PIMS 2011 and Future Scientific Events

  • 4-Jan-11
  • 31-Mar-11
  • 6-Jan-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Christine Breiner (MIT)

A variational Characterization of the catenoid   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-11

Topology Seminar: Pierre Guillot

Working Seminar in Topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jim Bryan (UBC)

What is the probability that two randomly chosen matrices with entries in a finite field commute? : On the motivic class of the commuting variety and related problems.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jan-11

SCAIM Seminar: Jim Burke (Washingtion)

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Constrained Mixture Densities   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-11

Mathematics Colloquium: Asaf Nachmias (MIT)

Arm exponents in high-dimensional percolation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-11

Topology Seminar: Zsuzsanna Dancso (Toronto)

A homomorphic universal finite type invariant of knotted trivalent graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-11

Mathematics Colloquium: Lionel Levine (MIT)

Growth rates and explosions in sandpiles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-11

Number Theory Seminar: Jason Bell (SFU)

On vanishing coefficients of algebraic power series over fields of positive characteristic   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-11

Number Theory Seminar: Nike Vatsal (UBC)

The relative trace formula for SL_2   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jan-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Richard Stanley

A survey of alternating permutations   more››

University of Washington

  • 14-Jan-11
  • 14-Jan-11

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium

How many points can a curve have?   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Jan-11

PIMS Number Theory CRG Distinguished Lecture: Noam Elkies (Harvard)

How many points can a curve have?   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Jan-11

Probability Seminar: Lionel Levine (MIT)

Logarithmic fluctuations from circularity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium

Coarsening to Chaos-Stabilized Fronts in One-Dimensional Partial Differential Equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-11

PIMS Number Theory CRG Distinguished Lecture: Noam Elkies (Harvard)

On the areas of rational triangles   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Jan-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Dylan Rupel (Oregon)

Rank Two Quantum Cluster Algebras and Valued Quiver Representations    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alex Duncan (UBC)

Finite Groups of Low Essential Dimension   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Jan-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Ladislav Stacho

Strong orientations of plane graphs with bounded stretch factor   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-Jan-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Shaun Strohm (UBC-Okanagan)

Dispersal of Mountain Pine Beetle and Impacts of Management   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Jan-11

Mathematics Colloquium: Allan Sly (Microsoft)

The reconstruction problem on the tree   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Jan-11

Topology Seminar: Don Stanley (Regina)

LS category   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: David Roe

The local langlands correspondence for tamely ramified groups   more››

University of Calgary

  • 20-Jan-11

Special PIMS/WMAX Postdoctorial Colloquium: David Roe

The Local Langlands Correspondence for tamely ramified groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-11

PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Sylvain Rubenthaler (PIMS-UBC)

Metropolis algorithm: application to the Ising model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Benoit Pausader (Brown University)

Global existence for the energy critical Schrodinger equation in different spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Prof. Brian Marcus

Computing the Entropy of Two-Dimensional Shifts of Finite Type   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jonathan Wise

Defomation theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-11

Topology working seminar: Jose Manuel Gomez (UBC)

Working seminar in Topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jan-11

Math Mania at Ecole Doncaster School

University of Victoria

  • 25-Jan-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Jonathan Jedwab

The asymptotic merit factor of binary sequences   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Jan-11

SCAIM Seminar: Michal Gazit

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Jan-11

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem (UBC)

Bundles, Cohomology and Truncated Symmetric Polynomials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-11

Number Theory Seminar: Nils Bruin

Explicit descent setups   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Jan-11

Number Theory Seminar: Himadri Ganguli

On the equation f(g(x)) = f(x) h^m(x) for composite polynomials   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Jan-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Dong Li (Iowa)

On the Skyrme model in quantum field theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jennifer Jacquet (UBC)

Guilt, shame, and the tragedy of the commons   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Prof. Michael Ward

The Stability and Dynamics of Localized Spot Patterns in the Two-Dimensional Gray-Scott Model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-11

Topology Seminar: Cihan Okay

Working Seminar in Topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Ben Davison (Oxford)

Motivic Donaldson-Thomas invariants and 3-manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Roi Krakovski

Subdivisions in Graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Feb-11

SCAIM Seminar: Zhaosong Lu (SFU)

An Augmented Lagrangian Approach for Sparse Principal Component Analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Nicola Gigli (University of Nice)

The Heat Flow as gradient flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Ray Spiteri

Stiffness analysis of cardiac cell models   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 2-Feb-11

Topology Seminar: Ian Putnam (University of Victoria)

A homology theory for hyperbolic dynamical systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Feb-11

PIMS UC Voyageur Colloquium: Qing Xiang (University of Delaware)

Large cyclotomic strongly regular graphs and nonamorphic fusion schemes of the cyclotomic schemes   more››

University of Calgary

  • 4-Feb-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Walter Craig

Waves and wave interactions: a paradigm in ocean waves   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 4-Feb-11

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium

Large cyclotomic strongly regular graphs and nonamorphic fusion schemes of the cyclotomic schemes.   more››

University of Calgary

  • 7-Feb-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Dr. David Simpson

Resonance in Piecewise-Smooth Continuous Maps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Feb-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jack Hall (Stanford)

The Hilbert stack   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminars: Sam Black

a new state model for the Alexander polynomial   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Feb-11

SCAIM Seminar: Dominik Schoetzau (UBC)

Mixed finite element methods for problems with Robin boundary conditions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Colin Clark (UBC)

Ocean-atmosphere coupling and the likelihood of doom   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-11
  • 10-Feb-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Gunter Stolz (University of Alabama )

Zero-velocity Lieb-Robinson bounds in the disordered xy-spin chain   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-11

Number Theory Seminar: Guillermo Mantilla-Soler (UBC)

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-11

Number Theory Seminar: Charles Samuels (PIMS/SFU/UBC)

The Mahler measures of algebraic numbers with rational product   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Joel Feldman

Towards the Construction of Bosonic Many-body Models   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 18-Feb-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Bela Bollobas

The critical probability of percolation. Percolation on self-dual polygon configurations   more››

University of Washington

  • 18-Feb-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Tim Trudgian

Between the Polya and Turan conjectures   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Feb-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series: Kenneth Breuer (Brown University)

