Yogyakarta, June 21, 2025 — The Alumni Association of the Doctoral Program in Mathematics (KAS3MAT) at Universitas Gadjah Mada once again held a scientific event in the form of a webinar titled Game Theory and Disease Spread Modeling on Saturday, June 21, 2025. The webinar was conducted virtually via Zoom and attended by 105 participants, including alumni, academics, and students from various institutions. ...
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium Successfully Hosts In-Depth Discussion on Differential Equations and Their Applications
Yogyakarta, July 4, 2025 – The Applied Mathematics Laboratory of the Department of Mathematics, FMIPA UGM, successfully held an Applied Mathematics Colloquium titled Differential Equations and Its Applications on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Meeting Room 1, 3rd Floor. The event, which ran from 09:00 to 12:00 WIB, attracted academics, researchers, and students interested in differential equations and their applications across various scientific disciplines. ...
Exploring the Role of Mathematics in the Real World: From Machine Learning to Robust Financial Models
Demomatika Series 10 was held on July 7, 2025, in Room 1 on the 3rd floor of the Department of Mathematics, both online and offline. The event began with opening remarks from the Secretary of the Mathematics Department at FMIPA UGM, Dr. Noorma Yulia Megawati, S.Si., M.Sc., followed by the first session moderated by Dr. Solikhatun, M.Si. The first presenter, Khoirunnisa’ Rizky Noor Fatimah, S.Si., from the Apple Developer Academy, delivered a presentation titled “How Math Took Me Into Machine Learning: A Journey from Pure Math to the Real World of Machine Learning, Mentoring, and Multimodal Models.” She shared how her background in pure mathematics led her into the world of machine learning, as well as the importance of concepts such as linear algebra and calculus in model development. ...
Inaugurated as Professor, Prof. Dr. Fajar Adi Kusumo, S.Si., M.Si. Highlights the Role of Dynamic Systems in Early Detection and Cancer Therapy in Indonesia
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) at Universitas Gadjah Mada officially inaugurated Prof. Dr. Fajar Adi Kusumo, S.Si., M.Si. as a Professor in the field of Dynamic Systems on Tuesday (July 1, 2025), at the UGM Senate Hall. ...
Closing of MIDSEA Summer School 2025: Participants and Lecturers Honored
After seven full days, the MIDSEA Summer School 2025 officially concluded on Sunday, June 29, 2025, with a closing ceremony at the MICC Building, The Alana Yogyakarta Hotel and Convention Center. The closing event featured a joint reflection session with all participants and an awards presentation to participants and lecturers who contributed throughout the program. ...
MIDSEA Summer School 2025 Participants Showcase Modeling Projects on Conference Day
The final day of the MIDSEA Summer School 2025 kicked off with Conference Day on Sunday, June 29, 2025, at the MICC Building, The Alana Yogyakarta Hotel and Convention Center. This event served as a forum where participants from the four learning tracks presented their group projects, the culmination of five days of intensive work. The four tracks were Modelling 101, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Simulation, and Inference. ...
Understanding Mathematical Intuition and the Kernel Trick in Support Vector Machines (SVM)
Yogyakarta, June 26, 2025 — The AI Track of the Summer School continued today with a session designed to deepen participants’ understanding of the fundamental concepts underpinning machine learning algorithms, specifically Support Vector Machines (SVM). The learning focused on the mathematical intuition and visualization of how the algorithm works to form an optimal decision boundary. ...
Infectious Disease Modeling: A Crucial Foundation of Modern Epidemiology
Yogyakarta, June 25, 2025 — The “Modelling 101” session, part of the MIDSEA Summer School series, was successfully held in the Arjuna Room at Alana Hotel Yogyakarta. The event saw participation from 13 individuals representing various countries, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand. Attendees came from diverse backgrounds, ranging from lecturers and researchers to WHO representatives and students with an interest in infectious disease modeling. ...
Last Day of the Simulation Track: Implementing the Material
Unlike previous sessions, the final meeting of the MIDSEA Summer School 2025 Simulation Track on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in the Bima Room at the MICC Building, The Alana Yogyakarta Hotel and Convention Center, was dedicated to project work with no new material presented. Professor Alexander Richard Cook, the track’s speaker from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NUS), divided the 14 participants into three groups, assigning a different problem to each. The main focus of this session was group discussions guided by Professor Cook. ...
Exploring the Art of Model Selection in Epidemiology
Yogyakarta, June 28, 2025 — Entering the fifth day of Track Inference in the MIDSEA Summer School, participants were treated to in-depth material on model selection presented by Dr. Akira Endo, Assistant Professor from the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. This session was one of the highlights of the day, as it directly discussed the foundations of statistical and epidemiological modeling. ...