Collaboration between VIASM

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Collaboration between VIASM - ALPHABOOKS

On August 2, 2018, Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) signed a collaboration agreement with Alpha Books Joint-Stock Company to set up a book collection named “VIASM Bookshelf”. At the signing ceremony, both parties agreed to select and publish: 1) high quality mathematics books, textbooks, reference materials for undergraduate and postgraduate programs , 2) mathematics books for Vietnamese youth and children.

VIASM role is ensuring professional quality, selection, and introduction of fine, useful mathematics books, and directly participating in translation and editing process. Especially, as the coordinating unit of the National Program for the Development of Mathematics, VIASM will support and collaborate with universities in Vietnam to employ “VIASM Bookshelf” as curriculum, official reference materials for undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Alpha Books is responsible for licensing, publishing, and distribution of products in the collection.

At the signing ceremony, the first 4 books of “VIASM Bookshelf” were introduced, among them 3 are college curriculum:

“Calculus” by James Stewart,
“Linear Algebra and its application” by David C. Lay,
“An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R” by G. James, D. Witten, T. Hastie, and R. Tibshirani.

The fourth book “How Not To be Wrong” by Jordan Ellenberg, world’s best-seller, helps readers recognize the interesting and unexpected applications of mathematics in everyday life, evoking the reader's passion for mathematics.

At the ceremony, readers met with Prof. Ngo Bao Chau - Scientific Director of VIASM and key members of this project, to learn about the status of teaching and learning mathematics in high schools and universities in Vietnam and around the world.

Below are some photos from the Signing Ceremony: