XV years of the Center of Applied Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the LXV - the founding of Applicationes Mathematicae. March 23, 2018, IM PAN Warsaw

On March 23, 2018 in Warsaw, at the seat of the Mathematical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a solemn scientific session was held to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Center for Applied Mathematics (CZM) IMPAN and the 65th anniversary of the Applicationes Mathematicae scientific journal. The history of CZM and Applicationes was reminded by Łukasz Stettner, CZM manager and editor-in-chief Applicationes. The Application Center for Mathematics was created on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Applied Mathematics journal, which was founded in 1953 by Hugo Steinhaus together with his associates including Jan Oderfeld as his deputy. From 1968, Hugo Steinhaus ran the Applied Mathematics Seminary in Wrocław, which gathered a wide group of people interested in the mathematical approach to the problems faced with various scientific research, but also in business, medical and veterinary practice.