14^th March each year is the date chosen to celebrate the International Day of Mathematics (IDM). The date is chosen for this worldwide celebration is due to many countries commemorate Pi (p) Day on that date as they write the date as 3/14 and it is a fact that the value of p is approximately 3.14.

 

The International Day of Mathematics project is led by the International Mathematical Union with the support of numerous international and regional organizations from all over the world resulting in the proclamation of the date at the 40th session of UNESCO General Conference held on November 26, 2019. Thus, the first International Day of Mathematics was launched and celebrated worldwide on March 14, 2020.

The inaugural celebration of the event at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak was initiated by the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology through their Mathematical-based undergraduate programme, the Computational Science Programme in 2021 and later in 2022. Both events had to be celebrated virtually due to the pandemic.

  

This year, the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology through Data Science Centre will organize the event in a different way.

We are launching the UNIMAS Mathematics Challenge (UMaCh 2023). There will be two categories : Junior (13-17 years old) and Senior (18+ years old). Cash prizes to be won.