2009 Scientific Events

  • 10-Dec-09

PIMS PDF Colloquium: Counting Sheep -- Bayesian Methods to Account for Time-Dependent Covariates in Open-Population Capture

Capture-recapture methods are widely used to monitor endangered wildlife populations. A requirement of simple capture-recapture models is that all individuals alive on one sampling occasion have the sameprobability of capture. While this ass   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Dec-09
  • 7-Dec-09
  • 7-Dec-09

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium -Bayesian Statistical Reasoning

Bayesian Statistical Reasoning: An Inferential, Predictive and Decision-Making Paradigm for the 21st Century   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-09
  • 30-Nov-09

Moduli spaces of curves with A_k-singularities

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Nov-09

Vancouver Econometrics Workshop: Patrik Guggenberger & Shinichi Sakata

Patrik Guggenberger:On the Asymptotic Size Distortion of Tests When Instruments Locally Violate the Exogeneity Assumption  Shinichi Sakata:Instrumental Variables Estimation and Weak-Identificati   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Nov-09
  • 21-Nov-09

Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop

Simon Fraser University

  • 21-Nov-09

Combinatorial Potlatch 2009

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 18-Nov-09
  • 17-Nov-09

Bijective counting of one-face maps on surfaces

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-09
  • 17-Nov-09

Stable and efficient evaluation of periodized Green's functions for the Helmholtz equation at high frequencies

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industial Mathematics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Nov-09
  • 13-Nov-09

Mini-symposium in PDE

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Nov-09
  • 4-Nov-09
  • 3-Nov-09
  • 3-Nov-09

Math Biology Seminar: Matthias Conrad

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Oct-09

PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecture Series: The Language of Forms

A journey from the Mobius strip, though affine Kac-Moody and superconformal algebras, to children's drawings. Abstract: One of the most recurrent themes in both Physics and Mathematics, is the study and construction   more››

University of Regina

  • 27-Oct-09
  • 25-Oct-09

2009 West Coast Optimization Meeting

Simon Fraser University, Surrey

  • 24-Oct-09
  • 24-Oct-09
  • 25-Oct-09

Cascade Topology Seminar

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • 23-Oct-09

2009 UW-PIMS Colloquium - 04

Shuffling Cards and Adding Numbers   more››

University of Washington

  • 21-Oct-09

Probability Seminar: Group Field Theory

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Oct-09

SCAIM Seminar: Efficient High-Order Hybrid Elements for the Wave Equations

Efficient High-Order Hybrid Elements for the Wave Equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Oct-09
  • 18-Oct-09
  • 16-Oct-09

PIMS-CSC Seminar: Measuring the phonetic similarity between speech sounds

Measuring the phonetic similarity between speech sounds   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Oct-09

Topology Seminar: Equivariant Lefschetz invariants via analysis

Equivariant Lefschetz invariants via analysis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Oct-09

Topology Seminar: The moduli spaces of generalized Morse functions

The moduli spaces of generalized Morse functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Oct-09

Probability Seminar: Combinatorics and Cluster Expansions

Combinatorics and Cluster Expansions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Oct-09

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: On the best constant in the Moser-Onofri-Aubin Inequality

On the best constant in the Moser-Onofri-Aubin Inequality   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Oct-09

SCAIM Seminar: Iterative regularization or inverse problems

Iterative regularization for inverse problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Oct-09
  • 6-Oct-09

Discrete Math Seminar: Skew Schur Functions of Sums of Fat Staircases

Skew Schur Functions of Sums of Fat Staircases   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Oct-09

A Graph of Matrices

University of Regina

  • 1-Oct-09

Number Theory Seminar: Linear (in)dependence of zeros of L-functions

Linear (in)dependence of zeros of L-functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Oct-09

Number Theory Seminar: On the Báez-Duarte criterion for the Riemann hypothesis

On the Báez-Duarte criterion for the Riemann hypothesis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Sep-09

Probability Seminar: The Infinite rate mutually catalytic branching model

The Infinite rate mutually catalytic branching model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-09

Discrete Math Seminar - Forbidden Configurations: Critical Substructures

Forbidden Configurations: Critical Substructures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-09

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: On an isoperimetric inequality for a Schroedinger operator depending on the curvature of a loop

On an isoperimetric inequality for a Schroedinger operator depending on the curvature of a loop   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-09

SCAIM Seminar: Numerical Approaches to Solving the Problems of Utilising Wood

Numerical Approaches to Solving the Problems of Utilising Wood   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Sep-09