Bacterial Microfluidics: The Physics and Engineering of Swimming Bacteria   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Feb-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Winfried Hochstaettler

Some heuristics for the binary paint shop problem and their expected number of colour changes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Feb-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: David Holloway (BCIT)

Chemical patterning in development: from gene regulation in flies to growth control in plants   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Feb-11

Topology Seminar: José Manuel Gómez (UBC)

Equivariant K-theory and maximal rank subgroups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-11

SCAIM Seminar: Alexandro Veneziani

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-11

PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Tom Meyerovich (PIMS-UBC)

On measures of maximal entropy for subshifts   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Feb-11

SCAIM Seminar: Alexandro Veneziani

EXAMPLES OF DATA ASSIMILATION IN COMPUTATIONAL HEMODYNAMICS   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-11

UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshops in Statistics

University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver

  • 26-Feb-11

Frontiers in Biophysics

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Malabika Pramanik (UBC)

A multi-dimensional resolution of singularities with applications to analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-11

Topology working seminar: Jose Manuel Gomez (UBC)

Working seminar in Topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Pavol Hell

Obstruction Characterizations in graph partition problems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Mar-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Leobardo Rosales (Rice University)

Bernstein's Theorem for the two-valued minimal surface equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Raphael Ponge (University of Tokyo)

Fefferman's program in conformal geometry and the singularities of the Green functions of the conformal powers of the Laplacian   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Mar-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: David Brydges

Self-avoiding walk and the renormalisation group   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 3-Mar-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Greg Martin

Friable values of polynomials   more››

University of Calgary

  • 3-Mar-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Alexander Molnar

Affine minimal rational functions   more››

University of Calgary

  • 3-Mar-11

Number Theory Seminar: Alexander Mondar

Affine minimal rational functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Mar-11
  • 5-Apr-11

Number Theory Seminar: Grey Martin

Friable values of polynomials   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Oleg Igoshin (Rice University)

Uncovering self-organization mechanisms in Myxococcus xanthus swarms with modeling and image processing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Mar-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: David Brydges

Branched polymers and Mayer expansions   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 4-Mar-11

PIMS-CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Paul Debevec (USC Institute for Creative Technologies)

From Spider-Man to Avatar: Achieving Photoreal Digital Actors    more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 5-Mar-11

Bellingham Algebraic Geometry Seminar

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Shrawan Kumar (University of North Carolina)

A generalization of Fulton's conjecture for arbitrary groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-11

Topology working seminar: Robert Klinzmann (UBC)

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University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series: John Wettlaufer (Yale University)

Whither Arctic Sea Ice: Nonlinear Threshold Behavior, Stochastic Dynamics and Recurrence Texture   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Dave Anderson (University of Washington / UBC)

Divisors on Bott-Samelson varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-11

SCAIM Seminar: Christian Schoof (UBC)

Mathematical modeling of ice flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Diegeo Scheide

Average degree in graph powers   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 9-Mar-11

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Netanel Lindner

Putting Floquet theory to work: Topology of time dependent Hamiltonians   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Joe Yuichiro Wakano (Meji Institute)

Mathematical expression of inclusive fitness theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Mar-11

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Patrick Hayden

Uncertainty, encryption and low-distortion embeddings   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series: Albert Cohen (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)

Approximating Functions in High Dimensions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-11

Topology working seminar: Robert Klinzmann (UBC)

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-11

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Patrick Hayden

Uncertainty, encryption and low-distortion embeddings   more››

University of Washington

  • 14-Mar-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Andrea Bertozzi

Swarming by nature and by design   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 15-Mar-11

SCAIM Seminar: Ives Macedo (IMPA)

Generalized interpolation of implicit surfaces using radial basis functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Mar-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Lino Demasi

Domination in plane triangulations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jennifer Trueblood (Indiana University)

A Quantum Probability Model of Order Effects in Human Inference   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-11

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem (UBC)

Homotopy theory and spaces of representations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-11

Quantum Information Science Seminar: Netanel Lindner (CalTech)

Putting Floquet theory to work: Topology of time dependent Hamiltonians   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Mar-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Julia Gordon

Constructible exponential functions, integrability, and characters of p-adic groups   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Mar-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Johnson Jia

Fourier coefficients and Siegel theta series   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Mar-11

Number Theory Seminar: Johnson Jia (UBC)

Fourier coefficients and Siegel theta series   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-11

Number Theory Seminar: Julia Gordon (UBC)

Constructible exponential functions, integrability, and characters of p-adic groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Mar-11

PIMS-UBC Distinguished Lecture: Gregory Forest (North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Virtual Lung Project at UNC: What's Math Got to Do With It?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Mar-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Sándor Kovács (University of Washington)

Irrational centers   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Mar-11

Topology working seminar: Robert Klinzmann (UBC)

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Mar-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Sergi Elizalde

 A greedy sorting algorithm   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Mar-11

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium

Homotopy completion, homology completion, and a finiteness theorem for operadic algebras.   more››

University of Calgary

  • 23-Mar-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: feride tiglay

Integrable evolution equations on spaces of tensor densities and their peakon solutions   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 23-Mar-11

Topology Seminar: Pascal Lambrechts (UCL Louvain)

Formality of the little n-disks operad   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-11

PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Vianney Combet (PIMS-UBC)

About solitons of nonlinear dispersive PDEs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Mar-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Feride Tiglay

The Periodic Cauchy Problem for Novikov's Equation   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 28-Mar-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Prof. Phil Morrison

Hamiltonian-Dirac Simulated Annealing: Application to the Calculation of Vortex States   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-11
  • 31-Mar-11
  • 28-Mar-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Dragos Oprea (UCSD)

Generic strange duality for K3 surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Hariharan Narayanan

Testing the Manifold Hypothesis   more››

University of Washington

  • 29-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Somdatta Sinha (CSIR)

Modelling infectious disease - from genomes to populations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Janka Petravic

In-host modelling of HIV infection   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Daniel Katz

The inevitability of -1 in three-valued cross-correlations of maximal sequences   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Mar-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani

Multi-scale analysis of TNF-regulated immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Mar-11

