Interviews

“My role is like that of a mountain guide”
17/6/22

While Juhan Aru, usually prefers to teach on a chalkboard, the pandemic forced him to adapt the methods and content he uses for his Bachelor’s classes. An adjustment that Aru, who’s always up for ...
Interview with J.P. Eckmann
3/6/22

2020 marked the 50th anniversary of Jean-Pierre Eckmann at the University of Geneva. In this interview Jean-Pierre speaks to us about his life, his students, and his research over the past 50 years....
$First ever 3D fractal construction in Switzerland finished!$

First ever 3D fractal construction in Switzerland finished!
29/8/21

Following the success of the exhibition "Dive into the infinite world of fractals", we met Sandie Moody, co-curator, to ask her some questions about this unique project....
Master Class in Mathematical Physics - Student Interviews
20/7/20

Following the successful launch of the third SwissMAP Master Class, we decided to sit down with three of our current Master Class Students: Vladislav Guskov (VG), Tatiana Tikhonovskaia (TT) and Ilya L...
A conversation with Alessandro Sfondrini
16/7/20

Following the success of his two videos on string theory, we conducted an interview with Alessandro to talk about how these videos came to be....
Interview with Eva Miranda about the importance of organizing a women workshop
27/6/19

In this short interview, Eva Miranda (UPC), tells us about the importance of organizing a women workshop and what she hopes it will achieve....
SwissMAP member stories: Olga Chekeres
13/6/19

SwissMAP member stories: Olga Chekeres (UNIGE, A. Alekseev Group)...
Interview with Prof. Ghys and Prof. Jones
5/6/19

Last month’s conference in honor of Prof. André Haefliger's 90th birthday was very successful. Below are interviews carried out with two of the speakers at the conference, Prof. Ghys and Prof. Jone...
Balancing Yin and Yang in the field of Mathematics: Interview with Prof. Chenchang Zhu
23/4/19

Following our recent Women at the Intersection of Mathematics and High Energy Physics conference last month, we met with SwissMAP scholar Prof. Chenchang Zhu, University of Göttingen, to talk with he...
Interview with our Deputy Director
5/2/19

Prof. Matthias Gaberdiel (ETHZ), speaking about SwissMAP in this short video interview....

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