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SUMMARY:David Stern (IDEMS International)
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 ">Impact Activating Mathematics</a>\nby David Stern (IDEMS International) 
 as part of Relatorium seminar\n\n\nAbstract\nThis talk will discuss experi
 ences of Mathematicians who have immersed themselves in supporting positiv
 e social impact. Concrete examples will be given which highlight the value
  of being present in the room\, listening and adding value with basic skil
 ls. It will also present how taking such a service approach can surprising
 ly lead to abstractions which pose questions which seem categorical in nat
 ure. \n\nThe talk will also highlight the value of a collaborative service
  approach\, when working as a transdisciplinary mathematician\, which is o
 ften in opposition with competitive nature of Mathematics in our education
  systems. This observation will lead to a discussion about whether there i
 s a different approach to education in the Mathematical Sciences which cou
 ld transform societal perceptions.\n\nSpeaker bio: David is a mathematical
  scientist who holds a PhD in Algebraic Geometry. David spent his formativ
 e years in Niger\, where he was exposed to the generosity of families and 
 the power of community best practices and networks for those in extreme po
 verty.\n\nDavid worked in business\, writing software for banks\, before t
 uning to a career in social impact. He embedded in a Kenyan university as 
 a lecturer on a local salary. There he experienced first-hand the innumera
 ble inequalities faced by talented individuals in low-resource environment
 s.\n\nIn this African context\, David first turned his mathematical skills
  to impact innovation to support digital and data inclusion in underserved
  environments and developed the collaborative innovation best practices th
 at underpin IDEMS.\n\nModerator: This talk is moderated by Ted Theodosopou
 lus. Ted is a mathematician who\, after working for years in academia and 
 industry\, transitioned to teaching at the pre-college level sixteen years
  ago\, the last eight at Nueva\, where he teaches math and economics. Ted
 ’s research background is in the area of interacting stochastic systems\
 , with particular applications in biology and economics.\n
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