Number Theory Seminar: Guillaume Maurin

Polynomial equations with constant coefficients over function fields   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 31-Mar-11

Number Theory Seminar: MAtthew Smith

On additive combinatorics in higher degree systems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 31-Mar-11
  • 1-Apr-11

Pacific Permutation Pattern Workshop

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Apr-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Sabin Cautis (Columbia University)

Categorified Heisenberg actions on Hilbert schemes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-11

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series: Stephen Wright (University of Wisconsin)

Sparse Optimization Algorithms and Applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-11

SCAIM Seminar: Steve Wright (Wisconsin)

Identifying Optimal Manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Gelasio Salazar

Recent progress on Turan's brickyard problem   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Apr-11

Topology Seminar: Ian Hambleton (McMaster)

Group actions on spheres and non-compact space forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Apr-11

Topology Seminar: José Maria Cantarero (Stanford)

Combinatorial models for p-completions of compact Lie groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Apr-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Cameron Franc

Nearly rigid analytic modular forms and their values at CM points   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Apr-11

PIMS-CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Anna-Karin Tornberg (Courant Institute)

Efficient simulation of particulate Stokes flow based on boundary integral methods    more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Apr-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Brendan Hassett (Rice University)

Birational geometry of holomorphic symplectic varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Apr-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Ramit Mehr (Bar Ilan University)

The complexity of the humoral immune response   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Apr-11

CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Lecture: Mark Lewis (University of Alberta)

The Mathematics Behind Biological Invasion Processes   more››

University of Alberta

  • 12-Apr-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Mahdad Khatirinejad

Steiner triple systems satisfying the 4-vertex condition   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-Apr-11
  • 17-Apr-11

Cascade Topology Seminar

University of Victoria

  • 18-Apr-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kevin Tucker (University of Utah)

A Uniform Description of Test Ideals and Multiplier Ideals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Apr-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Janak Wedagedera (University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka)

Some aspects on stochastic Modelling of T-cell activation problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Apr-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Marko Merkli

Quantum Scattering Measurement   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 21-Apr-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Stefan Erickson

Apollonian Circle Packings   more››

University of Calgary

  • 26-Apr-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jesus Espinal

Discrete Dynamics Model for the Speract-Activated Ca2+ Signaling Network Relevant to Sperm Motility.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-11

PIMS Workshop on Geometric Analysis

 Geometric Analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Apr-11

Bias-robust estimation of location and scale parameters

Bias-robust estimation of location and scale parameters   more››

University of Victoria

  • 29-Apr-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Rekha Thomas

From Hilbert's 17th problem to polynomial optimization and convex algebraic geometry   more››

University of Washington

  • 29-Apr-11
  • 2-May-11

5th Annual Meeting of the Prairie Network for Research in Mathematical Sciences

Combinatorics, Representation Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Fluid Mechanics, and Statistics.   more››

University of Regina

  • 2-May-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Beth Kochin

Control of Acute Infections   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-May-11
  • 5-May-11

PIMS Young Researchers Conference in Mathematics

University of British Columbia

  • 5-May-11

PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series: Peter Lancaster

Canonical Structures for Matrix Functions   more››

University of Regina

  • 5-May-11
  • 6-May-11

North-South Dialog in Mathematics

Mount Royal University

  • 7-May-11
  • 8-May-11

Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference

Number theory.   more››

Western Washington University, Bellingham

  • 7-May-11
  • 8-May-11

Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar

University of Washington

  • 10-May-11

Topology Seminar: Christian Kassel (CNRS & University of Strasbourg)

A continuous non-abelian one-cocycle with palindromic values   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-May-11
  • 19-May-11

Eleventh International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning (LPNMR’11)

Declarative logic programming, nonmonotonic reasoning, and knowledge representation.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-May-11
  • 20-May-11

Computational and Analytical Mathematics

The conference will be focussed on the following topics: Convex and Variational Analysis, Optimization Algorithms and High Performance Computing, and Number Theory and Experimental Mathematics.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-May-11
  • 20-May-11

The 2011 Canadian Workshop on Information Theory

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 17-May-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Bruno Salvy

Newton's iteration for combinatorial systems and applications   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-May-11

UW-PIMS MathematicsColloquium:Eyal Lubetzky

The static and stochastic ising models   more››

University of Washington

  • 20-May-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Calan Atanasiu

Special aspects of MHD calculations in tokamaks   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 24-May-11
  • 28-May-11

Canadian Operator Symposium (COSY) 2011

This is an event organized by the PIMS CRG in Operator Algebras and Non-commutative Geometry. Interested participants pl   more››

University of Victoria

  • 24-May-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Steven Chaplick

Characterizing path graphs and directed path graphs using PR-trees   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-May-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Ararat Harutyunyan

On the digraph chromatic number   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 29-May-11
  • 3-Jun-11

Workshop on Analytic Aspects of L-functions and Applications to Number Theory

This is an event organized by the Collaborative Reasearch Group in Number Theory 2010-2013   more››

University of Calgary

  • 30-May-11

2011 Niven Lecture: The Mathematics of Doodling

Doodling has many mathematical aspects: patterns, shapes, numbers, and more. Not surprisingly, there is often some sophisticated and fun mathematics buried inside common doodles. I'll begin by doodling, and see where it takes us. It looks like   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-May-11
  • 3-Jun-11

CanaDAM 2011

University of Victoria

  • 3-Jun-11
  • 5-Jun-11

Special session in number theory

Number Theory   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Jun-11
  • 8-Jun-11

Alberta Topology Seminar

This is a meeting of the Alberta Topology Seminar.   more››

University of Calgary

  • 7-Jun-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Loic Foissy

Free and cofree combinatorial Hopf algebras   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Jun-11

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar

Rigidity and stability of Einstein metrics for quadratic curvature functionals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jun-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Juraj Stacho

Unique perfect phylogeny is NP-hard   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-Jun-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Matthew Francis

ontact representations of planar graphs with cubes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 16-Jun-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jean-Francois Ganghoffer (LEMTA - ENSEM, Nancy, France)

Equivalent properties of biological membranes from lattice homogenization.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jun-11
  • 19-Jun-11

