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Algorithms in everything: from sending a hello on your phone to sending shuttles into space
Algorithms in everything: from sending a hello on your phone to sending shuttles into space
Lately it is common to hear some people say “... it's because the algorithm does this, or does that...”. These types of comments commonly refer to the use of digital devices, such as a personal computer or a cell phone. Usually, these comments are related to everyday activities: listening to music, sending text messages, or looking for a route in the city. So, some interesting questions arise. Do the so-called algorithms have a “behavior” of their own? What is this referring to? Are they smart and do they learn things, or do they just repeat what they were instructed to do? How come they act so fast? Have they evolved or are they the same as always? Could they do things we don't want them to do?
If you are curious about the ideas behind some of the algorithms that have become part of many people's daily lives, this talk is for you. If your curiosity is even greater, welcome!, as we will also explain the ideas of how some algorithms belonging to the famous area of artificial intelligence work.
Participant: Alonso Ramírez-Manzanares
Presenter: Adolfo Sánchez Valenzuela
Alonso Ramírez-Manzanares
He is a B tenured researcher at the Center for Research in Mathematics, AC (CIMAT), where he obtained his doctorate in 2007. He has a postdoc at the Radiology Department, School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. His research topics include medical image processing and computer vision. In particular, he works on classical and Moderna optimization methods for biophysical model fitting and image processing, the above includes numerical optimization and artificial intelligence methods. Quantitative MR, Brain Connectivity, and Brain-microstructure characterization are among the main applications of the methodologies he has developed in recent years. Multidisciplinarity is essential in his work, which is reflected in collaborations with people from neurocomputing and neurobiology institutes in Mexico and Europe. His research work has more than 1,400 citations.
He has led several international collaborative studies working shoulder to shoulder, with researchers from some of the most prestigious laboratories in the world. He is the main organizer of one of the most important neuroimaging meetings in the country: the Annual Neuroimage Meeting. Among his academic activities he has directed and co-directed theses of students of three doctorates, eleven master's degrees and ten bachelor's degrees.
He is a state delegate, and has been in charge of the State Program of the Computer Olympiad since 2015.
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Adolfo Sánchez Valenzuela
Doctor in mathematics from Harvard University, after having obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He has been a researcher at the Mathematics Research Center (CIMAT) for 36 years. He is known for his mathematical work on geometry and algebra topics inspired by theoretical physics; particularly, on supersymmetry. He is the author of both specialized and dissemination scientific publications and opinion articles disseminated through various media, including a novel, co-authored with the distinguished astronomer Julieta Fierro, aimed at high school students with the desire to pursue a scientific career. He has been a member of the National System of Researchers (SNII) continuously since 1987, where he is an emeritus researcher of the SNII since January 2023. He was the first coordinator of CIMAT's graduate programs, in addition to having been director of the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Guanajuato, general director of CIMAT, as well as founder and director of the Merida Unit of CIMAT.
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Mathematics, are they for real?
Friday, December 06
19:30 to 20:20