2009 Scientific Events
- 21-Dec-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Duistermaat-Heckmann measure for reductive group actions
University of British Columbia
- 10-Dec-09
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
Topology Seminar: Fully irreducible outer automorphisms of a free group
University of British Columbia
- 8-Dec-09
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Infectious Diseases and Cancer
University of British Columbia
- 7-Dec-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Self rational maps of K3 surfaces
University of British Columbia
- 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
- 3-Dec-09
Mathematical Biology Seminar: A 3D computational model of the Mammalian Cochlea with Asymptotics
University of British Columbia
- 2-Dec-09
Probability Seminar: Deterministic Poisson thinning on finite and infinite volumes
University of British Columbia
- 1-Dec-09
Perfect matchings in grid graphs after vertex deletions
University of British Columbia
- 1-Dec-09
Small solutions of Nonlinear Schrodinger Equations with Many Bound States
University of British Columbia
- 1-Dec-09
A Hybrid Approach For Solving Sparse Linear Least Squares Problems
University of British Columbia
- 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
- 26-Nov-09
Number Theory Seminar: Ranks of elliptic curves over function fields
University of British Columbia
- 26-Nov-09
Number Theory Seminar: Counting arithmetic progressions in sums of squares
University of British Columbia
- 26-Nov-09
Number Theory Seminar: Summing Pretentious Multiplicative Functions
University of British Columbia
- 26-Nov-09
PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Some issues relating to fluid-structure interaction problems
University of British Columbia
- 25-Nov-09
Probability Seminar: Recurrence of the Simple Random Walk Path
University of British Columbia
- 24-Nov-09
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Non-negatively cross-curved transportation costs
University of British Columbia
- 24-Nov-09
SCAIM Seminar: Consolidation of Unorganized Point Clouds for Surface Reconstruction
University of British Columbia
- 23-Nov-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: The local projective plane, a fractal-like curve, and Gamma_1(3)
University of British Columbia
- 21-Nov-09
Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop
Simon Fraser University
- 21-Nov-09
Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver
- 20-Nov-09
PIMS-CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Viscometry of bulk materials and atomic structures
Simon Fraser University
- 18-Nov-09
Probability Seminar: Cluster expansions and fixed points
University of British Columbia
- 18-Nov-09
- 17-Nov-09
Bijective counting of one-face maps on surfaces
University of British Columbia
- 17-Nov-09
General Hardy inequalities with improvements and applications
University of British Columbia
- 17-Nov-09
Scientific Computation and Applied & Industial Mathematics  more››
University of British Columbia
- 17-Nov-09
Math Biology Seminar: Branching Processes in Evolutionary Epidemiology
University of British Columbia
- 16-Nov-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Goresky-MacPherson duality and deformations of Koszul algebras
University of British Columbia
- 12-Nov-09
- 13-Nov-09
University of British Columbia
- 12-Nov-09
University of British Columbia
- 10-Nov-09
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Fourth order diffusion with geometric link to second order diffusion
University of British Columbia
- 10-Nov-09
University of British Columbia
- 10-Nov-09
Math Biology Seminar: A Numerical Model of Cellular Blebbing
University of British Columbia
- 9-Nov-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Arc spaces and equivariant cohomology II
University of British Columbia
- 9-Nov-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Arc spaces and equivariant cohomology
University of British Columbia
- 9-Nov-09
IAM-PIMS-MITACS Distinguished Colloquium -Theory and Modeling of Reactive Events
University of British Columbia
- 6-Nov-09
PIMS/Math Colloquium: Issues in multivariate polynomial interpolation
University of British Columbia
- 4-Nov-09
Probability Seminar: Speeds in (partially) asymmetric processes
University of British Columbia
- 4-Nov-09
Algebra Topology Seminar: Nullity classes and t-structures in the derived category of a ring
University of British Columbia
- 3-Nov-09
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Mass critical generalized KdV equation
University of British Columbia
- 3-Nov-09
Math Biology Seminar: Matthias Conrad
University of British Columbia
- 2-Nov-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Rationally smooth Schubert varieties and B-modules
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
- 29-Oct-09
Number Theory Seminar: An extension to the Brun-Titchmarsh Inequality
University of British Columbia
- 28-Oct-09
University of British Columbia
- 28-Oct-09
University of British Columbia
- 27-Oct-09
Discrete Math Seminar: Estimating the entropy of Z^2 shifts of finite type
University of British Columbia
- 27-Oct-09
DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Inverse problems via variational methods
University of British Columbia
- 27-Oct-09
SCAIM Seminar: How fast can we multiply and divide polynomials?
