News & Updates

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the importance of mathematics and encouraging students to see mathematics as subject that...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce the renewal of its funding by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the period...

The 2014 Calgary Youth Science Fair was held at Calgary’s Olympic Oval on April 15-19, 2014. Many outstanding students received awards this year; a complete list can be viewed here. Each year, PIMS...

PIMS is pleased to announce that Martin Barlow, from the University of British Columbia, has been appointed interim PIMS Deputy Director for one year, starting on July 1, 2014. Barlow is a leading...

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in...

PIMS is currently welcoming applications for support of conferences, workshops, summer schools, Distinguished Visitors, Focus Periods, Collaborative Research Groups and related activities in the...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Christopher Hoffman has been appointed site director at the University of Washington. His 3-year term will begin on...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of James Colliander as Deputy Director of PIMS for a five-year period, starting on July 1, 2015. Professor...

PIMS is delighted to announce that Susan Milner, a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), has been selected as the winner of the...

PIMS congratulates Arvind Gupta, current CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs and former PIMS Deputy Director, on his appointment as the 13th President and Vice Chancellor of the University of...

CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce that Prof. Geoff Wild of the University of Western Ontario has been awarded the 2014 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics. Prof. Wild obtained...

Here’s a math problem for you: What do you get when you add one math nut to a classroom? The answer is simple: You get a love of math multiplied and divided by the number of children he teaches...