- 11th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2018)
- Topics in Applied Analysis and Optimisation - CIM-WIAS Workshop

The Workshop Dynamical Systems Applied to Biology and Natural Sciences–dsabns is a well established international scientific event that has been organized by the Biomathematics and Statistics group at Centro de Matemática, Aplicaçõees Fundamentais e Investigacção Operacional (cmaf-cio) from Lisbon University since 2010, every year during the month of February. The scientific program includes lectures by invited speakers, contributed talks and poster presentations, covering research topics in scientific areas such as population dynamics, eco-epidemiology, epidemiology of infectious diseases, molecular and antigenic evolution and methodical topics in the natural sciences and mathematics.

Étienne Ghys (born 29 December 1954) is a French mathematician recognised for his outstanding contributions in the fields of geometry and dynamical systems, as well as for his exceptional role in the dissemination of Mathematics.
Presently, he is a cnrs Directeur de Recherche at ens, Lyon. His impressive research has lead to many distinctions and awards, such as his elevation to the french Académie des Sciences in 2004, the title of Chevalier de la légion d’honneur in 2012, the invitations as a speaker at the icm of Kyoto, as a member of the program committee for the icm in Hyderabad, as a member of the Fields Medal committee in 2014 or the prize Prix Servant of the Académie des Sciences. He is an honorary member of several prestigious societies around the world and was distinguished as doctor honoris causa by the University of Geneva, in 2008. He has served as editor of several prestigious journals such as Annals of Mathematics and Publications Mathématiques de l’ihés.

On October 11-14, 2017, a meeting on Axiomatic Thinking took place at the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa and the Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. It was jointly organized by the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences and the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, with support of CIM, SPM, FCT-MCTES,Nova.ID.FCT, TAP and the research centers CMA (FCT,UNL), CMAF-CIO (FC,UL) and CFCUL (FC,UL). The programme committee consisted of Fernando Ferreira (Lisbon), Gerhard Heinzmann (Nancy), and Reinhard Kahle (Lisbon).

The Centro Internacional de Matemática in partnership with the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra and the
Portuguese Mathematical Society with the support of the Center for Mathematics, Fundamental Applications and Operational Research of the University of Lisbon and the FCT Doctoral Program in Materialities of Literature of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra, organized mathematics and literature II.

José Anastácio da Cunha is one of the few Portuguese mathematicians that can be said to have made significant contributions to the world of mathematics. He was born in Lisbon, in 1744. On his life see [Ferro, 1987]. Earlier in his youth (some sources mention the period 1760–1763) he was educated by the priests of the Oratorian Congregation. In 1764 he was appointed first lieutenant of the Company of Artillerymen of the Porto Artillery Regiment. Although the regiment is said to be from Porto, in fact it was sta- tioned at Valença, where it remained during the time da Cunha was a member. The majority of the officers of the regiment were foreigners, many from protestant countries, and so da Cunha contacted authors, ideas and books that normally a Portuguese officer of that time would not have access. While in this Regiment, he wrote the Essay on the Mines (Ensaio sobre as Minas”) [da Cunha, 1994], which is said to have been decisive for the Marquis of Pombal noticing him, and also, in 1769, the Physical-Mathematical Letter, on the Theory of Powder in general, etc (Carta Fisico-Mathematica, sobre a Theorica da Polvora em Geral, etc). None was published during his lifetime.