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It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our colleague and friend Rafael Sasportes, victim of a prolonged diseease, and present our deepest sympathies to his family.

O Rafael ingressou na Universidade Aberta em 1999, onde em 2008 se doutorou em Matemática, e desde 2009 era investigador integrado do Centro de Análise Matemática, Geometria e Sistemas Dinâmicos do Instituto Superior Técnico, onde a sua investigação incidiu nas áreas de Equações Diferenciais e Sistemas Dinâmicos.

Além de ser um membro ativo daquele centro de investigação, inclusivamente tendo neste momento um trabalho de investigação em curso, o Rafael sempre se destacou pela disponibilidade, pela dedicação e pelo sempre presente bom humor e sentido de camaradagem, pelos quais será recordado com muita estima.

Hugo Tavares, vice-president of the Mathematics Department, tells us about Math@Técnico.

MMAC Day 2024 has left us with a collection of videos and slides of its presentations of dissertation topic examples.

Mathematics Department associated research centers (CAMGSD, CEMAT and SQIG) periodically make available research fellowships (preference is given to second year master students).

Michel Talagrand (Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France) has won the 2024 Abel prize
«for his groundbreaking contributions to probability theory and functional analysis, with outstanding applications in mathematical physics and statistics.»

QuantSecure — Authentication with non-clonable quantum photonic identifiers was one of the three awarded (3^rd place) ideas in the 4^th edition of the IN3+ Award, the biggest award for supporting and promoting research and innovation in Portugal.

Authentication with non-clonable quantum photonic identifiers aims to solve the problem of limited security existing in the procedures used to authenticate devices, objects, or users, combining high-performance security elements, such as non-clonable physical functions – PUFs, with solutions innovative solutions based on the quantum properties of light.

The authors of the idea are Paulo André (IT-IST), Rute Ferreira (University of Aveiro), Emmanuel Zambrini Cruzeiro (IT-IST) and Paulo Mateus (Department of Mathematics and IT-IST).