University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia PIMS site office is located in the Earth Sciences Building at the University of British Columbia.

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UBC Earth Science Building
Scientific, Seminar
UBC DG MP PDE Seminar: Chen-Chih Lai
October 10, 2024
Online
We study the thermal decay of bubble oscillations in an incompressible fluid with surface tension. Particularly, we focus on the isobaric approximation [Prosperetti, JFM, 1991], under which the gas pressure within the bubble is spatially uniform and...
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Hong Wang
October 11, 2024
University of British Columbia
Given a set T of distinct \delta-tubes and a set P of disjoint \delta-balls in R^n, the set of incidences between T and P is defined as I(P,T)={(p,l)∈P×T:p∩l≠∅}. The well-known Szemeredi-Trotter theorem in combinatorics studies a discrete analogue...
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Robert McCann
October 18, 2024
University of British Columbia
The principal-agent problem is an important paradigm in economic theory for studying the value of private information; the nonlinear pricing problem faced by a monopolist is one example; others include optimal taxation and auction design. For...
Scientific, Conference
Accommodation for 2024 Maud Menten Institute HQP Summit
September 26–29, 2025
University of British Columbia
Fee Structure Room Rate: $189 CAD/night Tax and Service Charges: $26 CAD/night Nightly Rate: $215 CAD Total Cost for the Event Period (September 26th - September 29th): $645 CAD * If you would like to extend your stay, please contact programs@pims...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Math Bio Seminar: George Berry
October 9, 2024
University of British Columbia
The Moran process models the evolutionary dynamics between two competing types in a population, traditionally assuming a fixed population size. We investigate an extension to this process which adds ecological aspects through variable population...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: Sebastian Gant
October 7, 2024
University of British Columbia
We study the question of when a generic stably free module splits off a free summand of a given rank. This question has the following geometric interpretation due to M. Raynaud. Let V(r,n) denote the Stiefel variety GL(n)/GL(n-r) over a field k...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Discrete Math Seminar: Shamil Asgarli
October 8, 2024
Online
The chromatic polynomial of a graph G counts the number of proper k-colorings of G. In 1995, Stanley extended this concept to define the chromatic symmetric function of a graph, which lives in the ring Sym of all symmetric functions. Building on this...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC Probability Seminar: Milind Hegde
October 9, 2024
University of British Columbia
In the colored asymmetric simple exclusion process, one places a particle of "color" −k at each integer site k∈ℤ. Particles attempt to swap places with an adjacent particle: at rate q∈[0,1) if they are initially ordered (e.g., 1 then 2) and at rate 1...
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Sebastien Picard
October 4, 2024
University of British Columbia
It was proposed in the works of Reid in the mathematics literature and Candelas-Green-Hubsch in the string theory literature to connect Calabi-Yau threefolds with different topologies by a process which degenerates 2-cycles and introduces new 3...
Scientific, Seminar
L-functions in Analytic Number Theory: Andrew Yang
October 1, 2024
PIMS Library - ESB 4133
A zero-free region of the Riemann zeta-function is a subset of the complex plane where the zeta-function is known to not vanish. In this talk we will discuss various computational and analytic techniques used to enlarge the zero-free region for the...
Scientific, Colloquia
UBC Math Department Colloquium: Elina Robeva
September 27, 2024
University of British Columbia
The main task of causal discovery is to learn direct causal relationships among observed random variables. These relationships are usually depicted via a directed graph whose vertices are the variables of interest and whose edges represent direct...
Scientific, Conference
2024 West Coast Optimization Meeting
September 20–21, 2024
University of British Columbia
The autumn 2024 edition of the West Coast Optimization Meeting will be held on 20–21 September, 2024 on the Vancouver Campus of the University of British Columbia. The organizers (Michael Friedlander, Mark Schmidt, and Philip Loewen) are pleased to...
Scientific, Seminar
UBC DG MP PDE Seminar: Federico Trinca
October 3, 2024
University of British Columbia
Complex submanifolds of Kähler manifolds are prototypical examples of stable, minimal submanifolds of higher codimension. In 1990, Yau asked whether it was possible to classify stable minimal spheres in hyperkähler 4-manifolds, proposing that all...

Directions

The PIMS offices are located on the 4th floor of the Earth Sciences Building (2207 Main Mall). If using the elevator, our offices will be directly across when you get to the 4th floor. If using the main staircase, the offices will be to your right once you reach the 4th floor.

Airport to PIMS UBC by Bus

From Vancouver Airport (YVR), take the Canada Line Skytrain to Broadway City Hall Station. Get off the platform and walk up to street level. Cross the street and you should see the #99Bline UBC stop outside the Lululemon store. You can take this bus all the way out to UBC. Detailed route information is available through translink's route planner or via google maps. See translink's fare page for up to date prices.

Airport to PIMS UBC by car

To drive from Vancouver Airport (YVR) to UBC, follow signs for Vancouver City Center when leaving the airport. After crossing the Arthur Laing bridge, follow 70th avenue/Marine Drive all the way out to UBC's Point Grey campus. The PIMS offices are in the Earth Science Building on Main Mall which doesn't permit vehicular traffic. The nearest parking lot (or drop off point for Taxis) is on West Mall near the West Parkade at the intersection of West Mall and Bio. Sciences Road (see this map).