Alberta Number Theory Days

Alberta number theorists are working in a wide range of subdisciplines, including algebraic number theory (Weiss), analytic number theory (Kadiri, Ng), arithmetic geometry (Greenberg), automorphic forms (Cunningham, Sylvestre), and computational   more››

Banff, Alberta

  • 20-Jun-11
  • 22-Jun-11
  • 21-Jun-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Matt Devos

Immersing complete graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Jun-11
  • 30-Jun-11

CMS Math Camp

University of Alberta

  • 27-Jun-11
  • 8-Jul-11

Séminaire de Mathématiques Supérieures: Metric-measure Spaces

Metric-measure Spaces: Geometric and Analytic Aspects   more››

Université de Montréal

  • 28-Jun-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Sophie Burrill

Understanding nestings in RNA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Jun-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Jean-Francois Ganghoffer

Mechanics and thermodynamics of surface growth. Application to bone remodeling   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 4-Jul-11
  • 15-Jul-11

Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2011

Waves and Imaging   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Jul-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Ahmed Kaffel

On the stability of plane viscoelastic shear flows in the limit of infinite Weissenberg and Reynolds numbers   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 11-Jul-11
  • 15-Jul-11

Groups, Rings and Group Rings

University of Alberta

  • 12-Jul-11
  • 17-Jul-11

Applied Mathematics Perspectives 2011

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jul-11
  • 15-Jul-11

Applied Analysis & Applied PDEs

Blow-up arguments and the Navier-Stokes equations - Yoshikazu Giga (University of Tokyo)   Stability of Large Amplitude Interfacial Waves - Paul Milewski   Numerical Methods for the Monge-Amp\`ere Equatio   more››

University of Victoria

  • 12-Jul-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Ed Richmond

Littlewood-Richardson coefficients and tight fusion frames   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Jul-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Thomas Erneux (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

Applications of Delay Differential Equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jul-11
  • 16-Jul-11
  • 14-Jul-11
  • 16-Jul-11

Delay Differential Equations in Applications: Common Themes and Methods

Featured application areas: laser physicselectronic engineeringcommunication systemsmechanical testing environmentstraffic flowscontrol theorypopulation dynamicsdynamics o   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jul-11
  • 16-Jul-11

Numerical Methods for Incompressible Fluid Flow

 Topics of interest include:- theoretical and numerical analysis aspects of novel finite element or finite volume discretizations- adaptivity- new preconditioning techniques for linear/nonlinear systems- non   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jul-11
  • 16-Jul-11

Mathematical Biology Workshop and IGTC Summit

 Mathematical Biology is an important growing area of Applied Mathematics, and Canada has active researchers in a number of current areas including the two focal topics of our proposed workshop: mathematical physiology (particularly ge   more››

University of Victoria

  • 15-Jul-11
  • 17-Jul-11
  • 17-Jul-11
  • 23-Jul-11
  • 18-Jul-11
  • 21-Jul-11
  • 20-Jul-11

Quantum Institute Seminar: Fernando Brandao

Is it entangled? A quasi-polynomial time algorithm for the quantum separability problem.   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Jul-11

PIMS / AMI Seminar

Abstract Some financial background: bonds, forward rate curves, hedging strategies; * Heath-Jarrow-Morton methodology and beyond; * Stochastic evolution equations: recent advances and applications to interest rate modelling; * Future dir   more››

University of Alberta

  • 22-Jul-11
  • 23-Jul-11
  • 25-Jul-11

Special Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Conan Leung

SYZ mirror symmetry for toric manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jul-11

Special DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Dongho Chae (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)

On the blow-up problem for the Euler equations and the Liouville type results for the fluid equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jul-11

Special Topology Seminar: Adam Clay (UQAM)

Left-orderability and Dehn surgery   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jul-11
  • 29-Jul-11

WAVES 2011

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Jul-11
  • 28-Jul-11
  • 29-Jul-11
  • 31-Jul-11

Computational Harmonic Analysis Summer School

This is an event organized by the PIMS CRG in Applied and Computational Harm   more››

University of Alberta

  • 4-Aug-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Miles Davenport (University of New South Wales)

"HIV from molecular to whole animal scales"   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Aug-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Len Pismen (Israel Institute of Technology)

Malleable Cytoskeleton: Mechanics Guided by Chemistry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Aug-11
  • 12-Aug-11

Hyperplane arrangements and applications

combinatorics, algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Aug-11

Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics Seminar

Dynamically consistent finite-difference methods for differential equations   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 12-Aug-11

Computational Math Day

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Aug-11

Quantum Institute Seminar: Aram Harrow

The princess and the EPR pair   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Aug-11
  • 27-Aug-11

PRIMA-PARC-PIMS Meeting on PDEs

Seoul National University

  • 26-Aug-11
  • 28-Aug-11

2011 West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

The content of the course will be based on the interests and expertise of the participants.  Topics of 3-lecture series will include, but be in no sense limited to: 1. Bousfield Localization and Axiomatic Stable Homotopy   more››

University of Washington

  • 26-Aug-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Professor Yanxia Ren, Peking University

“Strong law of large numbers of some models related to branching processes”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Sep-11

PIMS/WMAX Postdoctorial Colloquium: Miguel Lopez

Some Transmission and Reception Algorithms for Superimposed Radio Signals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Sep-11

Special DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Leo Tzou (Academy of Finland and University of Sydney)

The Aharonov-Bohm effect and the Calderon problem for connection Laplacians   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Sep-11

SCAIM Seminar: Luis Zarrabeitia

Extracting 3D blood flight trajectories from videos for forensic analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Sep-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Karen Yeats

Denominators and insertions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Sep-11

DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Nassif Ghoussoub (UBC)

A self-dual polar factorization for vector fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Sep-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Brian Wetton (UBC)

"A general framework for high accuracy solutions to energy gradient flows from material science models" Abstract: A computational framework is presented for materials science models that come from energy   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Sep-11

Joint SFU/UBC Seminar in Statistics

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Sep-11

Harmonic Analysis Seminar: Matthew Bond

Buffon's needle probability for rational product Cantor sets   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-11

SCAIM Seminar

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Lino Demasi

Rooted Minors and Delta Wye Transformations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Sep-11

Algebraic Groups and Related Structures Seminar: Shane Cernele

Cohomology of Central Simple Algebra with involution   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Sep-11

