Breadcrumb People / Board The PIMS Board of Directors is responsible for oversight of all aspects of PIMS. Current Board Members Engin Özberk Chair, PIMS Board of Directors Özgür Yilmaz Director, Professor of Mathematics University of British Columbia Kristine Bauer Co-Director Industrial Gabriel Paternain Co-Director International Hannes Edinger Director of Big River Analytics Ltd. Douglas Farenick Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor of Mathematics, University of Regina William Ghali Vice-President (Research), University of Calgary Rodger Guinn Chair of the External Advisory Committee for the University of Manitoba`s Faculty of Science "Data Science Nexus" initiative Fraser Hof Associate Vice President of Research, University of Victoria Habiba Kadiri University of Lethbridge Stephen Kirkland Associate Dean (Natural Sciences and Engineering), Faculty of Graduate Studies & Professor, Department of Mathematics Kirill Kopotun Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Manitoba Matthew Letts Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Lethbridge Gail Murphy Vice-President Research & Innovation, University of British Columbia Bram Noble Professor and Vice-Dean Research, Scholarly and Artistic Work, College of Arts & Science, University of Saskatchewan Dugan O'Neil Vice-President, Research & International, Simon Fraser University Mari Ostendorf Vice Provost for Research, University of Washington Malabika Pramanik Banff International Research Station (BIRS) Director Ian Stavness Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan & GIFS Chair, Computational Agriculture, Global Institute for Food Security Elizabeth A. Thompson Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, University of Washington Declan Ali Dean, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta Shohini Ghose Wilfrid Laurier University Walter T. Dixon Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Alberta Past Board Members Alejandro Adem President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Fernando Aguilar Chief Executive Officer, Altamesa Energy Canada Jayadev Athreya PIMS Site Director, University of Washington Ken Barker Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Calgary Martin Barlow Professor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Stefi Baum University of Manitoba Peta Bonham-Smith Dean, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan Philip Michael Boorman Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary Donald Brooks Professor, University of British Columbia Barb Carra President and CEO, Cybera Bruce Clayman Professor Emeritus of Physics, Simon Fraser University Robert Chase President and CEO, Lexacal Investment Corp Vladimir Chernousov CRC Chair & Professor, Faculty of Science – Mathematics & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta James Colliander Professor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Craig Cooper Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Lethbridge James Delgrand Professor of Computer Science Don Denny Manager of Process Automation, Syncrude Canada Ltd. Walter T. Dixon Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Alberta Ivar Ekeland Professor of Mathematics, CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine Rene Elio Professor of Computing Science, University of Alberta Haig Farris President, Fractal Capital Corporation Kenneth Foxcroft Deputy Chairman and Chief Trading Officer, TD Securities Inc) Michael Friedlander IBM Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Mathematics, UBC Daniel Gagnon Professor of Biology, University of Regina Nassif Ghoussoub Professor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia Samuel Gray Chief Scientist, CGG, Calgary Jim Hendry Cameco Research Chair, Senior NSERC Industrial Research Chair, US John Hepburn CEO of MITACS, Professor of Chemistry, UBC G. M. Homsy Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington Gary Kachanoski Vice-President Research, Professor of Renewable Resources, U. Alberta Lisa Kalynchuk Vice-President Research and Innovation, University of Victoria Richard Keeler Associate Vice-President Research, Professor of Physics, University of Victoria Maria Klawe Dean of Science & Professor of Computer Science, UBC James V. Kresta Program Leader for Integrated Decision Support, Syncrude Canada Ltd. Prabha Kundur President & CEO, Powertech Labs Inc.) Peter Lancaster Cooper H. Langford Vice President - Research, University of Calgary Mark Lewis Kennedy Chair in Mathematical Biology Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria Brian Marcus PIMS Site Director - University of British Columbia Alexander McAuley Associate Vice President - Research, University of Victoria Barry McBride Vice president Academic & Provost, UBC Ed McCauley Vice President - Research, University of Calgary Michael Miller Associate Vice-President Research and Professor of Computer Science, University of Victoria Marni Mishna Professor of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University Hugh Morris President and CEO, Padre Resource Management Chris Nichol Professor of Economics and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Lethbridge Yuval Peres Microsoft Research Ed Perkins University of British Columbia Richard E. Peter Dean of Science, University of Alberta Nils Petersen Associate Dean of Research, University of Alberta Vaho Rebasso Chief Technology Officer, Boeing Information Technology, The Boeing Company Brian Russell CGGVeritas Dennis Salahub Vice President - Research, University of Calgary Indira Samarasekera Vice President - Research, Professor of Metals & Materials Engineering, UBC Werner Stuetzle Divisional Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Washington Martin Taylor Vice-President Research, Professor of Geography, University of Victoria John Thompson Consultant, PetraScience Consutltants Inc. & Professor, Cornell University Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann University of Alberta Tatiana Toro Professor of Mathematics, University of Washington, and Director of the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute Hugh Williams Professor of Mathematics, University of Calgary Andrew S. Wright Director of Actenum, Zymeworks, and Pharos Capital Zelda B. Zabinsky Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Washington Sandra Zilles Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Regina Landon Downes President of 1Qbit and Managing Partner of Cambium Capital Vakhtang Putkaradze Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Alberta Aminah Robinson Fayek Vice President (Research and Innovation, University of Alberta
