2015 Scientific Events

  • 10-Dec-15

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Jens Bauch

OM representation of prime ideals and applications in function fields [video]   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Dec-15

Math Biology Seminar: Josh Scurll

Clustering in cell biology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Dec-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Robert M. Freund

An Extended Frank-Wolfe Method, and its Application to Low-Rank Matrix Completion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Dec-15

PIMS Colloquiam: Kilian Raschel

Counting quadrant walks via Tutte's invariants and transformation theory of elliptic functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Dec-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Aleksandr Aravkin

Variable projection and applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Dec-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Min Tang

The effect of memory in E.coli chemotaxis: How to put it in mathematics models   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Dec-15

Math Biology Seminar: Theodore Kolokolnikov

A novel PDE model of aggregation formation in bacterial colonies   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Dec-15

Probability Seminar: Mathav Murugan

A characterization of Liouville property   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Changfeng Gui

Saddle Solutions of Allen-Cahn Equation on the Plane.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Dec-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Wen Huang

Stable Sets and Chaos in Positive Entropy Systems   more››

University of Alberta

  • 30-Nov-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Joy Morris

Colour-permuting and colour-preserving automorphisms   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 27-Nov-15

PIMS URegina Distinguished Lecture: Vladimir G. Troitsky

Vector lattices, order convergence, and regular sublattices   more››

University of Regina

  • 27-Nov-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Xueying Wang

Mathematical Modeling of Cholera Epidemics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Nov-15

UBC Statistics Distinguished Speaker: Jim Zidek

The long road to 0.075: a statistician’s perspective of the process for setting ozone standards   A   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Nov-15

Math Biology Seminar: Svetlana Komorova

Application of mathematical modeling to puzzling questions in bone physiology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Nov-15

Probability Seminar: Nick Harvey

An Algorithmic Proof of the Lovasz Local Lemma via Resampling Oracles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Nov-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Nick Harvey

Discrepancy theory and the Lovasz Local Lemma   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Nov-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Matthew Coles

Resonance Eigenvalues and the Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Nov-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Johnathan M. Bardsley

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods for Uncertainty Quantification in Inverse Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Mohammad Bardestani

Isotropic quadratic forms and the Borel chromatic number of quadratic graphs   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 23-Nov-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Rob Corless

Optimal Residual and the Leaky Bucket   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-15

Combinatorial Potlatch 2015

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Nov-15

Math Biology Seminar: Fred Adler

Dynamics of coinfections: From confusion to diffusion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Nov-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Svetlana V. Komarova

Title: Application of mathematical modeling to puzzling questions in bone physiology   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Nov-15

Fluid Mechanics Seminar

Practice talks for the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Conference   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Nov-15

Probability Seminar: Alexander E. Holroyd

Random Games   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Karen Yeats

A few $c_2$ invariants of circulant graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Alexandre Bouchard-Cote

Monte Carlo Methods for Complex Models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Zachary Bradshaw

Forward discretely self-similar solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Nov-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Amir Akbary

Lang-Trotter Revisited   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 13-Nov-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Jiguo Cao

Estimating parameters in differential equations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 12-Nov-15

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Bianca Viray

An arithmetic intersection formula for denominators of Igusa class polynomials [video]   more››

University of Washington

  • 10-Nov-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Alejandro Morales

Hook-length formulas for skew shapes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Nov-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Dinesh K. Pai

Biomechanical Modeling and Simulation of Human Movement   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Nov-15

PIMS - ULethbridge Distinguished Speaker: Vladimir Troitsky

Unbounded order convergence and regular sublattices   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 7-Nov-15
  • 8-Nov-15

Cascade Topology Seminar

Portland State University, Oregon

  • 6-Nov-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: David Sivak

Driven Langevin systems: fluctuation theorems and faithful dynamics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 5-Nov-15

Math Biology Seminar: Gregory Kelly

Early insights into topological classification of compartmental models of West Nile virus by equilibriums   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Nov-15

Topology Seminar: Eiko Kin

Braids, automorphisms and orderings   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Nov-15

Probability Seminar: Avi Levy

Finitely dependent graph homomorphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Sergio Gonzalez-Andrade

Multigrid second-order accurate solution of parabolic control-constrained problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Jose Samper

Relaxing the matroid axioms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Nov-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Theodore Kolokolnikov

Swarms: from molecular dynamics to biological aggregations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Nov-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

The autocorrelation of a multiplicative function   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 30-Oct-15

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Raman Parimala

Local-global principles for quadratic forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Oct-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Theodore Kolokolnikov

