News & Updates

PIMS is proud to announce that Melania Alvarez, PIMS’ BC Education Coordinator, is the recipient of the Canadian Mathematical Society’s 2012 Adrien Pouliot Award in recognition of her contributions to...

On July 30, 2012, Alexei Kitaev (Caltech) received one of nine Fundamental Physics Prizes, awarding $3 million to recognize transformative advances in the field.Kitaev, a professor of theoretical...

August 9, 2012 The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for postdoctoral fellowships for the year...

August 9, 2012 The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) are calling for applications from French researchers to spend the...

On Monday, July 2 2012, Gregory Miermont (Universite Paris-Sud) received one of ten European Mathematical Society (EMS) Prizes, at the 6th European Congress of Mathematics in Krakow, Poland. EMS...

Language and ReasonL Mahadevan began his education in engineering. However his interest in mathematics was piqued when he met his soon-to-be PhD advisor, Joe Keller, who was then a professor of...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Marcelo Laca has been appointed PIMS site director at the University of Victoria for a three-year term beginning...

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...

The The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that the University of Lethbridge, Alberta has joined the PIMS consortium as a full member. The site has been a...

Origami, and the math behind the folds Robert Lang became interested in Origami at the age of six. He’d found a book with instructions on how to fold traditional designs and was hooked. “All you...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is now welcoming applications for support of activities in the mathematical sciences. All proposed activities must be scheduled to occur...

PIMS and Mathematics Education in British ColumbiaBy Malgorzata DubielPIMS is interested in K-12 mathematical education because it impacts the culture and appreciation of science in our society and...