2009 Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar

 The PNWNAS has been an annual event since 1987, held on a Saturday each fall.  For more information, please visit the official website at:   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Sep-09

Topology Seminar: Bilipschitz equivalence is not equivalent to quasi-isometric equivalence for finitely generated group

Bilipschitz equivalence is not equivalent to quasi-isometric equivalence for finitely generated group   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Sep-09

PIMS-CSC Seminar: Numerical Construction of Multiresolutions from Subdivisions

Numerical Construction of Multiresolutions from Subdivisions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 24-Sep-09

New Trends and Developments in Variational Analysis

Variational analysis has been well recognized as a rapidly growing and fruitful area in mathematics motivated mainly by the study of constrained optimization and equilibrium problems, while also applying perturbation ideas and variational principl   more››

University of Victoria

  • 23-Sep-09

Probability Seminar: Particle Approximation of the Wasserstein Diffusion

Particle Approximation of the Wasserstein Diffusion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-09

Topology Seminar: Hilbert Uniformization II: homology of moduli spaces

Hilbert Uniformization II: homology of moduli spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-09

Discrete Math Seminar: Introductory CGT

Introductory CGT   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-09

DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Controllability results for a fish-like swimming body

Controllability results for a fish-like swimming body   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-09

Math Biology Seminar: The Min system in E.coli: A stochastic polymer model and new ideas for experiments

The Min system in E.coli: A stochastic polymer model and new ideas for experiments   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-09
  • 26-Sep-09

Workshop on Discovery and Experimentation in Number Theory 2009

The mathematical community is recognizing that besides being a valuable numerical and experimental tool, computation is an important object of mathematical study in its own right and an important theoretical tool as well as a source of new and exciti   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 21-Sep-09

IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium-The Mechanics and Mathematics of Growth and Remodeling in Biological Systems

The Mechanics and Mathematics of Growth and Remodeling in Biological Systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Sep-09

PIMS-CSC Seminar: A New Class of Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) Finite Element (FE) Methods

A New Class of Discontinuous Petrov-Galerkin (DPG) Finite Element (FE) Methods for Convection-Dominated Diffusion and Compression Navier-Stokes Equations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Sep-09

Special PIMS Seminar: Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College

Women still represent significantly less than half of math graduate students and faculty, despite the fact that they are majoring in math at higher rates. Women often don't choose math or get serious about mathematics until later in their education,   more››

University of Victoria

  • 17-Sep-09

PIMS Postdoctoral Colloquium: KPP pulsating traveling fronts within large drift

KPP pulsating traveling fronts within large drift   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Sep-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 15

Models in population genetics with continuous geography   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Sep-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 17

Hilbert Uniformization I: moduli spaces of surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Sep-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 12

Spot: A linear-operator toolbox for Matlab   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Sep-09

Math Biology Seminar: On the Emergence, Replication and Abundance of some Early Cell Structures

On the Emergence, Replication and Abundance of some Early Cell Structures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Sep-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 14

Mixing times and coagulation-fragmentation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Sep-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 13

Hitting probabilities for systems of stochastic partial differential equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Aug-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 12

Elucidating pathways in bacterial chemotaxis & a novel method for checking parameter identifiability   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Aug-09

PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecture Series - Jianer Chen

Randomized Process of Small Unknowns and Implicitly Enforced Parameter Bounds: New Algorithmic Techniques for Parameterized Computation   Abstract: Parameterized algorithms have witnessed a tremendou   more››

University of Regina

  • 24-Aug-09
  • 26-Aug-09
  • 22-Aug-09
  • 23-Aug-09

Prairie Discrete Mathematics Workshop 2009

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 19-Aug-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 16

Mapping tori of self-homotopy equivalences of lens spaces     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Aug-09
  • 21-Aug-09

Workshop on Nonlinear dispersive and geometric evolution problems: singularities and asymptotics

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: Nonlinear dispersive and geometric evolution problems - singularities and asymptotics More info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/  This workshop will focus on non   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Aug-09
  • 14-Aug-09

Selected Areas in Cryptography 2009

The Workshop on Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC) is an annual conference dedicated to specific themes in the area of cryptographic system design and analysis.   For more information, please visit the official website   more››

