Retrospective 2025: seminars promoted academic exchanges
Activities show the intersection between research and the job market
Science, interdisciplinarity and the exchange of ideas marked the academic year at IMPA Tech. The academic seminars, organized by Professor Uéverton Souza, aim to strengthen dialogue between scientific institutions and researchers at different levels. Held after classes in the Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Technology and Innovation, the meetings brought together undergraduates, teachers and specialists from various fields in a total of 14 seminars in 2025.
The initiative aims to present new perspectives and bring students closer to the culture of scientific research. “What is taught in undergraduate courses is one thing. Research into these subjects is another. What kind of study does a researcher interested in cinema do, for example?” explained the professor.
The topics were varied: musical arrangements from a combinatorial perspective, bioinformatics, machine learning, as well as mathematical modeling applied to the study of primate vocalization. “It’s surprising to realize how much mathematics can connect with other areas and contribute to science. I believe that the future is in the hands of interdisciplinarity,” said student Micaela Magalhães.
Among the guests, in addition to researchers from IMPA (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics), were professors and scientists from UFF (Fluminense Federal University), Uerj (Rio de Janeiro State University), FGV (Getulio Vargas Foundation), CBPF (Brazilian Center for Physics Research), UFG (Federal University of Goiás), among other institutions.
The seminars also provided practical evidence of the integration of the course’s four emphases – Mathematics, Data Science, Physics and Computer Science. “The students were able to see all the emphases mixed together and applied in a concrete way. There was also an exchange of experiences with other institutions. This shows the students the possible paths after graduation, whether in postgraduate studies or in the job market,” said Souza.
For student Joênio Milagre, this integration is one of the main differentials of the initiative. “Interdisciplinarity is becoming more and more necessary as the problems of our time are increasingly complex. Integration generates more robust studies and more assertive solutions,” he commented.
Throughout 2025, the engagement of the students was remarkable. “I was very happy with the mass participation of IMPA Tech students. This shows their interest in advanced topics and motivates us to seek more and more diversity in subjects and speakers, covering the broad spectrum of the exact sciences,” concluded the professor.
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