürk on Pt, 03/09/2020 - 09:44

30’dan fazla ülkede 125’ten fazla sergiyle 1 milyonun üzerinde ziyaretçi ağırlayan “Matematiğin Gözünden HAYAL-ET” sergisi, 14 Mart’a kadar Taksim Sanat’ta ücretsiz gezilebilecek.

Sergi; öğrenciler, tasarımcılar, sanatçılar, mimarlar, yaratıcı işlerle uğraşanların yanı sıra matematiğin neden temel bilim dalı olduğu sorusuna cevap arayanlar için de merak uyandırıyor.

Dünyadaki benzerleri incelenerek İstanbul’da tamamen yeniden üretilen sergide, basit denklemler yazarak estetik şekiller yaratma imkânı sunan SURFER ve simülasyon, düzensizlik, simetri gibi konuları eğlenceli yolla birleştiren etkileşimli uygulamaların bir derlemesi olan CINDRELLA programlarını deneyimleyebilecek ve kendi matematik objenizi yaratabileceksiniz. Sergide yer alan bir diğer program olan MORNAMENTS ile kendi simetrik motiflerinizi oluşturup, bu motiflerin geometrik özelliklerini keşfedebileceksiniz.

21. yüzyıl interaktif öğrenme teknolojilerini kullanan çoklu zekâyı harekete geçiren ve yeni ilişkilendirme biçimlerini göstererek ziyaretçilerine olağanüstü bir deneyim sunan sergide, dokunmatik ekranlarda deneyimlediğiniz her şeyi bilgisayarınıza indirebilecek, hatta açık kaynaklar sayesinde dilerseniz kendi sergilerinizi de oluşturabileceksiniz.

Uluslararası matematikçiler ve sanatçılar tarafından oluşturulan 3 boyutlu figürleri de izleyebileceğiniz sergide ayrıca, tahta bloklarla oynayacağınız ve en uzun izdüşüm rekoruna ulaşmaya çalışacağınız eğlenceli bir oyunumuz da var.

“IMAGINARY Açık Matematik” projesi, “2014 Alman – Türk Bilim Yılı” kapsamında başlayan işbirliği ile Türk Matematik Derneği öncülüğünde ve İstanbul Matematiksel Bilimler Merkezi’nin bilimsel danışmanlığı ile hayata geçiriliyor.

https://kultur.istanbul/event/matematigin-gozunden-hayal-et/

Time and Place:

Pazar, Mart 1, 2020 - 00:00'den Cumartesi, Mart 14, 2020 - 23:45'e kadar

Venue:

Taksim Sanat

Taksim

Gümüşsuyu, Tak-ı Zafer Cd. 3 A (Taksim Metro İstasyonu girişi)

34437 Beyoğlu İstanbul

Turkey

Coordinates:

POINT (28.9857681 41.0370098)

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The “IMAGINARY Open Mathematics” project is implemented under the leadership of the Turkish Mathematical Society and with the scientific consultancy of the Istanbul Mathematical Sciences Center, in cooperation with the 2014 German - Turkish Science Year.

IMAGINARY Turkey

IMAGINARY Türkiye, Oberwolfach Matematik Araştırma Enstitüsü, Türk Matematik Derneği ve İstanbul Matematiksel Bilimler Merkezi ile işbiriliği içinde yürütülen bir projedir.

Proje kapsamında tüm IMAGINARY platformu bazı yazılım ve gösterimler de dahil olmak üzere Türkçe’ye çevrilecek. Okul projeleri ve medya etkinliklerinin yanında birçok etkileşimli sergi Türkiye’nin çeşitli illerinde gerçekleştirilecek. Bilimsel ve kamusal ortakları birleştirmek ve uzun vadeli işbirlikleri kurmak istiyoruz.

Sergilerimiz şöyle:

    1. sergi İstanbul Nisan 29 - Mayıs 4 (ziyaretçi sayısı: 480)
    2. sergi İstanbul Mayıs 25 - Haziran 7 (ziyaretçi sayısı: 870)
    3. sergi İstanbul Eylül 14 - Eylül 27 (ziyaretçi sayısı: 1240)
    4. sergi İzmir Ekim 5 - Ekim 20 (ziyaretçi sayısı: 1450)
    5. sergi Diyarbakır Kasım 9 - Kasım 24

Matematikçileri, diğer alanlardan bilim insanlarını, siyasetçileri, öğrencileri, matematiğe ilgi duyan herkesi ve medyayı, etkinliklere katkıda bulunmaya davet ediyoruz. Türk ortaklarımızla yeni sergiler düzenlemeyi planlıyoruz. Bu sergi gösterimleri Türk-Alman Bilim Yılı kapsamını aşacak.

