• October 6 2025. Three IMI members and five members of its Scientific Committee have been recognized among the most influential scientists worldwide, according to the latest edition of the Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists, compiled by Stanford University and ELSEVIER. 

  These prestigious ranking features two classifications: one based on cumulative research impact throughout each scientist’s career up to 2024, and another focused solely on contributions made during the year 2024. The selection is drawn from the Scopus database, placing these researchers within the top 2% globally making it one of the most comprehensive rankings available. 

  The career-long impact list includes 230,333 scientists, while the annual impact list for 2024 features 236,313. 

  Representing the IMI are Julián López-Gómez, Jesús Ildefonso Díaz Díaz, and Francisco Javier Montero de Juan. Also featured from the IMI Scientific Committee are Paul Rabinowitz, Juan Luis Vázquez Suárez, Simon Donaldson, Herbert Amann, and Dikran Dikranjan

   
  

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• 8 September, 2025. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences of the Republic of Korea (NIMS) and the Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute has been signed during a ceremony held at the IMI offices. The document had previously been approved by the Institute Council. The NIMS delegation, composed of five members of its executive team, was led by its president, Yun Sung Choi. The agreement includes several points aimed at facilitating the exchange of ideas and the search of synergies between both institutions. NIMS is a research center with a mission clearly focused on the application of mathematics in the industrial sector. It is supported by a highly qualified research staff and generous funding (enviable by Spanish standards). We expect that this agreement will lead to concrete proposals for collaboration.

• 11 July, 2025. It is a pleasure to announce that IMI researcher Francisco Javier Martín Campo has just been awarded one of the SEIO-FBBVA prizes. These awards are held annually and have national reach. In the 2025 edition, in which Javier has been recognized, the awards highlight originality, innovation, and contributions to the fields of Statistics and Operational Research, with the dual objective of promoting research work in these areas and increasing its impact on society. The mentioned prize corresponds to the category of Applied contribution in Operational Research (more information at https://www.seio.es/premios-seio-fbbva/). Javi, congratulations on this extraordinary achievement.

Francisco Javier Martín Campo

• 26 June, 2025. Professor Laureano Escudero, member of the IMI Scientific Committee, has been awarded the EURO Gold Medal (EGM). This recognition represents the highest distinction in Operations Research in Europe and has been awarded since 1983 to an outstanding individual, team, or institution for an exceptional contribution to the science of Operations Research. The award is granted by the decision of a jury composed of five scholars of recognized standing in the Operations Research community and is officially presented during a EURO-k Conference (see link)

• 24 de junio. El pasado martes 24 de junio se ha celebrado en nuestra Facultad una reunión del proyecto europeo Sustainable High-Voltage Batteries Based on Hybrid Cathodes Enabling Dual-Ion Energy Storage (SusHiBatt), del programa internacional M-ERA.Net, organizada por el nodo español en el que participan los miembros del IMI Eva Garijo, Juan Antonio Infante, Benjamin Ivorra y Ángel Manuel Ramos, del grupo de investigación Momat de la UCM, junto a grupos de investigación de Alemania, Eslovaquia y Polonia.

   

  

• 19 de junio. Eduardo Muñoz Hernández ha sido galardonado con el Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado correspondiente a las tesis defendidas en el curso académico 2022-2023 en la Facultad de CC. Matemáticas de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. La propuesta definitiva de este magnífico premio fue aprobada por el Consejo de Facultad el pasado 19 de junio. Eduardo defendió su tesis, titulada Predation, el 13 de junio de 2023. La tesis de Eduardo fue dirigida por Julián López Gómez y Fabio Zanolin. Tanto Eduardo como Julián son miembros del IMI. Enhorabuena tanto a Eduardo como a Julián por este extraordinario logro.

Julián López Gómez y Eduardo Muñoz Hernández

• 16 June, 2025. Professor Per Enflo outlined the strategy and key steps involved in his proof aiming for a positive resolution of the invariant subspace problem in Hilbert spaces. His lecture was delivered during the 47th Symposium on Real Analysis, hosted by the Faculty of Mathematics at the Complutense University of Madrid from June 16 to 20, 2025. This edition of the Symposium, held for the first time in Spain, has been co-organized by the Interdisciplinary Mathematics Institute (IMI). It is also worth noting that Professor Enflo was named an Honorary Professor at the IMI during the 2023–2024 academic year.

Prof. Eflo (Fotografía realizada por Sonia Olave Aricha)

• 22 de mayo de 2025. Jesús Ildefonso Díaz Díaz, fundador y primer director del IMI, cerrará  la vigésima edición del Ciclo de Conferencias de Divulgación Científica  "Ciencia para todos"  organizada por la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales de España con la impartición de la conferencia titulada Modelos híbridos deterministas-estocásticos: el caso de los modelos climáticos de balance de energía con ruido blanco.El acto tendrá lugar en la sede la RAC, Calle Valverde 22 de Madrid, a las 18:00 el 22 de mayoy podrá seguirse desde el canal de YouTube de la RAC.

Jesús Ildefonso Díaz Díaz