Midnight Sun Summit in Mathematics and Engineering

Welcome to the homepage of the Midnight Sun Summit in Mathematics and Engineering (MSSME) organized by the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics and of Computer Science and Computational Engineering at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Our conference will take place on June 15-19, 2026 in Narvik, Norway with the following objectives:

• To highlight recent advances and outstanding challenges in fields where mathematics and engineering intersect.
• To foster an environment conducive to networking and interdisciplinary exchange.
• To provide a platform for researchers at all career stages—from graduate students to internationally recognized scholars—to share and discuss their work.
• To enhance collaboration with industry partners.
• To strengthen ties between Scandinavia and the international research community.

Confirmed speakers of this summit include:

• Suresh Bhalla (IIT-Delhi, India)
• Björn Birnir (UCSB, United States)
• Rune Brincker (Brincker Monitoring ApS)
• Arash Soleiman Fallah (OsloMet, Norway)
• Hans Georg Feichtinger (U. Vienna, Austria)
• Barbara Kaltenbacher (U. Klagenfurt, Austria)
• Jean-Bernard Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS, France)
• Adrian Muntean (Karlstad University, Sweden)
• Hans Munthe-Kaas (UiT Tromsø and UiB Bergen, Norway)
• Satoshi Okabe (Hokkaido University, Japan)
• Andrey Piatnitski (UiT Narvik, Norway)
• Lubos Pick (Charles University, Czechia)
• Natasha Samko (UiT Narvik, Norway)
• Wil Schilders (T.U. Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Thanks everyone for joining us in Narvik this year! We will be in touch regarding the Conference Proceedings soon.

Registration

The registration is closed.

Call for papers

We intend to publish a volume of conference proceedings, and all speakers will have the option of submitting their paper for its rigorous refereeing and publication. Note it is also possible to present ongoing work by submitting non-archival abstracts. More information is available in our FAQ.

Sponsors and supporting partners

We gratefully acknowledge the support of:

Organizing committee

• Rune Dalmo
• Lars-Erik Persson
• Cordian Riener
• Rodolfo Rios-Zertuche
• Harpal Singh