News & Updates

Rufus Bowen (1947-1978), Professor of Mathematics at UC Berkeley, was a rising star in dynamical systems before is sudden passing at the far too young age of 31. Over a career of only ten years, he...

We are proud to announce that PIMS Innovation Coordinator, Professor Michael Lamoureux has been recognized as a 2017 Peak Scholar in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Knowledge Engagement. The Peak...

A group of French mathematicians are organizing a "Semaine d'Étude Maths-Entreprises" that will take place in Lille, France on January 29-February 2, 2018. These so-called "Study Weeks" are very...

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...

Math Circles Returns! With the start of a new school year, PIMS and UBC are excited to be bringing back the Math Circles Workshops for elementary school students. We invite students from grades 4-7 to...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for Postdoctoral Fellowships for the year 2018-2019...

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 (PIMS) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) are calling for applications from French researchers to spend the 2018-19...

July 31st, 2017 will mark the very first time in PIMS’ 20 year history that we had three visiting Fields Medalists in three consecutive months. Steven Smale, winner of the Fields Medal in 1966, will...

The proliferation of mobile devices, social networks and sensor networks, the massive data streams they generate, and increasing computational power generate research challenges and provoke widespread...

Math Mania Reaches First Nations Communities in Manitoba Over the course of two weeks at the end of May and into June, PIMS Education Coordinator, Darja Barr expanded Math Mania, one of our...

CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce Ben Adcock of Simon Fraser University, and Hau-Tieng Wu of the University of Toronto as the co-winners of the 2017 Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics...