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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.

PIMS Network Wide Colloquium

PIMS is seeking nominations for engaging, high-quality speakers for the PIMS Network Wide Colloquium Series resonate with audiences across our 10 member universities (applications due June 15th)

PIMS Network Wide Courses

The PIMS Network Wide Courses programs helps share graduate level courses throughout the PIMS network. Registration for fall courses is now open. Application deadlines vary but begin in July.

Math Summer School for Elementary School Teachers

Elementary school teachers - join PIMS, UBC, and SFU for a 4-week hands-on program to strengthen your math knowledge, explore real-world applications, and enhance your teaching strategies.

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.

Upcoming Events

What is the SRP? The UBC Mathematics Summer Reading Program (SRP) connects small groups of first-year and second-year undergraduates with a graduate student or postdoctoral mentor for to learn some advanced mathematics beyond the undergraduate...

Machine learning is transforming the way we approach the laws of nature. PhysicsML — the fusion of machine learning with physics-based modeling — is rapidly advancing fields from computational biology and climate forecasting to product design and...

In this tutorial, we will walk through the basic of AI methodology such as Physics Informed Neural Network (PINNs), Neural Operator, etc for solving physical problems. i.e., PDE problem. We will introduce PhysicsNeMo, an SDK for training PINNs and...

Directorate Open-house We invite you to meet with our PIMS Directors and review current and future PIMS scientific and educational funding opportunities. Time 12:00 PM Pacific/ 1:00 PM Mountain/ 3:00 PM Eastern.

We have all been treated to the excitement of a good science story. Think Discovery Channel or National Geographic. The stories are really engaging! Well, the very same tools and techniques that make great science stories can be used to strengthen...

Secure online communications and financial transactions depend on public key cryptography—but the methods we use today are susceptible to attack by quantum computers. When that will happen is uncertain, though estimates range from 5 to 25 years. This...

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Important Dates

September 19, 2025

Propose a First Year Interest Group (FYIG) Project

September 30, 2025

2026 Insme-CNRS Postes Rouges Applications Due

October 1, 2025

2026 PIMS Call for Scientific Proposals

December 1, 2025

PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Due

PIMS Acknowledges

Collaborative Research Groups (CRG)

CRGs are one of PIMS flagship programs, building world class research networks.

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PIMS Postdocs

Between 1997-2024 we have supported over 400 postdoctoral positions

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Syzygy Users

Syzygy is a JupyterHub service created by PIMS

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Scientific Events

From 1996-2024 PIMS has supported over 4500 scientific events

Latest News & Updates

On CTV Morning Live, Dr. Melania Alvarez of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at UBC outlines methods to keep your math skills sharp!

Melania Alvarez, PIMS Education Coordinator, joined Global News Morning BC to talk about making math fun and how everyday summer activities can help kids keep their math skills sharp.

The PIMS Network Wide Courses program for the 2025/2026 academic year begins this fall with the following six courses Optimal Transport: Theory and Applications - Soumik Pal (UW), Young-Heon Kim (UBC)...

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PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition

PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award

PIMS Connection

Now Accepting Scientific Proposals