Proje resmi olarak 1 0cak 2015 tarihinde başlayacak ve Şubat 2016 tarihine kadar devam edecek. Gelecek etkinlikler, haberler ve geçmiş etkinlik raporları bu sayfada sürekli güncellenecektir.

Team:

Partners

Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (MFO)

Turkish Mathematical Society (TMD)

Istanbul Center for Mathematical Sciences (IMBM)

Team members

Bianca Violet, Christian Stussak, Andreas Matt

Mine Özerden, Betül Tanbay, Ferit Öztürk, Fulya Taştan, İlkiz Bildik, Harun Kır

Ata Kerem Sütçüoğlu, Ayşe Pala, Bahar Günaydın,Betül Kalıpçıoğlu,Cavit Görkem Destan, Demet Kaya, Diren Yıldırım, Emre Güngör, Esennur Uzun, Esra Gül, Ezgi Altındağ, Feride Ceren Köse, Gökhan Bal, Gözde Sert, Hatice Sezen

Kaan Göze, Makbule Yıldız, Merve Aygöl,Nehir Kübra Yücel, Oğuz Gürerk,Rıdvan Özdemir, Sibel Candemir, Nur Yatkın, Sümeyye Alpay, Sümeyye Dabanlı, Tuğçe Koç, Ulaş Yardımcı, Umut Çoraplı, Ülgen Kılıç, Yunus Semih Coşkun, Zekeriya Ünal

Destekleyen::

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Ortaklar/Maddi Destekler:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

German-Turkish Year of Science

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Files:

projektbeschreibung-imaginary-turkei-final.pdf

project description (German)

poster_yatay.pdf

Poster (PDF)

kart2_1.pdf

Flyer (PDF)

basin2_1.jpg

Press Kit Logo (JPG)

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IMAGINARY roll-up (JPEG)

80_cm_rolap_soe.jpg

Sphere of the Earth roll-up (JPEG)

80_cm_rolap_surfer.jpg

SURFER roll-up (JPEG)

Embed External Video:

Website:

German-Turkish Year of Science

Timeframe:

Perşembe, Ocak 1, 2015

How to participate:

Bize katılmak için şu adresle iletişime geçebilirsiniz: info@imaginary.org

Open/Closed:

Open

Medienpreis 2013 - Award Ceremony

Submitted by IMAGINARY on Pt, 11/25/2013 - 17:04

The jury consisted of the two mathematicians Günter Ziegler and Michael Joswig and the two journalists Holger Dambeck, SPIEGEL ONLINE, and Christoph Drösser, DIE ZEIT – both of them former DMV Medienpreis winners.

Gert-Martin Greuel and Andreas Matt are awarded for their outstanding activities in the development and implementation of IMAGINARY, a project by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach supported by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. Jury member Holger Dambeck states that with unique software for everybody to visualize algebraic surfaces, with big media competitions, with worldwide exhibitions and with the internet portal “IMAGINARY – open mathematics”, the project evoke great enthusiasm for mathematics in Germany and abroad.

In addition to the media award, the DMV also gave a journalist award to Sven Preger for a radio feature on the mathematician Leanordo da Pisa (Fibonacci), and three cartoon awards to Oliver Ottitsch, Katharina Greve and Uwe Krumbiegel for their humorous cartoons on mathematics.

An important note for the IMAGINARY team: this award is due to the contribution of all team members and partners to the IMAGINARY project. We would like to especially mention Christian Stussak for his ideas, contributions in software development (SURFER, Formula Morph, et al.) and technical support for all exhibitions and programs, Christoph Knoth and Konrad Renner for the development and design of the IMAGINARY platform, Susanne Schimpf and Anna Hartkopf for their work on the platform, the coordination of exhibitions and events and the communication with our users, to Sebastian Uribe for his assistance in media work and organization. Also to the director of the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Gerhard Huisken and all staff members of the Institute for their constant support and work on logistics, editing, communication and finances for IMAGINARY. And to all our IMAGINARY partners: among them especially the RSME in Spain with Sebastian Xambo, Antonio Campillo and their team for organizing more than 15 exhibitions and several museum installations and for being an integral part of the project, the German Embassy in Moscow for organizing 7 exhibitions in Russia, our partners in Argentina, Portugal, Serbia, China, Panama, Colombia, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, France, et al.Thank you all!

Time and Place:

Perşembe, Kasım 14, 2013 - 23:00'den Cuma, Kasım 15, 2013 - 22:45'e kadar

Venue:

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt

Abbestraße 2–12

10587 Berlin

Germany

Coordinates:

POINT (13.3203 52.51545)

Files:

131030_pm_dmv-medienpreise.pdf

Press release "DMV Medienpreis" (German)