Schedule for: 15w5101 - International Math Outreach Workshop

A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.

Beverages and small assortment of snacks are available on a cash honor system.

Breakfast is served daily between 7 and 9am in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.

Meet in the Corbett Hall Lounge for a guided tour of The Banff Centre campus.

Meet in foyer of TCPL to participate in the BIRS group photo. Please don't be late, or you will not be in the official group photo! The photograph will be taken outdoors so a jacket might be required.

A buffet dinner is served daily between 5:30pm and 7:30pm in the Vistas Dining Room, the top floor of the Sally Borden Building.

There will be a Q&A session with Olivier Peyon, by Skype

Comment j’ai détesté les math (How I Came to Hate Math) is a documentary film exploring mathematicians and their love of numbers.

For most people the words 'math' and 'exciting' don’t go together. In fact for some they might as well be words from different languages. How I Came to Hate Math takes a humorous look at math’s apparent ability to repel en masse and suggests that the haters are giving the numbers racket a bum rap. Olivier Peyon interviews math celebrities from around the world, including Cédric Villani, winner of math’s Nobel Prize, the Fields Medal in 2010, Stanford University Professor George Papanicolaou, and mathematician/hedge fund manager Jim Simons. With engaging stories and simple explanations, these experts reveal that math is not only central to our technology and our economy – it’s the invisible clockwork behind our lives. But a word of warning, you just might come away thinking math is exciting.

Nominated for a Best Documentary César in 2014, How I Came To Hate Math is the second feature-length film from writer/director Olivier Peyon.

“The film makes math wizards friendly and turns equations into verse.”
- Isabelle Reigner, Le Monde

See more at: https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/how-i-came-to-hate-math

5-day workshop participants are welcome to use BIRS facilities (BIRS Coffee Lounge, TCPL and Reading Room) until 3 pm on Friday, although participants are still required to checkout of the guest rooms by 12 noon.