Swarms: from molecular dynamics to biological aggregations   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 28-Oct-15

Topology Seminar: Omar Antolin Camarena

A simple universal property of Thom ring spectra   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Oct-15

Probability Seminar: Lionel Levine

Circles in the Sand   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Tuoc Van Phan

Gradient estimates and global existence of smooth solutions to a cross-diffusion system   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Abbas Mehrabian

Cops and a Fast Robber on Planar and Random Graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Carlos Ventura

An earthquake early warning network for BC - how does it work?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Farzad Aryan

Gaps between zeros of the Riemann zeta function   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 24-Oct-15
  • 24-Oct-15

Pacific Northwest Probability Seminar

University of Washington

  • 23-Oct-15

2015 PIMS-Math Job Forum for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

The PIMS-Math Job Forum is an annual Forum to help graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Mathematics Department with their job searches. The session is divided in two parts: short presentations from our panel followed by a discussion.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Oct-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Leo G. Rebholz

Natural vorticity boundary conditions on solid walls and applications to velocity-vorticity methods   more››

University of Alberta

  • 23-Oct-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Bob McMurray

Computational modeling of developmental systems: Revealing emergence in the development of speech and language   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Oct-15

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Miguel Moyers-Gonzalez

Constitutive Modelling and Unsteady Flow of Yield Stress Materials   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Oct-15

Math Biology Seminar: Catherine Byrne

HIV-1 Infection Establishment in HSV-2+ Patients   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Oct-15

Topology Seminar: Kyle Ormsby

Tensor triangular geometry of the stable motivic homotopy category   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Oct-15

Probability Seminar: Kilian Raschel

Discrete harmonic functions in the quadrant   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Oct-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Alia Hamieh

Special Values of Rankin-Selberg L-Functions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 17-Oct-15
  • 18-Oct-15

Pacific Northwest Geometry Seminar

University of Washington

  • 17-Oct-15
  • 16-Oct-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Ivan Corwin

A Drunk Walk in a Drunk World   more››

University of Washington

  • 16-Oct-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Alexander Bihlo

Invariant and conservative discretization schemes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Oct-15

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Matthew Greenberg

Signs of abelian varieties and representations [video]   more››

University of Calgary

  • 15-Oct-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Bernadette Miara

Elastodynamics of Strongly Heterogeneous Periodic Plates using Reissner-Mindlin and Kirchhoff-Love Models   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-Oct-15

Mathematics of Information and Applications Seminar: Ben Adock

Compressed sensing with local structure: theory, applications and benefits   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Oct-15

Probability Seminar: Anna Ben-Hamou

Cutoff for non-backtracking random walks on sparse random graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Oct-15

Topology Seminar: Bert Guillou

The eta-local motivic sphere   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Oct-15

CORE Seminar: Michael Over­ton

Nonsmooth, Nonconvex Optimization: Algorithms and Examples   more››

University of Washington

  • 13-Oct-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Azahara de la Torre

On Singular Solutions for the Fractional Yamabe Problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Oct-15

West Coast Optimization Meeting (WCOM)

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 9-Oct-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Hinke Osinga

Shaken But not Stirred: Using Mathematics in Earthquakes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Oct-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Bernd Krauskopf

The Dynamics of Aircraft as Ground Vehicles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Oct-15

Topology Seminar: Camille Horbez

Subgroups of the automorphism group of a free product   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Oct-15

Probability Seminar: Richárd Balka

Restrictions of Brownian motion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Oct-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Anna Barry

Relative Equilibria with a Dominant Vortex   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Oct-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jun-Cheng Wei

On Type II Singularity Formulation of Harmonic Map Flows   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Oct-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Abbas Mehrabian

Bounds for Randomized Rumour Spreading Protocols   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Alexey Popov

Every operator has almost-invariant subspaces   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 2-Oct-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Amnon Yekutieli

Nonabelian Multiplicative Integration on Surfaces   more››

University of Washington

  • 2-Oct-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Joep Evers

First-order models for groups of social individuals with anisotropic interactions        more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Oct-15

Math Biology Seminar: Claude Verdier

Mechanical Cues in Cancer Metastasis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Sep-15

Topology Seminar: Rick Wade

Subspace arrangements and BNS invariants, continued.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Sep-15

Probability Seminar: Konstantin Tikhomirov

The Smallest Singular Value of Random Matrices with Independent Entries   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Wolfgang Spitzer

Area Law for the Entanglement Entropy of the Free Fermi Gas at Nonzero Temperature   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Sep-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Harrison Chapman

Asymptotic laws for knot diagrams   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Sep-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Stas Shvartsman