University of Calgary

  • 13-Aug-09
  • 15-Aug-09

Second CMS - SMM Meeting 2009

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Aug-09
  • 14-Aug-09

Summer School on Seismic Imaging

In exploration or reflection seismology, seismic imaging creates images of the Earth's upper crust using seismic waves generated by artificial sources and recorded into extensive arrays of sensors (geophones or hydrophones). The technology is   more››

University of Washington

  • 7-Aug-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 15

Pointed torsors and Galois groups     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Aug-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 14

Cocycle categories   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Aug-09
  • 7-Aug-09

Workshop on Regularity problems in hydrodynamics

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: Regularity problems in hydrodynamicsMore info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/ The main focus of this workshop is on global questions for partial differential eq   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jul-09

2009 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 05

On the Euclidean, affine, and projective invariants of the supercircle, and their associated cocycles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Jul-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 11

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jul-09
  • 31-Jul-09

Workshop on New Connections Between Differential and Random Turn Games, PDE's and Image Processing.

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: New connections between differential and random term games and elliptic and parabolic differential equations More info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jul-09
  • 14-Aug-09

Models in Ecology

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre

  • 27-Jul-09
  • 30-Jul-09

2009 Alberta Topology Seminar Retreat

The Alberta Topology Seminar (ATS) retreat will be held at the Goldeye resort outside Nordegg, AB.    more››

Nordegg, Alberta

  • 24-Jul-09
  • 26-Jul-09

IGTC Summit and Workshop 2009

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Jul-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 13

Splitting methods in topology and geometry    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jul-09
  • 24-Jul-09

Workshop on - Analysis of nonlinear PDEs and free boundary problems: applications to homogenization

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: Analysis of nonlinear PDEs and free boundary problems: applications to homogenizationMore info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Jul-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 11

Neural Coding in Electric Fish    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jul-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 10

Milestones in Multigrid     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jul-09
  • 21-Jul-09

2009 International Seminar on Low-Dimensional Homotopy Theory and Combinatorial Group Theory

This meeting focuses on unsolved problems in low-dimensional homotopy theory and combinatorial group theory. These include Whitehead's Asphericity Conjecture, the Andrews-Curtis Conjecture, Wall's Domination Problem in dimension two, the rela   more››

Wallowa Lake Lodge, Joseph, Oregon, USA

  • 6-Jul-09
  • 10-Jul-09

Workshop on - Asymptotic analysis in the calculus of variations and PDEs

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: Asymptotic analysis in the calculus of variations and PDEs More info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/   Short description: Concentration phenomena and qu   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Jul-09
  • 10-Jul-09
  • 6-Jul-09
  • 10-Jul-09

First PRIMA Congress

Sydney, Australia

  • 5-Jul-09

Symposium in Honour of David Brydges and Joel Feldman

Symposium in Honour of David Brydges and Joel Feldman  on the occasion of their 60th birthdays   This is also part of the   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jun-09
  • 3-Jul-09

Topics in Kinetic Theory

PIMS/Accelerate Canada Summer School in PDE: Topics in Kinetic TheoryMore info: http://www.math.ubc.ca/~gustaf/SummerSchool09/   Kinetic Theory offers many deep problems of fundamental significance in physics and engi   more››

University of Victoria

  • 29-Jun-09
  • 10-Jul-09

KMS States and Non-Commutative Geometry

This meeting is an activity of the CRG on Operator Algebras and Non-Commutative Geometry.     more››

University of Victoria

  • 29-Jun-09
  • 3-Jul-09
  • 18-Jun-09

Banquet for RWRE workshop

  This is a social event for the RWRE workshop.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jun-09
  • 19-Jun-09

Random Walks in Random Environments

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jun-09
  • 3-Jul-09

Summer School in Probability

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Jun-09
  • 8-Jun-09

CMS-PIMS Canada/Korea Special Session on Algebraic Geometry and Topology 2009

PIMS is co-sponsoring a Canada/Korea Special Session on Algebraic Geometry and Topology, June 6-8, at the CMS Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland.     more››

St. John's, Newfoundland

  • 4-Jun-09
  • 10-Jun-09

PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecture Series - Jeffrey Rosenthal

TALK #1: June 4 2009, UBC 7:30 PM in the Fairmont Lounge at St. John's College The Curious World of Probabilities by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal   more››

Greater Vancouver Regional District

  • 4-Jun-09
  • 6-Jun-09

Workshop on Statistical Methods for Dynamic System Models

Statistical Methods for Dynamic System Models Differential Equation Models Statistics Parameter Estimation Model Building   More info:   more››

