IMAGINARY Conference 2016

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IMAGINARY Conference on Open and Collaborative Communication of Mathematical Research 2016 (IC16) was an interdisciplinary gathering for mathematicians, communicators and interested professionals to discuss and work together on current issues of communication and knowledge transfer in mathematics.

This conference was organized by IMAGINARY, and held in Berlin (Germany) on 20 - 23 July 2016.


Invited Speakers

Jürgen Richter-Gebert. Fast Prototyping of Interactive Mathematical Content.

Hermann Karcher. 3D Xplormath: More than 300 mathematical objects, all with animations and explanations.

Eugenia Cheng. How to Bake Pi.

Henry Segerman. Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing: Augmenting a traditional book with new media & editing spherical video with Möbius and other transformations.

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Some tools for fast prototyping of exhibits were presented (Cinderella,


Thursday, 21 July

  • Hermann Karcher. (3D -Xplor Math): More than 300 mathematical objects, all with animations and explanations.
  • Aubin Arroyo. Around Wild Knots.
  • Ana Cristina Oliveira. Atractor: Visualization of mathematics using 3D televisions and realistic virtual exhibits.
  • Gabriel Kelemen. The Algorithm of Fluid Geometries.
  • Enric Brasó and Rinus Roelofs. The self-sustaining domes by Leonardo (Dome building activity).
IMAGINARY around the world

exhibition in Korea and achievements they have made during the last 2 years.

  • Rosita Yocgo (IMAGINARY in Africa). Shared experience and challenges of IMAGINARY exhibitions in different parts of Africa and future perspectives.
  • Paul Igodt (IMAGINARY in Belgium). Based upon experience in the traveling IMAGINARY exhibition in Belgium.
  • Diego Armentano and Mariana Pereira (IMAGINARY in Uruguay). An overview of the first experience of

IMAGINARY expositions in Uruguay during 2015.

Friday, 22 July

  • Eugenia Cheng. How to Bake Pi.
  • Alessandro Cattaneo. Mathematics down to Earth: A game of cartography.
  • Diana White and Janine McIntosh. Mathematics Outreach International.
  • Marcos Bracco. Derivas Matematicas
  • Cindy Lawrence and Alice Peters (MoMath - Museum of Mathematics). Taking it to the Streets: The value of large public math demons trations & Math Made Real: it‘s not just for preschool anymore!
  • Henry Segerman (Segerman). Visualizing Mathematics wi th 3 D Printing: augmenting a traditional book with new media & Editing spherical video with Möbius and other transformations.
  • Jean-Paul Truc. Quadrature Evolution of the mathematical journal Quadrature (1989-2016).