Mathematics, Reality, And Dr. Fidel Nemenzo

(Photo Caption: Dr. Fidel Nemenzo (sitting) together with his students at U.P. Diliman. Source: http://deesaster.blogspot.com)


Yesterday (8/21/07) I received an invitation from the University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP NISMED) about a public lecture to be given by a Filipino mathematician colleague, Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo.




The title of the lecture is "Does Mathematics Reflect Reality?".

The lecture will be held on August 31, 2007, 9:00 a.m., at the STTC Auditorium, UP NISMED), Diliman, Quezon City.

Abstract:

"The great abstract ideas of mathematics are created by mathematicians out of sheer delight, independent of human experience. These ideas now help us predict weather and the ups and downs of stock market, understand the behaviour of birds in flight, design bridges and skyscrapers, and protect financial transactions done over the internet. Is it not puzzling that the abstract ideas of mathematics are precisely what are needed to understand and model social phenomena and the physical world?"

About the Speaker:

Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.

Dr. Nemenzo obtained the following academic degrees:

D.Sc. Mathematics. Sophia University, Japan. 1998
M.S. Mathematics. Sophia University, Japan. 1992
B.S. Mathematics. University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. 1985

At present Dr. Fidel Nemenzo is the president of the Mathematical Society of the Philippines (MSP).

My Notes on Fidel:

Fidel is the son of Dr. Franciso "Dodong" Nemenzo, former president of the University of the Philippines. In the past, I have invited Fidel to be one of our resource speakers in MODEL '99 (Workshop and Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing), an event that I organized at the Ateneo de Manila University in November 1999. He gave a talk on data security using elliptic curves.

It would be very interesting to hear what Fidel has to say on the topic, "Does Mathematics Reflect Reality?"

Raffy
8/22/07 in Quezon City