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 31-May-09
  • 3-Jun-09

Statistical Society of Canada Meeting 2009

University of British Columbia

  • 28-May-09
  • 31-May-09

Foundational Methods in Computer Science 2009

University of British Columbia

  • 27-May-09
  • 31-May-09

Workshop on Geometry Related to the Langlands Programme

The Langlands programme dominates the representation theory of linear algebraic groups over local and global fields. The theme of this workshop is the exploration of some of the geometric ideas appearing in recent advances in the Langlands progr   more››

University of Ottawa

  • 27-May-09
  • 29-May-09

Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology

The goal of the conference is to promote cross-disciplinary research in statistical methods in engineering, science and technology. This is to be interpreted broadly to cover a wide range of application areas including environment, information and ma   more››

Coquitlam, British Columbia

  • 26-May-09
  • 30-May-09

37th Canadian Operator Symposium

 37th Canadian Operator Symposium   more››

University of Regina

  • 25-May-09

2009 Niven Lecture: Asymptotic properties of finite groups and their applications

We will discuss the recent developments in the asymptotic theory of finite groups and their applications to theoretical computer science, number theory and topology.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-May-09
  • 28-May-09

Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference 2009

The general topic of the conference was the theory and application of discrete structures and its goal was to highlight the most salient trends in the field, which has close links to such diverse areas as cryptography, computer science, large-s   more››

Centre de Recherches Mathématiques

  • 25-May-09
  • 4-Jun-09
  • 19-May-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 09

Who Invented the Great Numerical Algorithms?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-May-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 12

Span of Orthogonal Sphere Bundles over Spheres      more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-May-09
  • 15-May-09

New Directions in Random Spatial Processes

The goal of this workshop is to highlight emerging new topics in spatial probability, and related areas where probabilistic ideas play an important role. The emphasis is on types of questions and approaches that are not largely based on exist   more››

University of Alberta

  • 11-May-09
  • 15-May-09

CAHAS 2009 - Canadian Abstract Harmonic Analysis Symposium - Laufest

Abstract harmonic analysis and related topics (Banach algebra, operator spaces, geometric functional analysis, etc.).   more››

University of Alberta

  • 4-May-09
  • 8-May-09

Combinatorics, Randomization, Algorithms and Probability

The ties between combinatorics and probability run so deep that for many deep and interesting problems, it is nonsensical to try to assign one category or the other. The subject of this workshop is these sorts of problems, many of which in fact co   more››

Centre de Recherches Mathématiques

  • 4-May-09
  • 8-May-09
  • 4-May-09
  • 28-May-09
  • 2-May-09
  • 3-May-09

2009 Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar

  Lagrangian Mean Curvature flow for entire Lipschitz graphs, Albert Chau (University of British Columbia) Abstract: We prove existence of longtime smooth solutions to mean curvature flow of entire Lipschi   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-May-09
  • 2-May-09

Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference & North South Dialogue in Mathematics

Alberta Colleges Mathematics Conference - May 1 & 2, 2009 This annual conference presents talks on teaching issues specific to college math course offerings and provides an opportunity to meet colleag   more››

Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta

  • 30-Apr-09

2009 Alberta Number Theory Day

A one-day regional conference featuring five invited lectures with ample opportunity for interaction, discussion and socialization between participants.   more››

University of Calgary

  • 29-Apr-09
  • 1-May-09

Third Annual Meeting of the Prairie Network for Research in Mathematical Sciences

Pure mathematics; Applied mathematics & mathematical physics; Statistics; and Industrial & computational mathematics.   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 29-Apr-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 12

Myopic strategies and impact of forecast errors   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Apr-09

PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Matrix Canonical Forms   Abstract: You are in your office; the door is open. A well-dressed visitor walks in confidently without knocking. He has a single sheet of wrinkled paper in his left hand and a part   more››

University of Regina

  • 25-Apr-09
  • 26-Apr-09

2009 Cascade Topology Seminar

The Cascade Topology Seminar is a biennial gathering of topologists from the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern Canada.       more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Apr-09

2009 UW-PIMS Colloquium - 03

Reconstructing the Genomic Architecture of Ancestral Mammals   more››

University of Washington

  • 24-Apr-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 11

Getting to the heart of smooth 4-manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Apr-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 10

Early Real-time Estimation of the Basic Reproductive Number   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Apr-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 11

The non-linear wave equation in high dimensions : existence, Hölder-continuity and Itô-Taylor expansion.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Apr-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 10