Complex Fluids Seminar: Mona Rahmani

Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in sheared density stratified flows   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-11

Number Theory Seminar: Paul Pollack

Messing with perfection   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Sep-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Hans Heesterbeek

Threshold behaviour and infection dynamics in spatial metapopulations of hosts   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-11

Number Theory Seminar: Nils Bruin

Imaginary quadratic class numbers and Sha on congruent number curves   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 23-Sep-11

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Jean-Michel Bismut (U. Paris-Sud, Orsay)

The hypoelliptic Laplacian   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Deniz Sezer (Calgary)

The Martin boundary theory for the nonlinear p.d.e.1/2 \Delta u=2 u^2: A probabilistic approach   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Sep-11

Speacial DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Jean-Michel Bismut

The Langevin process and the trace formula.   more››

University of Alberta

  • 26-Sep-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jose Gonzalez (UBC)

Cox rings and pseudoeffective cones of projectivized toric vector bundles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-11

DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Jean-Michel Bismut (U. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France)

"Orbital integrals and the hypoelliptic Laplacian"   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Veselin Jungic

Chaotic orderings of the rationals and reals   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 29-Sep-11
  • 30-Sep-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Dave Muraki (SFU)

Rossby Waves on the Sphere for Rotating Shallow Water   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Sep-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Pengtao Sun (University of Nevada)

"Modeling Studies and Efficient Numerical Methods for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell"   more››

University of Alberta

  • 1-Oct-11

Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar

Numerical Analysis   more››

Vancouver Island University

  • 1-Oct-11

West Coast Optimization Meeting (WCOM)

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 3-Oct-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kai Behrend

Derived Moduli of Noncommutative Projective Schemes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Oct-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Philippe Laurençot

Self-similar solutions to a kinetic model for grain growth   more››

University of Alberta

  • 4-Oct-11

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: Nigel Goldenfeld

Statistical mechanics of the genetic code: a glimpse of early life?   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 4-Oct-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Luis Goddyn

TUM formulations for Hadwigger, Tutte and Wills   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Oct-11

SCAIM Seminar: Lisa Gordeliy

Title: Modelling Hydraulic Fractures using a Boundary Element Method(BEM) and the Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-11

Topology Seminar: Prof. Masao Hara

minimal crossing diagram and Jones polynomial   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Oct-11
  • 22-Oct-11

Atomic motion and transverse geometry of tiling spaces

Atomic motion and transverse geometry of tiling spaces   more››

University of Victoria

  • 6-Oct-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Professor R. Wong, City University of Hong Kong

“Orthogonal Polynomials, Riemann-Hilbert Problems and Painlevé Transcendents”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Oct-11

Number Theory Seminar: Sujatha Ramdorai

Galois representations and deformations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Oct-11

Number Theory Seminar: Dragos Ghioca

Title: Roots of unity, torsion on fibers, and preperiodic points for families of rational maps   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Oct-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Dr. Michael S. Siegel (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

“An Efficient Surface-Based Numerical Method for Flow with Soluble Surfactant”   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Oct-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar: David Simpson

"Resonance in Piecewise-Smooth Continuous Maps"   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Oct-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Irene Pivotto

Pairs of representations of signed binary matroids.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Oct-11

DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Xiaodong Cao (Cornell University)

Harnack inequalities, Heat Kernel estimates and the Ricci flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Oct-11

Topology Seminar: Nina White

Bounds on eigenvalues of the Laplacian for certain hyperbolic 3-manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Oct-11

Pacific Northwest Statistics Seminar

 Circular Distributions and Fisheries Models On Friday October 14, 2011, we are holding the Pacific Northwest Seminar in honour of Dr. Bill Reed who retired from the University of Victoria on July 1, 2011. Th   more››

University of Victoria

  • 14-Oct-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Joel Spencer (Courant/NYU)

Two needles in exponential haystacks   more››

University of Washington

  • 14-Oct-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Nessy Tania

Oscillatory Patterns from Social Foraging   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Oct-11
  • 18-Oct-11

SCAIM Seminar: Markus Buerg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

A Fully Automatic hp-Adaptive Refinement Strategy   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Oct-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Krystal Guo

Quantum Walks on Strongly Regular Graphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-Oct-11

DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Reinel Sospedra Alfonso (UBC)

Uniqueness of the compactly supported wweak solutions of the relativistic Vlasov-Darwin system   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Oct-11
  • 22-Oct-11

GEOMED 2011

University of Victoria

  • 20-Oct-11

Number Theory Seminar: Mike Bennett

The generalized Fermat equation   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Oct-11

Number Theory Seminar: Nick Harland

The iterated Carmichael lambda function   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Oct-11

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Yanghong Huang

A Nonlocal Aggregation Model with repulsive-attractive Kernels   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Oct-11

33rd annual Alberta Statisticians' Meeting (ASM)

Please consult the attachement   more››

University of Calgary

  • 24-Oct-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kirill Zainoulline

Equivariant pretheories and invariants of torsors   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Oct-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Aditya Raghavan

Optimal Tree Aspect Ratios Among Gradients in Resource Availability   more››

University of Alberta

  • 25-Oct-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Kai-Uwe Schmidt

The peak sidelobe level of binary sequences   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Oct-11

SCAIM Seminar: Lisa Gordeliy, UBC

Modelling Hydraulic Fractures using a Boundary Element Method (BEM) and the Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Oct-11

Diff. Geometry, Mathematical Physics, Partial Differntial Equations Seminar: Denis Bonheure: Universite Libre de Bruxelles

A rough guide to reduction methods for strongly coupled elliptic systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-11

IQIS Quantum Institute Seminar: Lindsay LeBlanc

Measuring the Hall effect for ultracold atoms in a synthetic magnetic field   more››

University of Calgary

  • 26-Oct-11

Topology Seminar: Hossein Namazi

The density conjecture and a short survey on Kleinian groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: Ce Bian

Computing GL (3) automorphic forms   more››

University of Calgary

  • 28-Oct-11

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Chi-Wang Shu

Maximum-principle-satisfying and positivity-preserving   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 31-Oct-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Bruno Kahn (Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu)

