CMM researchers participated in ENIM 2025

• The event brought together nearly 200 students from various universities across the country for three days of workshops and academic and student talks.  

Members of the Mathematical Modeling Center (CMM) at the University of Chile gave talks and short courses at the National Mathematical Engineering Meeting (ENIM 2025), which took place between Wednesday, December 17, and Friday, December 19, at the central campus of the University of Concepción (UdeC).

Organized by students from this undergraduate program at the Concepción-based university, the event sought to strengthen academic and human exchange, as well as promote links between students, academics, and companies involved in different areas of theoretical and applied mathematics.

Thus, during the three days, nearly two hundred students from nine universities in the country had the opportunity to share experiences and complement their training by participating in specialized courses taught by researchers, academic talks on various cutting-edge topics in this area of knowledge, presentations by students on their own research results, as well as discussion panels on the current challenges of the discipline.

ENIM 2025 included the participation of researchers from the CMM:

• Raimund Bürger: workshop “Introduction to Vehicle Traffic Modeling”
• Jessika Camaño: workshop “Introduction to the Finite Element Method and an Application to the Inverse Problem of Electroencephalography”
• Gabriel Gatica: workshop ‘Approximation Properties of Projectors and Interpolants that Preserve Polynomials’; and talk ‘Perturbed Variational Formulations of Point-Saddle. Theory and Applications from an ICM Thesis’
• Manuel Solano: talk ‘The Transfer Path Method for Numerically Solving PDEs in Curved Domains’

Prof. Raimund Bürger commented that “without a doubt, this type of meeting is a good contribution to the formation of personal contact networks, as students can surely benefit from the exchange and experiences of their peers at other universities.”

“I would like,” added the UdeC professor, “more students to get involved in presenting seminar papers or theses, as well as a greater presence of companies or other sectors interested in hiring mathematical engineers.”

For her part, Dr. Jessika Camaño said that “I think ENIM is an extremely valuable opportunity for students, as it allows them to learn about the different topics being developed in the field of mathematics in our country.”

“Without a doubt, Chile has world-renowned mathematicians of the highest caliber,” added the CMM’s principal investigator, “and ENIM offers the opportunity to meet them and learn about their work firsthand. In addition, the meeting facilitates contact between professors and undergraduate and graduate students, creating spaces for dialogue, exchange of ideas, and reflection.”

“ENIM is an excellent opportunity for both academic learning and for creating links and networks within the mathematical community,” summarized the academic from the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción.

The opinion of those in attendance

The students who gathered for the meeting came from the University of Chile, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Catholic University of Maule, University of La Frontera, University of O’Higgins, University of Santiago de Chile, University of Valparaíso, and Federico Santa María Technical University, in addition to the UdeC itself.

Claudio Leyton is a third-year ICM student at the Pontifical Catholic University, participating in an ENIM for the first time. He described the experience as “very enriching because it allowed me to learn from the experiences of professionals and other students, which is motivating me even more to continue with my studies.”

Daniela Godoy, meanwhile, is a student at the Catholic University of Maule and said, “I found the variety of topics covered in the talks very interesting. Some of the workshops are very dynamic, they are super interesting to listen to, and the experience I have had here makes me want to continue participating in future ENIMs.”

Institutional support

This event was financed with funds managed by the organization through registrations, which were supplemented with resources from the University of Concepción, granted through the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, the Department of Mathematical Engineering, the Civil Mathematical Engineering program, and the Center for Research in Mathematical Engineering, CI²MA.

In this regard, Prof. Rodolfo Araya Durán, CMM researcher and director of CI²MA, emphasized that “we have always considered the training of advanced human capital to be at the very heart of our work. That is why supporting undergraduate and graduate students is a natural extension of our mission.”

“These opportunities to share with new generations of colleagues,” said the UdeC professor, “are very valuable because we can showcase our scientific work as a center and thus attract young talent to collaborate with our different lines of research, while supporting the creation of networks among future researchers that will be fundamental to their scientific and human growth.”

 

By Iván R. Tobar Bocaz, CMM Communications.

Posted on Dec 31, 2025 in News