University of British Columbia
- 26-Oct-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Rigidity properties of Fano varieties
University of British Columbia
- 25-Oct-09
2009 West Coast Optimization Meeting
Simon Fraser University, Surrey
- 24-Oct-09
Pacific Northwest Probability Seminar
University of Washington
- 24-Oct-09
- 25-Oct-09
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- 23-Oct-09
Shuffling Cards and Adding Numbers  more››
University of Washington
- 22-Oct-09
PIMS Distinguished Chair Lecturer - Bubblesort and Juggling Sequences
University of Victoria
- 22-Oct-09
Math Biology Seminar: Biological aggregation patterns and the role of social interactions
University of British Columbia
- 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
- 19-Oct-09
Algebraic Geometry Seminar: The zero locus of an admissible normal function
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
- 8-Oct-09
PIMS/WMAX Postdoctoral Colloquium: Parabolic systems with rough initial data
University of British Columbia
- 7-Oct-09
Topology Seminar: Survey of profinite homotopy theory
University of British Columbia
- 6-Oct-09
SCAIM Seminar: Reconstruction Techniques for Inverse Problems in Microscopy and Tomography
University of British Columbia
- 6-Oct-09
University of British Columbia
- 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
- 6-Oct-09
Math Biology Seminar: Models and manipulations: Min oscillations inside an E. coli bacterium
University of British Columbia
- 2-Oct-09
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
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
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
- 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
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
The Mechanics and Mathematics of Growth and Remodeling in Biological Systems  more››
University of British Columbia
- 21-Sep-09
Applied Mathematics Seminar: The Benjamin-Ono Equation in the Small Dispersion Limit
University of Saskatchewan
- 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
Models in population genetics with continuous geography  more››
University of British Columbia
- 16-Sep-09
Hilbert Uniformization I: moduli spaces of surfaces  more››
University of British Columbia
- 15-Sep-09
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
- 6-Sep-09
- 10-Sep-09
Mathematical Challenges from Molecular Biology and Genetics
Banff, Alberta
- 4-Sep-09
Mixing times and coagulation-fragmentation  more››
University of British Columbia
- 4-Sep-09
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
Workshop on Elliptic Curve Cryptography 2009
University of Calgary
- 22-Aug-09
- 23-Aug-09
Prairie Discrete Mathematics Workshop 2009
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
- 19-Aug-09
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
University of British Columbia
- 11-Aug-09
- 13-Aug-09
21st ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures
University of Calgary
- 10-Aug-09
- 12-Aug-09
Twenty-Eighth Annual ACM SIGACT-SIGOPS Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing
University of Calgary
- 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
Pointed torsors and Galois groups   more››
University of British Columbia
- 5-Aug-09
- 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
On the Euclidean, affine, and projective invariants of the supercircle, and their associated cocycles  more››
University of British Columbia
- 28-Jul-09
- 27-Jul-09
- 30-Jul-09
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
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
University of British Columbia
- 22-Jul-09
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
- 17-Jul-09
- 19-Jul-09
2009 Canadian Young Researchers Conference in Mathematics and Statistics
University of Calgary
- 16-Jul-09
2009 Math Biology Seminar - 11
Neural Coding in Electric Fish   more››
University of British Columbia
- 14-Jul-09
- 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
The Renormalization Group and Statistical Mechanics
University of British Columbia
- 6-Jul-09
- 10-Jul-09
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
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
This is part of the PIMS/Accelerate Canada Thematic Program on Partial Differential Equations, and the  more››
University of Victoria
- 18-Jun-09
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
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
- 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
PIMS Undergraduate Algebra Summer School
University of Alberta
- 19-May-09
Who Invented the Great Numerical Algorithms?  more››
University of British Columbia
- 13-May-09
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
Combinatorics, Randomization, Algorithms and Probability
Centre de Recherches Mathématiques
- 4-May-09
- 28-May-09
Statistics for Dynamic System Models (Stat 890)
Simon Fraser University
- 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
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
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
Reconstructing the Genomic Architecture of Ancestral Mammals  more››
University of Washington
- 24-Apr-09
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
The non-linear wave equation in high dimensions : existence, Hölder-continuity and Itô-Taylor expansion.  more››
University of British Columbia
- 22-Apr-09
Modulos of constant Jordan type  more››
University of British Columbia
- 18-Apr-09
- 19-Apr-09
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
Branching processes and real world networks  more››
University of British Columbia
- 15-Apr-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
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
- 7-Apr-09
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
Please see the attached files for a copy of the abstract.  more››
University of British Columbia
- 3-Apr-09
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
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
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
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
- 27-Mar-09
- 26-Mar-09
- 24-Mar-09
2009 Discrete Maths Seminar - 06
How to Win and Lose Combinatorial Games  more››
University of British Columbia
- 24-Mar-09
Discrete Geometric Homogenization  more››
University of British Columbia
- 20-Mar-09
- 19-Mar-09
2009 Math Biology Seminar - 06
Optimization of Mutual Information in Genetic Networks  more››
University of British Columbia
- 19-Mar-09
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
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
- 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
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
Second moment estimates for the growth exponent of loop-erased random walk  more››
University of British Columbia
- 11-Mar-09
Integrable hierarchies and singular theo  more››
University of British Columbia
- 10-Mar-09
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
Divergence-Conforming Finite Element Methods for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations  more››
Simon Fraser University
- 4-Mar-09
A synthesis of results on the geometric dimension problem  more››
University of British Columbia
- 3-Mar-09
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
- 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
Estimating the entropy of a Z^d shift of finite type with probabilistic methods  more››
University of British Columbia
- 25-Feb-09
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
The MITACS-Accelerate Internship Programme  more››
University of British Columbia
- 20-Feb-09
Recent Results on Lifted Formulations for Integer Programs  more››
University of Washington
- 20-Feb-09
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
- 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
Stability of non-compact manifolds under curvature flows  more››
University of British Columbia
- 11-Feb-09
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
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
- 4-Feb-09
2009 Math Biology Seminar - 03
A mechanochemical model for endocytic vesicle formation  more››
University of British Columbia
- 4-Feb-09
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
Fluctuations and growth of the magnitude of the Dirichlet determinants of Anderson Model at all disorders  more››
University of British Columbia
- 3-Feb-09
- 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
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
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
Multiscale models of solid tumor growth and angiogenesis  more››
University of British Columbia
- 24-Jan-09
2009 Applied Math Graduate Student Conference
Simon Fraser University
- 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
Influence and Statistical Mechanics  more››
University of British Columbia
- 21-Jan-09
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
- 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