Somekawa's K-groups and Voevodsky's Hom groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Oct-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Mario Pineda-Krch

Cycles in finite populations: a reproducible seminar in three acts   more››

University of Alberta

  • 31-Oct-11

PIMS Postdoctorial Colloquium: Ori Gurel-Gurevich

Random Walks and Electric Networks    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Nov-11

SCAIM Seminar: Ye Yang

An Enriched Space-Time Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Continuum Systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Nov-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Sam Johnson

 Analytic combinatorics of walks with small steps in the quarter plane.   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Nov-11

DG - MP - PDE Seminar: Mustafa Fazly (UBC)

Liouvill-type theorems for some elliptic equations and systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Nov-11

Topology and Related Seminars: Alejandro Adem, UBC

Equivariant K-theory for Actions with Maximal Rank Isotropy   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-11

Number Theory Seminar: Radhika Ganapathy

Extensions of the Deligne-Kazhdan philosophy and applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-11

Number Theory Seminar: Greg Martin

Primitive sets   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-11

Special PIMS Seminar: Michael Overton

Optimization of Polynomial Roots, Eigenvalues and Pseudospectra   more››

University of Victoria

  • 4-Nov-11

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Dusa McDuff (Barnard College and Stony Brook)

 Embedding questions in symplectic geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Nov-11

PIMS Voyageur Colloquium presents: On some modular representations of GL(2)

On some modular representations of GL(2)   more››

University of Calgary

  • 4-Nov-11

PIMS/CSC Seminar

A new class of discontinuous Petrov Galerkin methods   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Nov-11

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Prof. Jay Gopalakrishnan, Portland State University

A new class of discontinuous Petrov Galerkin methods   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Nov-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Hao Wang

Functional differential equations I   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Nov-11

Special Topology Seminar: Dusa McDuff

Displaceability in symplectic toric manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Nov-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Young-Heon Kim

On supporting hyper plans to convex bodies   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Nov-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Stefan Gille

Rost nilpotence for surfaces   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Nov-11

Hugh C. Morris Lecture: George Papanicolaou (Stanford)

 Uncertainty quantification and systemic risk      more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-11

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Greg Galloway

On topology of black holes   more››

University of Washington

  • 8-Nov-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Vasu Tewari

Computation of certain Kronecker coefficients   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Nov-11

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Robert Kircheis

Numerical Methods for Parameter Estimation and Optimum Experimental Design for Nonlinear PDE Models    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-11

Symmetries and Differential Equations Seminar: George Bluman

Some recent developments in symmetries and conservation laws for PDEs. Part V   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-11

Algebraic Groups and Related Structures: Stephan Gille

Rost nilpotence: Results and applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-11

Discrete Math Seminar: Ruiyuan Chen

Forbidden Submatrices   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Nov-11

Quantum Institute Seminar: Shmuel Friedland

The global and local additivity problems in quantum information theory   more››

University of Calgary

  • 9-Nov-11

PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series: Marcelo Laca

Broken Symmetries   more››

University of Regina

  • 9-Nov-11

Topology Seminar: Patrick Reynolds

Minimal algebraic laminations and arational trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Daniel Moseley (University of Oregon)

Group actions on cohomology of varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Nov-11

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Martin Man-chu Li

Free boundary problem for embedded minimal surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Nov-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Andrew King

Proving the Lovász-Plummer Conjecture   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Nov-11

SCAIM Seminar: Ben Adcock

Generalized sampling and infinite-dimensional compressed sensing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-11

Number Theory Seminar: Paul Mezo

Character identities in real twisted endoscopy   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-Nov-11

PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series: Volker Runde

Big Things Are Rarely Amenable   more››

University of Regina

  • 18-Nov-11

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Prof. Tom Hagstrom, Southern Methodist University

Towards the Ultimate Solver for Wave Equations in the Time Domain   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Nov-11
  • 20-Nov-11

Cascade Topology Seminar

Topics in this session include:  Some simple triangulations Twist knots and the uniform thickness property Right-angled Coxeter polytopes, hyperbolic 6-manifolds, and a problem of Siegel   more››

Portland State University, Oregon

  • 21-Nov-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Hao Wang

Functional Differential Equations III   more››

University of Alberta

  • 22-Nov-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Bojan Mohar

Geometric Representations of Linear Codes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Nov-11

SCAIM Seminar: Nick Harvey

Solving Laplacian Systems: Some Contributions from Theoretical Computer Science   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Nov-11

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Dhavide Aruliah, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

A Parallel Adaptive Method for Pseudo-Arclength Continuation   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Nov-11

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Brendan Pass

An overview of optimal transport and applications   more››

University of Alberta

  • 28-Nov-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kevin Costello

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Michael Kozdron

A Random Look at the Schramm-Loewner Evolution   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 28-Nov-11

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Khurram Nadeem, University of Alberta

Likelihood based Population Viability Analysis in the presence of observation error   more››

University of Alberta

  • 29-Nov-11

Quantum Institute Seminar: Urbasi Sinha

Triple slits, Born Rule and beyond....   more››

University of Calgary

  • 30-Nov-11

Topology Seminar: Will Cavendish

Finite-sheeted covers of 3-manifolds and the Cohomology of Solenoids   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-11

Number Theory Seminar: Kevin Doerksen

On the prime divisors in zero orbits of families of commuting polynomials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-11

Number Theory Seminar: Karen Yeats

The c_2 invariant of Feynman graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-11

PIMS/UVic Lecture: Walter Craig

Lower bounds on the Navier - Stokes singular set   more››

University of Victoria

  • 2-Dec-11

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: David Bryant

How to lie with simulations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 2-Dec-11

Mechanical Engineering: Kumbakonam Rajagopal

The Navier-Stokes Fluids and Beyond   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Dec-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Ezra Getzler, Northwestern University

Higher analytic stacks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Dec-11

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: David Treumann

The coherent-constructible correspondence for toric varieties and hypersurfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Dec-11

PIMS/SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Bojan Mohar

5-choosability of graphs with crossings   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Dec-11

IQIS Quantum Institute Seminar: Shengjun Wu

What can we know from weak measurements?   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Dec-11

West End Number Theory Seminar: David Roe

The local langlands correspondence for tamely ramified groups   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Dec-11

