PIMS Year in Review 2019

2019 was another excellent year for PIMS and the advancement of the mathematical sciences. Our community worked together to develop answers and to implement programs addressing the Institute’s mission-driven questions. How can PIMS, in concert with our member universities and our international partners, bring researchers and trainees together to advance discovery in the mathematical sciences? What actions can our community take to broaden participation in the mathematical sciences and higher learning more generally? How can PIMS improve linkages between the university community, industry, nonprofits, and governments to unleash the power of the mathematical sciences and our talented trainees in our programs to improve society? This document showcases some of the work we’ve done over the past year.

A diverse collection of research activities took place across the PIMS network in 2019, with a spotlight on an event in Arithmetic Topology. A few highlights are shared in a quick panoramic tour below. Fourteen postdoctoral scholars joined the PIMS community in 2019 bringing new energy and vibrancy. We shine the spotlight on Dr. Chandra Rajapulati who is working on mathematcial problems in hydrology at Global Water Futures at the University of Saskatchewan. The Postdoctoral Training Centre in Stochastics and ongoing Collaborative Research Groups (Geometric Analysis, Geometric and Cohomological Methods in Algebra, High Dimensional Data Analysis) ran research and training programs at the knowledge frontier.