Modulos of constant Jordan type   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Apr-09
  • 19-Apr-09

ABC Algebra Workshop

University of Calgary

  • 15-Apr-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 08

Emergent network properties in the preBotzinger Complex: the cellular and synaptic mechanisms of respiratory rhythm generation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Apr-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 10

Branching processes and real world networks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Apr-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 09

Stable decompositions and almost commuting elements in Lie groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Apr-09

PIMS-UBC Info Session on Grant Opportunities

Subject: Funding Possibilities Venue: WMAX 110 (PIMS), 2 pm Abstract: We will discuss funding opportunities in pure and applied mathematics, and strategies for obtaining grants, fellowships, and so on. We will   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Apr-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 09

Choice-memory tradeoff in allocations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Apr-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 07

Schnyder woods generalized to higher genus surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Apr-09

2009 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 04

Curved is the norm   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Apr-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 08

Constructing Multi-resolutions from Regular Geometric Subdivisions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Apr-09

2009 Algebraic Geometry Seminar - 05

The moduli space of cubic threefolds via degenerations of the intermediate Jacobian   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Apr-09

CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Lecture

Please see the attached files for a copy of the abstract.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Apr-09

2009 UW-PIMS Colloquium - 02

Auf Wiedersehen Surfaces, Revisited   more››

University of Washington

  • 2-Apr-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 12

On computing a basis for the space of half integer weight modular forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Apr-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 11

Irreducibility of generalised Hermite-Laguerre polynomials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Apr-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 08

Localization of the eigenfunctions of the one-dimensional Schrödinger operator in the presence of random potentials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Mar-09

Hamilton equations for gauge-invariant problems

The Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms in field theories are equivalent when the Lagrangian is regular. Nevertheless, there are many interesting instances where regularity is not guaranteed. This is the case of those variational problems o   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Mar-09

2009 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 03

Hamilton equations for Gauge-invariant problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-09

2008-09 IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series - 05

The Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-09

2009 Algebraic Geometry Seminar - 04

A vanishing result for toric varieties associated with root systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-09

2008-09 IAM PIMS MITACS Distinguished Colloquium-5

The Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Methods    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-09

Sixth Combinatorics Day

  This one-day conference builds on the success of the last five "Combinatorics Day" events, all supported by PIMS.  The purpose of the "Combinatorics Day" is two-fold.  First, to bring together p   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 27-Mar-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 07

Diabetes Double Bill   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Mar-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 07

Is the Outer Solar System Chaotic?   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Mar-09

PIMS Postdoctoral Colloquium 4

Chow Motives of Quadrics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 06

How to Win and Lose Combinatorial Games   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 07

Discrete Geometric Homogenization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Mar-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 06

Boundary integral scattering   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Mar-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 06

Optimization of Mutual Information in Genetic Networks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Mar-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 08

On two-fold branched covers, L-spaces, and Khovanov homology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Mar-09
  • 20-Mar-09

Effects of climate change 2009

The themes for the workshop are facts and uncertainties of climate change and its effects on coastal systems and marine safety, and the use of modern statistical tools to address some of these important issues.     more››

Sliema, Malta

  • 18-Mar-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 07

Using multiple SLE to explain a certain observable in the 2d Ising model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 05

Anomaly detection in communications networks via hypergraphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 06

Boundary integral scattering   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-09
  • 17-Mar-09

Statistical software for climate research 2009

This is a short course on Statistical Software and Extreme Value Analysis.     more››

Sliema, Malta

  • 13-Mar-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 05

Multiscale Simulation of Biochemical Systems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Mar-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 10

Visibility of Sha[3] in genus-2 jacobians   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Mar-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 09

On the congruence equation x y = c (mod q)   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 11-Mar-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 06

Second moment estimates for the growth exponent of loop-erased random walk   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Mar-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 07

Integrable hierarchies and singular theo   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Mar-09

2009 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 02

Mean curvature flow of entire Lagrangian graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Mar-09

2009 Algebraic Geometry Seminar - 03

Fourier transform in algebraically closed valued fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 04

Divergence-Conforming Finite Element Methods for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Mar-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 06

A synthesis of results on the geometric dimension problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Mar-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 05

Divergence-Conforming Finite Element Methods for coupled free and groundwater flow.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-09

2008-09 IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series - 04

Spatially Localized Structures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Feb-09

PIMS Postdoctoral Colloquium 3

Isomorphism problem for group algebras and enveloping algebras    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Feb-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 03

