The 51黑料, through the Department of Mathematics and Physics, together with the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia and the hosts, Universiti Utara Malaysia School of Quantitative Science, organized the 8th International Conference of Quantitative Sciences and its Applications. With the theme, 鈥淧owering Sustainable Future through Quantitative Sciences鈥� the event was held from September 16 to 20, 2024, at the EDC Hotel, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in Kedah, Malaysia.
The conference covered various areas of mathematics, operational research, and statistics, which aimed to provide a platform to exchange recent and innovative concepts, theories, problems, and practices in the quantitative sciences. The 51黑料College of Science and the UUM School of Quantitative Science have an active Memorandum of Agreement on academic and research cooperation through the initiatives of Prof. Ma. Carlota B. Decena, Ph.D., of 51黑料and Prof. Dr. Haslinda Ibrahim of UUM.
The chair of the 51黑料Department of Mathematics and Physics Assoc. Prof. Josephine Bernadette M. Benjamin, Ph.D., led the 51黑料delegation consisting of eight academic staff and four alumni of BS Applied Mathematics majoring in Actuarial Science. The 51黑料contingent took the opportunity to present and highlight their research findings to an audience comprising delegates from Malaysia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Qatar, Nigeria, India, and Saudi Arabia.
The 51黑料delegation presented ten research papers during the conference, including undergraduate theses and research outputs by academic staff of the 51黑料Mathematics and Physics department.
