News & Updates

On Monday, July 2 2012, Gregory Miermont (Universite Paris-Sud) received one of ten European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prizes, at the 6th European Congress of Mathematics in Krakow, Poland. EMS...

Language and ReasonL Mahadevan began his education in engineering. However his interest in mathematics was piqued when he met his soon-to-be PhD advisor, Joe Keller, who was then a professor of...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Marcelo Laca has been appointed PIMS site director at the University of Victoria for a three-year term beginning...

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in...

The The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that the University of Lethbridge, Alberta has joined the PIMS consortium as a full member. The site has been a...

Origami, and the math behind the folds Robert Lang became interested in Origami at the age of six. He’d found a book with instructions on how to fold traditional designs and was hooked. “All you...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is now welcoming applications for support of activities in the mathematical sciences. All proposed activities must be scheduled to occur...

PIMS and Mathematics Education in British ColumbiaBy Malgorzata DubielPIMS is interested in K-12 mathematical education because it impacts the culture and appreciation of science in our society and...

The 2012 PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecturer has been announced. Richard Montgomery, University of California, Santa Cruz will deliver a talk entitled, "An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body...

Vancouver, BC – Mark MacLean of the University of British Columbia is the recipient of the 2012 PIMS Education Prize. This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences...

PIMS is pleased to announce that the 2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics has been awarded to Prof. Theodore Kolokolnikov of Dalhousie University. Prof. Kolokolnikov has been...

Former director of the PIMS International Graduate Training Centre in Mathematical Biology, Professor Mark Lewis (UAlberta) has been awarded a prestigious Killam Fellowship. Professor Lewis’ research...