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FIFTH YERME SUMMER SCHOOL
(YESS-5)
August
18-25, 2010, Palermo, ITALY
Local Organizing
Team: The local organizing committee is consisted
of:
Filippo Spagnolo
Benedetto
Di Paola,
Maria Lucia Lo
Cicero
Giorgio
Santi
The local organizers come from the Department of Mathematics (that
you can see in the first two pictures on the right side)
of the University of Palermo.
The University of
Palermo was born in 1807 thanks to Ferdinando III of Borbone’s
will, the “rex utriusque Siciliae”, who escaped from Naples in
revolt to Palermo. In 2006 the University of Palermo
celebrated its 200th anniversary.
The University today
has twelve faculties with nearly 60.000 undergraduate students
and 1.200 professors.
Palermo’s Mathematics
School has a very ancient renowned history that started with
the “Circolo Matematico di Palermo” in 1884.
As regards the
teaching active courses, the department of Mathematics and
Applications has the following degree courses:
1. Mathematics;
2. Mathematics for
Industry and Finance;
3. Computer
science;
4. Mathematics for
Computer Science and Scientific Communication.
The training of
mathematics teachers takes place in cooperation with the
Department of Mathematics, the Department of Physic and the
S.I.S.S.I.S (Graduate School for Secondary School Teacher
Training).
Since 1979, the G.R.I.M. (Gruppo di
Ricerca sull’Insegnamento/apprendimento delle Matematiche)
research group in Mathematics Education works in close
collaboration with the Department of
Mathematics.
The group is
constituted of about 30 members, including both all school
level teachers and University Scholars. The group promotes and
achieves a thriving and strong relationship and
collaboration between University and the world of the school,
in Sicily and all over Italy.
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