The core of the SigmaNext academic program are the Semilabs, which combine theoretical (Seminar) and practical (Lab) parts in 90-minute sessions. Each semilab is a course that runs twice a day for five of the seven days of camp. Each student will attend 1 semilab during the camp.
A dive into the ocean will pull you into its swirling currents, tug you to the freezing poles, and then drag you down into its cold, dark depths....
About one hundred years after Newton's Principia Mathematica, classical mechanics underwent a revolution. Joseph-Louis Lagrange demonstrated that...
What could we reasonably call “a geometry”? What sort of structures emerge if we try to do geometry on different surfaces, with different axioms,...
What unites prisoners, hockey goalies, and piles of stones? The answer is Game Theory! Game Theory is a branch of math that tells us the best way...
This semilab explores the deep mathematical principles underlying a variety of classic and modern magic tricks. Based on the book Mathemagics: A...
The Internet was arguably the most impactful invention after electricity. All modern technology we interact with daily would be impossible without...
In this semilab, we will see how far we can get in solving a single problem: If we want to determine the age distribution of a city (i.e., the...
This semilab introduces the intersection of computational methods and scientific inquiry. Students will develop practical skills in applying...
Have you ever wondered how chemists determine the structure of the substances they create or study? Typically, they utilize various spectroscopic...
We invite you to step into the shoes of a genetic scientist and explore the intriguing concept of genetic variation. Through this course, the...
The mathematician Edward Lorenz once posed a question: “Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” We can further...