PIMS Connection - May 2014

Greetings from PIMS!

 

Check out what’s happening around the sites...

 

 

News

 

James Colliander Appointed Deputy Director of PIMS http://www.pims.math.ca/news/james-colliander-appointed-deputy-director-pims

 

Christopher Hoffman is appointed PIMS University of Washington Site Director starting July 1, 2014.http://www.pims.math.ca/news/chris-hoffman-appointed-pims-university-washington-site-director

 

Susan Milner is awarded the PIMS 2014 Education Prize. The award will be presented at the annual Changing the Culture conference on May 16 at Simon Fraser University.http://www.pims.math.ca/news/susan-milner-awarded-pims-2014-education-prize

 

PIMS is now accepting registration and applications for 2014 summer conferences, workshops, public lectures and summer schools. Visit http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific/current-events for details.

 

 

May 2014

 

1-2 May – Alberta Mathematics Dialogue at the University of Alberta

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140501-amd

 

2 May – UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Steffen Rohde at the University of Washington

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140502-upmcsr

 

3 May – ELMACON at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/educational-event/140503-e

 

3-6 May – 2014 Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting at the Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140503-chsgm

 

6-9 May – TRUe Games at Thompson Rivers University

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140506-tg

 

8 May – UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Dan Spielman at the University of Washington

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140508-upmcds

 

10-11 May – Western Canada Linear Algebra Meeting at the University of Regina

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140510-wclam

 

13-16 May – Symmetry, Methods, Applications and Related Fields at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140513-smarf

 

15 May – Sharing Mathematics 2014 at Kwantlen Polytechnic University

  http://www.pims.math.ca/educational-event/140515-sm

 

16 May – Changing the Culture 2014: Fostering Curiosity at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre

  http://www.pims.math.ca/educational-event/140516-cc2fc

 

16 May – UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Victor Reiner at the University of Washington

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140516-upmcvr

 

17-18 May – Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference at Simon Fraser University

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140517-pnntc

 

19 May – UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Shige Peng at the University of Washington

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140519-upmcsp

 

26-30 May – Algebraic Topology - Methods, Computation and Science 6

(ATMCS6) at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140526-atmcs

 

26-31 May – PIMS Undergraduate Workshop on Supersymmetry at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140526-puws

 

26 May – 2014 Niven Lecture - Bjorn Poonen at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140526-nlbp

 

29 May – PIMS Public Seminar: Jim Gates at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140529-ppsjg

 

29-31 May – GAP 2014: Geometry and Physics at the University of British Columbia

  http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140529-g2gp

 

 

 

Upcoming Event Registration Deadlines

 

2-4 June – 11th PIMS Young Researchers Conference http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140602-1pyrc. Early bird deadline: May 5

 

9-13 June – String Math Conference http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/140609-smc. Deadline May 31