Downtown Vancouver to PIMS UBC by car

When leaving Downtown Vancouver, follow signs for UBC (see this map).

Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to PIMS UBC by car

Follow directions for Vancouver airport until you reach the City of Vancouver, then follow the directions above for travelling from the airport.

US Border to PIMS UBC by car

Follow directions for Vancouver until you reach the City of Vancouver, then follow the directions above for travelling to PIMS from the airport. Please make sure you have the correct travel documents and follow instructions

Travelling between UBC and SFU by bus

There are many public transit options for travel between UBC and SFU but please note the universities are at opposite ends of Vancouver (SFU is actually in Burnaby) and travel can take an hour or more. Visit Translink for more travel options.

Staff

Position Name Email Phone # Office
PIMS Site Director - University of British Columbia Brian Marcus marcus@math.ubc.ca +1 (604) 328-1471 Math Building 218
Chief Operations Officer Denise Feighan denise@pims.math.ca (604) 822-1522 Room 4158
Co-Director International Gabriel Paternain international@pims.math.ca
Technology Manager Ian Allison iana@pims.math.ca (778) 991-1522 Room 4126
Program and Events Manager Joanne Jiang programs@pims.math.ca (604) 822-3611 Room 4168
Communications Manager Krysten Casumpang communications@pims.math.ca
Communications and Event Assistant Lisa Sammoh lisa@pims.math.ca (604)822-3922 ESB4166
Education Coordinator Melania Alvarez melania@pims.math.ca (604) 822-0404 Room 4164
Executive Assistant Oscar Cetnarowski executive-assistant@pims.math.ca (604) 822-3922 ESB4173
Director, Professor of Mathematics University of British Columbia Özgür Yilmaz director@pims.math.ca (604) 822-0406 Room 4162
Finance Manager Pooja Sharma finance@pims.math.ca (604) 822-3782 Room 4172
Finance Manager Rozalia Mate rozalia@pims.math.ca (604) 822-3782 Room 4172
Name Original Location In Out
Seick Kim Yonsei University
17 January 2022
22 January 2022
Perla Kfoury University of Toulouse
07 October 2021
27 October 2021
Stefan Le Coz University of Toulouse
07 October 2021
29 October 2021
Hui Chen Zhejiang University of Science
01 September 2021
01 September 2022
Takahisa Inui Osaka University
01 September 2021
01 September 2022
Rustum Choksi McGill University
07 August 2021
31 December 2021
Name Position Research Interests Supervisor Year
Federico Trinca PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Differential geometry & PDE Sebastien Picard 2024
Wenjun Zhao PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Optimal Transportation Young-Heon Kim 2024
Jakwang Kim PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Statistics Young-Heon Kim 2023
Lucas Teyssier PIMS-Simons Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Probability Theory & Stochastic Processes Jonathan Hermon 2023
Paul Péringuey PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Number Theory Greg Martin 2023
Sarah Dijols PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Representation Theory Julia Gordon 2023
Gai Guodong PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Fluid Mechanics Anthony Wachs 2022
Nabarun Deb PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia Optimal Transportation Young-Heon Kim 2022
Nicholas Rouse PIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, University of British Columbia Low Dimension Topology Ben Williams 2022
Timon Salar Gutleb PIMS Postdoctoral Researcher, University of British Columbia Numerical Analysis Christoph Ortner 2022
Anirudh Asuri Mukundan Postdoctoral Researcher Fluid Mechanics Anthony Wachs 2021
Evan Miller Postdoctoral Researcher Partial Differential Equations Tai-Peng Tsai 2021
Wenzhao Chen Postdoctoral Researcher Manifolds and Cell Complexes Liam Watson 2021
Babru Joshi University of British Columbia High Dimensional Data Analysis Özgür Yilmaz 2019
Brian Freidin Postdoctoral Researcher, University of British Columbia Differential geometry Jingyi Chen 2019
Hugo Lavenant University of British Columbia Partial Differential Equations Young-Heon Kim 2019
Thomas Budzinski University of British Columbia Probability 2019
Arthur Ghigo University of British Columbia Fluid Mechanics Anthony Wachs 2018
Jishnu Ray University of British Columbia Number Theory Sujatha Ramdorai 2018
Jongchon Kim University of British Columbia Fourier Analysis Malabika Pramanik 2018
Yifan Sun University of British Columbia Computer Science Michael Friedlander 2018
Fei Hu University of British Columbia Geometric Topology Zinovy Reichstein 2017
Nguyen Lam University of British Columbia Partial Differential Equations Nassif Ghoussoub 2016
Nicolau Sarquis Aiex Geometric Analysis Jingyi Chen 2016
Tobias Huxol University of British Columbia Geometric Analysis Ailana Fraser 2016
Abbas Mehrabian University of British Columbia Optimization Nick Harvey 2015
Justin Tzou University of British Columbia Applied Partial Differential Equations Michael Ward 2015
Mathav Murugan University of British Columbia Probability Gordon Slade 2015
Richárd Balka University of British Columbia Probability Ed Perkins 2015
Duncan R. Hewitt University of British Columbia Fluid Mechanics Neil Balmforth 2014
Khoa Dang Nguyen University of Calgary Diophantine geometry and algebraic dynamics Dragos Ghioca 2014