Connections between STEM and the Arts: Bridges organization, the World largest mathematics and Arts Community

Abstract

Towards the 18th annual Bridges conference, the Bridges Organization has been regularly
featured in the leading scientifi c journals and daily papers of the English-speaking world.
The Bridges community has been introduced in several prominent forums from the Scientifi c
American to the Guardian. The organization is greatly appreciated in Hungary as well, as
an outcome of the Bridges 2010 and its number of satellite events hosted by Pécs city in the
framework of the European Capital of Culture program. The author of this article has been a
regular participant at Bridges conferences since 2007. In 2010 he was the local coordinator
of the Pécs event, and also from the same year he has been serving as the Director of Community
Events with the Bridges Organization. At the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) he
will be the local organizer of the Bridges Conference for the second time in 2016. This article
summarizes his knowledge on the Bridges Organization’s history, scientifi c background and
main results in the international context of mathematics and the arts.