PIMS Thematic Year on Mathematics and Articial Intelligence
PIMS has designated 2026–2027 as the PIMS Thematic Year on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence.
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PIMS-Supported Research Leads to Major Quantum Computing Initiative
Led by Dr. Steven Rayan, this initiative advances Canada’s growing leadership in quantum science.
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Stay connected to mathematical research, programs, and events across Canada and the international PIMS network.
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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.
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PIMS Network Wide Colloquium
The 2026–2027 PIMS Network-Wide Colloquium speaker lineup has been announced. We invite you to join us for presentations from these distinguished speakers.
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PIMS Network Wide Courses
The PIMS Network Wide Courses programs helps share graduate level courses throughout the PIMS network. Registration for winter courses is now open. Application deadlines vary but begin in November.
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Emergent Research Seminar
Discover cutting-edge research by PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows—sign up now to attend our Emergent Research seminars.
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Maths, Oceans & International Collaboration
Spotlight on the latest Maths & Oceans article from Paul Vigneaux, on residence at PIMS from France.
The PIMS mandate is to promote excellent research and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel, to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive community in the mathematical sciences, to enrich public awareness of and education in mathematics and to create partnerships with similar organizations around the world.
Wave turbulence theory is a rich and expansive field, aiming to provide a framework for understanding how waves interact across different settings. Wave interactions occur over a wide range of scales and media—spanning from gravitational waves in the...
Abstract: Time and space are the most important measures of cost in computation, even more so for quantum computation, where coherence times and logical qubit counts are critically constrained resources. Despite this, our tools for establishing...
A biweekly forum on how AI is changing mathematical research, teaching, and the profession, and on what mathematics contributes to AI. Organized by PIMS and the UBC Department of Mathematics, it is informal and experience-based: short presentations...
Speakers Julia Eaton University of Washington, Tacoma Organizer Aleksandr Aravkin University of Washington Organizer, Speaker Shan Liu University of Washington Speaker Gian-Gabriel Garcia University of Washington Speaker Milagros Loreto University of...
Congratulations to UBC mathematician and longtime member of the PIMS community Joshua Zahl, who, together with Pablo Shmerkin, Tuomas Orponen and Hong Wang, has received a 2026 Clay Research Award for...
Congratulations to UBC mathematician Pablo Shmerkin, who, together with Joshua Zahl, Tuomas Orponen and Hong Wang, has received a 2026 Clay Research Award for work resolving two major problems in...
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites applications to its Research Catalyst program, a targeted funding opportunity designed to support the formation and maintenance of...