Department of Mathematics and Data Science
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01/02/2019 - 15:00

Karen Van Opdenbosch obtained on February 1 2019 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral theis:
A study of topological properties in approach theory using monoidal topology
Joint PhD with Universiteit Antwerpen
Promotors: Prof. dr. Eva Colebunders, Prof. dr. Mark Sioen & Prof. dr. Bob Lowen

26/10/2018 - 17:00

Jordy Vanpoucke obtained on October 26 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Bounds on Costas Permutations and Graphs
Promotor: Prof. dr. Philippe Cara

23/10/2018 - 16:15

Leuven – Op de Cera Award prijsuitreiking 2018 op vrijdag 5 oktober werd de Senior Cera Award 2018 uitgereikt. 
De Senior Cera Award laureaten zijn exacte wetenschappers,ingenieurs en technici die hun loopbaan een duidelijke maatschappelijke oriëntatie gaven. Ze tonen zo aan jonge mensen tonen dat ook wetenschappelijk-technische studies kunnen leiden naar loopbanen die focussen om mensen en maatschappelijke uitdagingen.

De winnaar van de Senior Cera Award 2018 is de gepassioneerde wiskundige Ann Dooms.

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24/08/2018 - 16:30

Gauthier DIERICKX obtained on August 24 2018 the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
A general Darling-Erdős theorem and an integral test for sums of independent and identically distributed random vectors in Euclidean space.
Promotor: Prof. dr. Uwe Einmahl

20/12/2017 - 17:00

School children are taught the commutativity property in the negative form of what is written in the title. For example 4x5=5x4=20.
This is valid for the standard multiplication of numbers but fails for many other kinds of product, such as for example the product of matrices or the rotation of solids. 

06/10/2017 - 09:00

The contact forum is organized by The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and The Arts, and the research groups Incidence Geometry (Ghent University), COSIC (KU LEUVEN), and DIMA (VUB).

08/09/2017 - 15:00

On September 8th 2017 Jacques Masuret obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences with the following doctoral thesis:
Generalised Sequences and Compactness Notions in Point-free Topology
Joint PhD with Stellenbosch University
Promotors: Prof. Dr. Mark Sioen & Prof. Dr. David Holgate

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