Hundreds of spectators were present in person at the hall, along with 5,000 people watching the event online via the organizers' livestream channels. The event had the participation of the Ministry of Science and Technology, UNESCO Commission, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, universities...
The event attracted public attention because of the lectures related to AlphaGeometry and economic mathematics. AlphaGeometry - AI model solves geometry problems in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), presented by one of the authors and also the project leader - Dr. Luong Manh Thang, and his teacher, Dr. Tran Nam Dung.
Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Ha Duong, Head of the Organizing Committee, delivered the opening speech at the International Mathematics Day event.
At the opening ceremony of the Math Festival, Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Thi Ha Duong, Head of the program's organizing committee, said: "Playing with math is the theme of this year's Math Day. A special theme different from the themes of the 4 Math Days of previous years.
With mathematics, we play everywhere, while playing we see the world better, games connect us, and there are always corresponding games for each of us. So today, I invite you to a colorful game".
The Creation Story of AlphaGeometry
Director of the Institute of Mathematics, Prof. Dr. Doan Thai Son, said that mathematics is very important to society and the mission of spreading and popularizing mathematical knowledge, achievements and applications in life is being carried out by the UNESCO International Center for Research and Training in Mathematics (ICRTM). These are activities to deploy training and promote mathematics widely, one of which is the annual International Mathematics Day events like today.
Professor, Doctor of Science Doan Thai Son, Director of the Institute of Mathematics - VAST, spoke about the event.
In the Geometry public lecture, IMO and AI talked about AlphaGeometry - an outstanding achievement on the world technology map related to AI, related to very excellent Vietnamese people in the international environment such as Dr. Tran Nam Dung (Vice Principal of Gifted High School - VNU-HCM) and Dr. Luong Minh Thang (Senior Research and Management Expert at Google Deepmind, co-author of AlphaGeometry).
Guest speakers on the show
Through the lectures, the audience seemed to enter an inspiring, layered and engaging story, from the origin of approaches to solving geometry problems containing many creative, unique and surprising ideas in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) competitions, previous efforts to find mechanisms to automatically prove mathematical theorems, to the creative story of AlphaGeometry by the main author group including 3 young men from Vietnam.
In the field of socio-economics, quantitative research methods and the application of mathematical models are certainly the "bedside tools" of any economist.
Audiences watch the event online via the organizer's livestream channel
Dr. Nguyen Viet Cuong, Deputy Director of the Mekong Development Research Institute, with his reputation not only in Vietnam but also internationally, presented a lecture on the topic of Quantitative Research Methods in Socio-Economics .
Dr. Nguyen Viet Cuong's lecture introduces some popular quantitative analysis methods used to quantify causal relationships in socio-economics. Or simply put, how to "measure" the causal impact of a factor (or a policy) on a specific group of subjects.
In the discussion, Prof. Dr. Phung Ho Hai, Institute of Mathematics - VAST, the concept of the theme of International Mathematics Day "Playing with mathematics" implies the friendliness of mathematics and the desire to bring mathematics to everyone. Mathematics needs to become popular, to prepare young people for future development. Playing with mathematics is also the most effective way to learn mathematics to come to love mathematics", Mr. Ho Hai said.
Also bringing mathematics to young people, but from a different perspective, Associate Professor, Dr. Chu Cam Tho, Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences (Ministry of Education and Training), chose her own path through POMath - a program to teach mathematics to children through games, activities, and real-life situations.
"Today's topic is very similar to what we are pursuing. In the process of letting children do math through games, they not only seek victory or overcome challenges, but also express their attitudes and personalities, hidden personalities, and social emotions. These are very important information or signs for us to understand children and thereby have appropriate behaviors," Associate Professor, Dr. Chu Cam Tho shared.
The event "International Mathematics Day" is a colorful, multifaceted game, where speakers lecture on many fields, guest speakers discuss and share many profound views, the audience in the auditorium, online space also actively participate, ask questions, discuss or play with math in the mini game and receive meaningful gifts, full of math imprint.
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