Seifedine Kadry is an associate professor of applied mathematics in the American University of the Middle East, Kuwait. He received his master's degree in modeling and intensive computing (2001) from the Lebanese University, EPFL-INRIA. He did his doctoral research (2003-2007) in applied mathematics from Blaise Pascal University / Clermont-Ferrand II, France. He worked as head of software support and analysis unit of First National Bank, where he designed and implemented the data warehouse and business intelligence. He has published one book and more than fifty papers on applied math, computer science, and stochastic systems in peer-reviewed journals

Fruto de un encuentro celebrado en Vilanova i la Geltrú (España) en julio de 2002, el libro que presentamos hoy, trata uno de los temas de gran importancia para la reflexión pedagógica actual: el papel de la globalización, vehiculado por lo sugerente de lo común y de lo diverso en educación matemática y sus desafíos.