Jobir Adashev from the Institute of Mathematics, National University of Uzbekistan has spent a research period at the University of Seville between November 15 and December 14, 2016. His collaborator was Prof. Luisa Maria Camacho.

Javad Asadollahi from the Department of Mathematics, University of Isfahan, Iran has spent a research period (01/03/2016-01/04/2016) at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn-Germany. His collaborator was Professor Dr. Werner Ballmann.

Razieh Vahed Dehkordi from Isfahan, Iran has spent a research period at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES), Bures-sur-Yvette, France. Her collaborator was Professor Maxim Kontsevich.

Bakhrom Omirov from Uzbekistan has spent a research period at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain from of March 27, 2016 till May 6, 2016. His collaborator was Manuel Ladra, Professor of the Department "Algebras and Geometry".

Leonard Todjihounde from Benin has spent a research period at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics-South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Sao-Paulo, Brazil, from October 1st to December 31st, 2016.