PIMS/VanBug Seminar

Simulating and Predicting the MicroTargetome   more››

Vancouver, BC

  • 21-Dec-11

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Si-Hui Tan

Measuring Quantum Correlations with Imperfect Photoncounters   more››

University of Calgary

  • 22-Dec-11

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Ramis Movassagh

Density of States of Quantum Spin Systems   more››

University of Calgary

  • 4-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Sunil Chhita, KTH

Edge statistics of domino tilings on the Aztec Diamond.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Jan-12

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Scott MacLachlan, Tufts University

Fast Solvers for Geodynamic Flows   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Jan-12

UBC Colloquium and PIMS Distinguished Guest Lecturer: Thomas Scanlon

A logician's view of diophantine geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: James King

Generating k-Facets by Induction on the Dimension   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Jan-12

Topology and Related Seminars: Dale Rolfsen, UBC

Ordering knot groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Fabio Toninelli, ENS Lyon

The random pinning model: Harris criterion and disorder relevance   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-12

Number Theory Seminar: Tom Scanlon

p-independent bounds in the positive characteristic Mordell-Lang problem (part 1) p-independent bounds in the positive characteristic Mordell-Lang problem (part 2)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Jan-12

Quantum Information Seminar: Sophie Schrimer, Swansea University

Quantum System Identification: Hamiltonian tomography and decoherence estimation from noisy time series data   more››

University of Calgary

  • 16-Jan-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar:Juliana Berbert, UofA

Individual spatial memory as a parameter to distinguish population distribution patterns   more››

University of Alberta

  • 17-Jan-12

SCAIM Seminar: Ricardo Oyarzua, UBC

Mixed finite element methods for the coupling of fluid flow with porous media flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Sebastien Roch, UCLA

Relating Combinatorial and Variational Distances Between Trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-12

DG, MP, and PDE Seminar: Hyunseok Kim, Sogang University and UBC

Mathematical analysis of the stationary motion of an incompressible viscous fluid   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Roman Nedela

Decomposition of snarks along 6-edge-cuts   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Jan-12

CSC Weekly Seminar: Eldon Emberly

Role of cell geometry in driving localization within cells   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 24-Jan-12

Alan Turing Centenary 2012: Lecture by Dr. Richard Zach, University of Calgary

Alan Turing and the Decision Problem   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Jan-12

Probability Seminar: Jian Ding, Stanford University

Asymptotics of cover times via Gaussian free fields: bounded-degree graphs and general trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jan-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Mohammad Amin

Robustness of adiabatic quantum computation against decoherence   more››

University of Calgary

  • 26-Jan-12
  • 30-Jan-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois

How networks drove the rapid evolution of early life: clues from the canonical genetic code   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Jan-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Nigel Goldenfeld

How networks drove the rapid evolution of early life: clues from the canonical genetic code   more››

University of Alberta

  • 31-Jan-12

SCAIM Seminar: Christoph Schwarzbach

Finite element based inversion for geo-electromagnetics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Arun Sharma

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 31-Jan-12

Algebraic Groups and Related Structures: Izzet Coskun

The Birational Geometry of the Hilbert Scheme of Points in the Plane   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Jan-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Luis Silvestre

Partial regularity for fully nonlinear elliptic PDE.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Nayantara Bhatnagar

Reconstruction for Colorings on Trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-12

Topology Seminar: Jeff Smith

The Adem HW problem and the moduli space of commuting endomorphisms.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-12
  • 3-Feb-12
  • 4-Feb-12

Eleventh Colloquiumfest

The Eleventh Colloquiumfest will present talks on valuation theory, number theory and algebraic geometry. The schedule will be posted soon.   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 3-Feb-12

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Lecture Series: Sherwin A. Maslowe, McGill University

Stability and Nonlinear Waves in Swirling Flows   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Zheng Hua

Chern-Simons functional and Donaldson-Thomas theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Vlad Gheorghiu

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Feb-12

Topology and Related Seminars: Thomas Koberda, Harvard University

Mapping class groups and finite covers   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Ksenia Dolgaleva

Manipulating Optical Properties by Local-Field Effects and Nanostructuring   more››

University of Calgary

  • 8-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Yuri Mejía Miranda

The critical points of lattice trees and lattice animals in high dimensions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-12

Special Seminar: Scott MacLachlan, Tufts University

Fast Solvers for Tuned Discretizations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-12

West End Number Theory Seminar: Clifton Cunningham

Seminar on Class Field Theory   more››

University of Alberta

  • 10-Feb-12

Special Topology and Related Seminars Event: Liam Watson, UCLA

A conjecture relating Heegaard Floer homology and the fundamental group   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-12

PIMS/CSC Weekly Seminar: Dr. Jim McElwaine, University of Cambridge

Washboard Road: The dynamics of granular ripples   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Feb-12

PIMS Applied Mathematics Seminar Series: Catherine Sulem

Water waves over a rough bottom in the shallow water regime   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 11-Feb-12

Frontiers in Biophysics

Cellular reconstitution: Rebuilding biological systems from the bottom-up Abstract:Understanding the molecular basis of cellular behaviour is a central goal in biology and a critical guide for medical research. Incr   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alexander Woo

Local complete intersection Schubert varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Feb-12

PDE-Math Biology Joint Seminar: Chih-Wen Shih

Asymptotic limit in a cell differentiation model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-12

Special Math Department Colloquium: Vincent Bouchard, University of Alberta

A great deal more is known than has been proved.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-12

Probability Seminar: Robert Adler

DRAT: Doing random algebraic topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-12

Quantum Information Seminar Series: Charles Adams

Non-linear optics using Rydberg atoms   more››

University of Alberta

  • 16-Feb-12

Special Geometry and Physics Seminar: Vincent Bouchard, University of Alberta

Topological recursion on elliptic curves   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-12

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Michael Rempe

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Seick Kim

Harnack inequality for second order elliptic operators on Riemannian manifolds.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Feb-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Lecture: Emmanuel Candes, Stanford University

Exact Phase Retrieval via Convex Programming   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Feb-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study

