Upcoming Events
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Deanna Needell
February 7, 2025
University of British Columbia
In this talk, we will address areas of recent work centered around the themes of fairness and foundations in machine learning as well as highlight the challenges in this area. We will discuss recent results involving linear algebraic tools for...
Scientific, Colloquia
UAlberta-PIMS Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium: Jinwei Yang
February 7, 2025
University of Alberta
The tensor category of vertex operator algebras arises from two dimensional conformal field theories and has many applications such as representation theory, topological quantum field theory and quantum computations. A major problem of tensor...
Educational, Workshop
ELMACON 2025 Preparation Session 2
February 8, 2025
ESB 1013
As in previous years, we will be running three preparation sessions to help you keep your math skills sharp and get you ready for the competition. The first preparation session will take place on Saturday, December 14th from 10am-12pm in Earth...
Scientific, Public Lecture
Science for All: Building Equity Together with Lisa M.P. Munoz
February 10, 2025
University of British Columbia
Calling all UBC students, staff, faculty, and researchers - all are welcome - FREE to attend! Make sure to register so you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to hear from a leader in science communication and equity! Join us for a morning...
Scientific, Seminar
Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Emily Quesada-Herrera
February 10, 2025
University of Lethbridge
We will explore how a Fourier optimization framework may be used to study two classical problems in number theory involving Dirichlet characters: The problem of estimating the least character non-residue; and the problem of estimating the least prime...
Educational, Workshop
Math Circles
February 10, 2025
University of British Columbia
Students of grades 5 to 7 are invited to challenge and develop their thinking and creativity skills at the Math Circle Workshops. This is an enrichment program for students organized by the faculty members of the Department of Mathematics at the...
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS Emergent Research Seminar Series: Abbas Maarefparvar
February 12, 2025
Online
The Polya group of a number field K is a specific subgroup of the ideal class group Cl(K) of K, generated by all classes of Ostrowski ideals of K. In this talk, I will discuss the equality Po(K)=Cl(K) in two directions. First, we will see this...
Scientific, Seminar
UCalgary Algebra and Number Theory Seminar: Matt Olechnowicz
February 13, 2025
Online
TBA
Scientific, Seminar
SFU Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Seda Albayrak
February 13, 2025
Simon Fraser University
TBA
Scientific, Colloquia
UWashington-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Bryna Kra
February 14, 2025
University of Washington
TBA