Cloaking Light and Sound   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Feb-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 08

Rational points on curves and cryptography   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 07

Moments of the error term in the Dirichlet divisor problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Feb-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 05

Estimating the entropy of a Z^d shift of finite type with probabilistic methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Feb-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 05

Dynamics of Out(F): twisting out fully irreducible automorphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-09

Special PIMS Speaker - A History of Combinatorial Games

Combinatorial Game Theory---games of pure strategy where there are no chance devices---had its beginnings in 1902 and a major breakthrough in the theory was enunciated in the books "On Numbers and Games", Conway, 1978, and "Winning   more››

University of Victoria

  • 24-Feb-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 04

A simple and efficient solution of the identifiability problem for hidden Markov sources and quantum random walks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 04

The MITACS-Accelerate Internship Programme   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Feb-09

2009 UW-PIMS Colloquium - 01

Recent Results on Lifted Formulations for Integer Programs   more››

University of Washington

  • 20-Feb-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 02

Superlattice Patterns in Oscillatory Systems with Multi-Resonant Frequency Forcing   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Feb-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 05

Investigating the role of IGRP-specific low avidity T cells in the protection against T1D   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-09
  • 19-Feb-09

Random Processes and Systems

This conference is mainly supported by the Global Center of Excellence (GCOE).  It is based on a joint research project between PIMS and Kyoto University.     more››

Kyoto University, Japan

  • 12-Feb-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 04

Mathematical models of calcium regulation in cardiac cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Feb-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 06

The Chebyshev's Bias phenomenon from the point of view of probability theory and asymptotic formulas   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Feb-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 05

Weight drop in Phi^4 transcendentals   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Feb-09

2009 DG-MP-PDE Seminar - 01

Stability of non-compact manifolds under curvature flows   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Feb-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 04

Orientation reversal of manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 03

Distinguishing Graphs via Their Chromatic Symmetric Function   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 03

Coupled Principles for Contacting Systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-09

2009 Algebraic Geometry Seminar - 02

Positivity and transversality in the equivariant K-theory of flag varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Feb-09

2009 PIMS-CSC Seminar - 01

Integral Deferred Correction Methods   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Feb-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 03

A mechanochemical model for endocytic vesicle formation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Feb-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 03

Topological Aspects of finite subset spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Feb-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 02

A Spectral Approach to the Moore Bound   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Feb-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 04

Fluctuations and growth of the magnitude of the Dirichlet determinants of Anderson Model at all disorders   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Feb-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 02

Traffic flow on networks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-09

2009 Algebraic Geometry Seminar - 01

Sections of line bundles on moduli spaces of sheaves on rational surfaces and Le Potier's strange duality   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Jan-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 02

Prime Knots with arc index up to 11 and an upper bound arc index for non-alternating knots   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jan-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 02

Synchronization of cardiac cells growing in culture   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jan-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 04

Erdös-Turán with a moving target, equidistribution of roots of reducible quadratics, and Diophantine quadruples   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jan-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 03

A survey of L-function computations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Jan-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 03

Convergence of random walk in random environment to fractional kinetic motion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-09

2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 01

Do four colours really suffice?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-09

2009 SCAIM Seminar - 01

Multiscale models of solid tumor growth and angiogenesis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-09
  • 23-Jan-09

PIMS Postdoctoral Colloquium 2

Almost commuting elements in Lie Groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Jan-09

PIMS Special Speaker: Configurations of points and lines - A brief survey

A k-configuration is a finite collection of n points and n lines, such that each of the n points is on precisely k lines and each line contains precisely k points. Some relevant results were known long ago, but the recent years have seen a large n   more››

University of Victoria

  • 21-Jan-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 02

Influence and Statistical Mechanics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Jan-09

2009 Topology Seminar - 01

Fox calculus and fibred manifolds    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-09

8th Pacific Northwest PDE Meeting

This is one of the collaborative activities that is spearheaded by the PIMS Collaborative Research Group in PDE.     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-09

2009 Math Biology Seminar - 01

Multi-scale mathematical modeling of motile keratocyte cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 02

Approximation and the Riemann zeta function   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Jan-09

2009 Number Theory Seminar - 01

Transcendence and functional equations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 14-Jan-09

2009 Probability Seminar - 01

Mixing in Time and Space   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-09

2008-09 IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium Series - 03

Understanding Swimming at Low Reynolds Numbers: Successes and Challenges   more››

University of British Columbia