From Two-Dimensional Sheets to Three-Dimensional Structures in Developing Tissues   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Sep-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Dave Morris

What is a superrigid subgroup?   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 25-Sep-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Vrushali Bokil

M-adaptation for Dispersion Optimized Edge Discretizations of the Electric Vector Wave Equation   more››

University of Alberta

  • 25-Sep-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Gavin Jenkins

Neural Modelling of Object Similarity Judgments   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 24-Sep-15
  • 26-Sep-15

Conference on the Mathematics of Sea Ice

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 24-Sep-15

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Robert Poole

Transition to Asymmetry in Pipe Flow of Shear-Thinning Fluids†   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-15

Topology Seminar: Ric Wade

Subspace Arrangements and BNS Invariants   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-15

Probability Seminar: Steffen Rohde

Random Dessins d'Enfants   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Liangming Shen

Unnormalized Conical Kahler-Ricci Flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Eldad Haber

A New Misfit Function for the Full Waveform Inversion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Sep-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Jair Taylor

Chromatic symmetric functions of hypertrees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Sep-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Amy Feaver

A two-part talk on (1) Sage mathematics software and (2) multiquadratic fields   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 17-Sep-15

10th Annual Richard & Louise Guy Lecture: Juggling Mathematics & Magic

Juggling Mathematics & Magic   more››

University of Calgary

  • 16-Sep-15

Probability Seminar: Nathanaël Berestycki

Critical exponents for FK random planar maps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Sep-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Micha Sharir

The Elekes-Ronyai-Szabo theory and its applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Sep-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Tai-Chia Lin

Solutions to Poisson-Nernst-Planck type systems with cross-diffusion terms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Sep-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar

Open problem session   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 14-Sep-15

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Clemens Koppensteiner

Hochschild Cohomology of Torus-Equivariant D-Modules   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Sep-15

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Rayan Saab

Near-optimal quantization and encoding under various measurement models   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Sep-15

PIMS Distinguished Visitor/ Number Theory Seminar: Samir Siksek

Sums of Seven Cubes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Sep-15

PIMS - UAlberta Distinguished Visitor: Cliff Frohlich

Fracking and Earthquakes... a cause for concern?   more››

University of Alberta

  • 10-Sep-15

Math Biology Seminar: Gautam I. Menon

Crowding: Why it might not be a bad idea after all   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Sep-15

Math Biology Seminar: Gautam I. Menon

A Computational Model for Chromosome Positioning   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Aug-15

Math Biology Seminar: Lisanne Rens

A model of mechanical cell-extracellular matrix interactions to study self organization on compliant substrates   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Aug-15
  • 21-Aug-15
  • 17-Aug-15
  • 28-Aug-15
  • 14-Aug-15

PIMS Regina Distinguished Lecture: Alexandru Suciu

Hyperplane Arrangements: At the Crossroads of Topology and Combinatorics   more››

University of Regina

  • 13-Aug-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Claire Mathieu

Homophily and the Emergence of a Glass Ceiling Effect in Social Networks   more››

University of Victoria

  • 7-Aug-15
  • 9-Aug-15

Prairie Discrete Math Workshop

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 6-Aug-15

Symposium on Mathematics and Computation

The Department of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University is pleased to present The 2015 SFU Symposium on Mathematics and Computation, which will be held on Thursday August 6th at the IRMACS Centre, SFU Burnaby Campus. This annual event showcases the   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 5-Aug-15
  • 7-Aug-15
  • 18-Jul-15
  • 19-Jul-15

Workshop on Pattern Formation

Dalhousie University

  • 15-Jul-15

Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Genomics Lecture Series: Eric Tannier

Lateral Gene Transfers, From a Phylogenetic Nightmare to a Phylogenetic Marker   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 13-Jul-15
  • 17-Jul-15
  • 9-Jul-15

Math Biology Seminar: John MacKenzie

A Computational Method for the Coupled Solution of Reaction-Diffusion Equations on Evolving Domains and Surfaces: Application to a Model of Cell Migration and Chemotaxis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jul-15
  • 11-Jul-15

Canadian Undergraduate Computer Science Conference

University of British Columbia, Okanagan

  • 8-Jul-15

Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Genomics Lecture Series: Eric Tannier

Multiscale Integrated Paleogenomics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 2-Jul-15
  • 29-Jun-15

Mathematical and Computational Evolutionary Genomics Lecture Series: Eric Tannier

How We Learned that Chromosomes are Linear Arrangements on Genes   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 29-Jun-15
  • 9-Jul-15
  • 17-Jun-15

