Foreign Participants at IFMM visited University of Colombo

Foreign Participants at IFMM visited University of Colombo

A group of foreign academics participated at the International Forum for Mathematical Modeling (IFMM) 2015 of University of Colombo met, Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake, Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo, Prof. K.R.R. Mahanama, Dean Faculty of Science, and senior academics from Faculty of Science on 17th of November at the Senate Hall of University of Colombo. Prof. Jorn Sass, and Dr. Oliver Tse (Dept. of Mathematics, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany), Dr. Sapto Indratno, Mr. Edvin Nugraha, Lia Yuliawati, Sandy Vantika (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia )Dr. Dil Bahadur Gurung, Bekha Dangol, Ganga Paijoo, Sharmila Shrestha(Department of Natural Science, School of Science, Katmandu University, Nepal) Dr.Thilan Hewage(Head, Department of Mathematics, University of Colombo), Dr. Jagath Wijerathna, Dr. Nishantha Perera(Dept. of Mathematics, University of Colombo), and Dr. Sampath Seneviratne (Director, International Unit ) participated at the meeting. During the meeting,

Prof. Lakshman Dissanayake expressed his sincere willingness to facilitate the research program through a multilateral agreement with the partner Universities of the IFMM and pointed out the importance of Mathematical Modeling in all research disciplines. This will provide a platform to enhance the advancement of research areas such as Biology, Medicine, Finance, Environmental Science, and Engineering through Mathematical Modeling. The IFMM program is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The meeting was organized by the International Unit of University of Colombo.