Postdocs and grad students - please join us on October 22 at 12:30 PM PT for the PIMS-UBC Math Job Forum. A panel of four experts will advise job applicants on the job application process in academia and industry.
Event
Po-Shen Lo
PIMS welcomes back Po-Shen Loh to UBC on Saturday, October 9 at 11:30 am for a talk titled “AI Is Here. How Can We Help All the Humans? Answer: Math, With a Twist”.
CALL FOR SPEAKER NOMINATIONS
PIMS is now accepting speaker nominations from its member universities for the prestigious Hugh C. Morris Lecture Series.
Prize
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
Nominations for the CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize, which recognizes exceptional achievements in the mathematical sciences, are now being accepted.
Funding Available
PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award
PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award helps provides funding for researchers attending a BIRS 5-day (or longer) program to maximize the impact of their travel by visiting a PIMS site for collaboration.
Resource
PIMS Connection
Our monthly PIMS Connection newsletter out now. Find out what’s happening around the PIMS network
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