Gauge Theory and Khovanov Homology   more››

University of Washington

  • 20-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Aravind Asok

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Daniel Katz

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 24-Feb-12
  • 25-Feb-12

Dispersive PDE

University of Victoria

  • 27-Feb-12

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Owen Gwilliam

Factorization algebras and the beta-gamma system   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Tamon Stephen

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: David Roe

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Jonathan Bober

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Andy Woods

Modelling Carbon Sequestration Processes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-12

Probability Seminar: Yu-Ting Chen

Sharp Benefit-to-Cost Rules for the Evolution of Cooperation on Regular Graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Mar-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Gregory Margulis (Yale University)

Department Colloquium, TBD   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Andrew Bernoff

Langmuir Layers: Exploring A (Nearly) Two-Dimensional Fluid Experiment   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-12
  • 13-Mar-12

Discrete Math Seminar: Aaron Robertson

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Mar-12

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Hongjie Dong

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-12

Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop in Statistics

TBA   more››

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 19-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: John Guckenheimer

Complex Oscillations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-12

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium: Richard Montgomery

From brake to Syzygy in the Three-Body Problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Alia Hamieh

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-12

Number Theory Seminar: Vijaykumar Singh

Classification of isogeny classes of supersingular abelian varieties over finite fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-12

PIMS Public Lecture: Kenneth M. Golden "Mathematics and the melting polar ice caps"

Mathematics and the melting polar ice caps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-12

CRM Fields PIMS Prize Lecture: Prof. Stevo Todorcevic (University of Toronto)

STRUCTURE THEORY OF RAMSEY SPACES AND SOME OF ITS APPLICATIONS   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Apr-12
  • 13-Apr-12

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Karl Sigmund (University of Vienna)

Department Colloquium, TBD   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-12

Number Theory Seminar: Lola Thompson

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Apr-12
  • 29-Apr-12

26th Automorphic Forms Workshop

During the last few years, the workshop has facilitated discussions on a variety of topics of interest to college and university faculty. Topics in the past have included connections between automorphic forms and other areas or mathematics, how t   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Apr-12
  • 29-Apr-12

Cascade Topology Seminar

This event will celebrate Dale Rolfsen's 70th birthday. There will be a special conference dinner.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-May-12
  • 31-May-12

Mathematical Cell Biology Graduate (Web-Based) Summer Course

Tentative list of topics    Pattern formation and cellular polarization   Intracellular signaling   Microscopy methods and biological data analysis    Biopolymers and assembly kinetics      more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-May-12
  • 5-May-12

9th PIMS Young Researchers Conference

The PIMS YRC is a unique and important opportunity for young graduate students in mathematics and statistics from PIMS universities to meet their peers and discover the wide range of research currently undertaken in Western Canada and the Pacific   more››

University of Calgary

  • 3-May-12
  • 4-May-12

Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference and North South Dialogue in Mathematics

The Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference presents talks about the teaching issues specific to the colleges and their math course offerings. This is an opportunity to meet with colleagues from Alberta’s post-secondary institutions primarily,   more››

University of Alberta

  • 4-May-12
  • 5-May-12

2012 Prairie Discrete Math Workshop

University of Calgary

  • 5-May-12
  • 6-May-12

Pacific Northwest Geometry Senminar

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-May-12

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Bruce Reznick

TBA   more››

University of Washington

  • 29-May-12
  • 1-Jun-12

Connections between Algebra and Geometry

This workshop will introduce participants to current research topics in the intersection of Algebra and Geometry   more››

University of Regina

  • 31-May-12
  • 1-Jun-12

The Workshop on Representation Theory of Groups, Lie Algebras, and Hopf Algebras

This is a satellite event to the 2012 Summer Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society that will take place from June 2 to 4, and it will continue into that meeting as a Special Session on the same topic.   more››

University of Regina

  • 4-Jun-12
  • 29-Jun-12

PIMS-Mprime Summer School in Probability 2012

There will be two main courses, given by Omer Angel and Gregory Miermont. There will be a number of invited talks. Participants will have an option of giving a presentation as well. Omer Angel - Interacting particle syste   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jun-12
  • 12-Jun-12

Stability Workshop

The stability of coherent structure and patterns.  Stability plays an essential role in many branches of science and engineering, including several aspects of fluid mechanics, high-speed transmission of information, and feasibil   more››

University of Washington

  • 17-Jun-12
  • 22-Jun-12
  • 18-Jun-12
  • 27-Jun-12

Mathematical Modeling in Industry XV: A workshop for graduate students

1) Touch sensing, Silhouettes, and "Polygons-of-Uncertainty"2) Validation of Service Concepts for Oil Drilling by Simulation3) Azimuthal elastic inversion for fracture characterization4) Identifying Sugars5) M   more››

University of Calgary

  • 2-Jul-12
  • 13-Jul-12

2012 AMSI/ANU/UQ Australian Winter School

University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

  • 2-Jul-12
  • 27-Jul-12

PIMS/SFU Summer School for Undergraduates in Algebraic Graph Theory

Algebraic Graph Theory   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Jul-12
  • 15-Jul-12

Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2012

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 16-Jul-12
  • 21-Jul-12

West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

The scientific goal is to provide a modern introduction to algebraic K-theory, with the aim of bringing participants to the research frontier. In particular,the workshop will focus on   the current understanding and interpr   more››

Stanford University

  • 23-Jul-12
  • 27-Jul-12

Fluid Dynamics Summer School

Fluid dynamics refers to the motion of liquids and gases as well as more exotic deformable states of matter including plasmas, magma, slurries, etc. Modern fluid dynamics research is a paradigm of multi-disciplinary science, combining flow experim   more››

University of Alberta

  • 27-Jul-12
  • 5-Aug-12

Summer School and Conference in Cohomology and Support in Representation Theory and Related Topics

Cohomology and support in representations theory,  Commutative algebra,  Triangulated categories and related topics.   more››

University of Washington

  • 29-Jul-12
  • 10-Aug-12

Gene Golub SIAM Summer School

Monterey, California

  • 8-Aug-12
  • 10-Aug-12
  • 12-Oct-12
  • 14-Oct-12

2012 IGTC Summit

TBD   more››

Naramata Centre, Naramata, BC

  • 24-Jun-13
  • 28-Jun-13

Second PRIMA Congress

Shanghai Jiaotong University, China