More than 1,200
scientists from all over the world are expected to attend the 4th
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians scheduled to open
Monday in Hangzhou, east China to share their latest discovery in
mathematics.
A series of prizes, like
the Morningside Awards and Chern Prize, will be awarded to the
eminent professionals who have made important achievement on the
studies of mathematics or have made significant contributions to
train mathematics talents, said Shing-Tung Yau, a well-known
American Chinese mathematician and an initiator of the
event.
The Congress will also
award for the first time the outstanding mathematical dissertations
by Chinese college students all over the world so as to "select a
group of young mathematicians with potential and creativity", said
Yau at a press conference on Sunday.
A series of forums,
covering various topics related to science and the development and
education of mathematics, will be held in the six-day
event.
The congress, a
triennial event that brings together Chinese and overseas
mathematicians for the discussion of the developments of
mathematics, was initiated by Professor Yau Shing-Tung and is
supported by the Morningside Group of Hong Kong.
The first congress was
held in Beijing in 1998 with the following two sessions held in
Taipei in 2001 and Hong Kong in 2004.
(Xinhua News Agency
December 17, 2007)