A Conversation with Donald Knuth

A Conversation with Donald Knuth   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jun-15
  • 21-Jun-15
  • 15-Jun-15
  • 26-Jun-15
  • 15-Jun-15
  • 19-Jun-15
  • 15-Jun-15
  • 11-Jul-15
  • 15-Jun-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Darcy Best

Finding Long Transversals in Latin Squares   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 12-Jun-15
  • 14-Jun-15

Alberta Number Theory Days VII

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 11-Jun-15
  • 14-Jun-15

Theory Canada 10

University of Calgary

  • 10-Jun-15
  • 12-Jun-15
  • 10-Jun-15

PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture: Yann Brenier

From Euler to Born-Infeld, Fluids and Electromagnetism   more››

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

  • 7-Jun-15
  • 27-Jun-15
  • 1-Jun-15
  • 4-Jun-15
  • 1-Jun-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Adam Felix

How close is the order of a mod p to p−1?   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 28-May-15

Math Biology Seminar: Ajay Chitnis

Using Agent Based Models to Understand Morphogenesis of the Zebrafish Posterior Lateral Line Primordium   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-May-15
  • 29-May-15
  • 26-May-15
  • 29-May-15

Curvature of the Central Path in Linear Programming

 Overview: The field of optimization is ubiquitous to countless applications in engineering and sciences. Within the past 3 decades, the field of convex optimization was revolutionized with the introduction of the so-call   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-May-15

2015 Niven Lecture: Ingrid Daubechies

 Surfing With Wavelets     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-May-15
  • 29-May-15
  • 19-May-15

CORE Seminar: Jon Kel­ner

Bridg­ing the Numer­i­cal and the Com­bi­na­to­r­ial: Emerg­ing Tools, Tech­niques, and Design Prin­ci­ples for Graph Algorithms   more››

University of Washington

  • 19-May-15

Topology Seminar: Rick Jardine

Path categories and algorithms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-May-15
  • 29-May-15

PIMS-USASK Graduate Summer School: Applied Combinatorics

Applied Combinatorics   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 16-May-15
  • 17-May-15
  • 14-May-15

Applied Math Seminar: Vakhtang Putkaradze

Geometric theory of garden hose dynamics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-May-15

Topology Seminar: Robert Oliver

Automorphisms of p-completed classifying spaces of groups of Lie type   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-May-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Stephen Krone

Directed evolution of phage lysins: using mathematical models to explore feasibility/design of new antibacterial drugs   more››

University of Victoria

  • 11-May-15
  • 15-May-15

Big Data in Environmental Science

University of British Columbia

  • 8-May-15
  • 9-May-15

Alberta Mathematics Dialogue

University of Lethbridge

  • 8-May-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Catherine Williams

The Mathematical Monetization of the Internet: How Theory + Data Ads Up   more››

University of Washington

  • 8-May-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Ram Murty

Consecutive Squarefull Numbers   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 8-May-15

PIMS-ULethbridge Distinguished Lecture: Ram Murty

Measurements, Mathematics and Information Technology   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 7-May-15

Math Biology Seminar: Anmar Khadra

The biophysics of T-cells: From molecular interactions to population dynamics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-May-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Chris Budd

Climate Change – does it all add up?   more››

University of Victoria

  • 4-May-15
  • 8-May-15
  • 1-May-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Michelle Wachs

Eulerian Polynomials and Beyond   more››

University of Washington

  • 28-Apr-15

CORE Seminar: Joel Tropp

Applied Ran­dom Matrix Theory   more››

University of Washington

  • 28-Apr-15

Math Biology Seminar: Bryan Mayer

Statistical and mathematical modeling of human herpesviruses   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Apr-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Angelo Vistoli

Cohomological invariants of algebraic stacks (after Robert Pirisi)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Apr-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: David Ben-Zvi

Betti Geometric Langlands   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Apr-15
  • 26-Apr-15

Cascade Topology Seminar

University of Victoria

  • 25-Apr-15

The 3rd BC Combinatorics Day

University of Victoria

  • 21-Apr-15

Math Biology Seminar: Pavitra Roychoudhury

Modelling single cells: applications for HIV cure and HSV immunology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Apr-15
  • 24-Apr-15
  • 18-Apr-15
  • 9-Sep-15

PIMS-SFU Distinguished Speaker: Lalitha Venkataramanan

Exploring Careers in Science: Applied Mathematics in the Oilfield Industry   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 14-Apr-15

PIMS-ULethbridge Distinguished Visitor Series: Kumar Murty

Rational Points on Elliptic Curves   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 14-Apr-15

PIMS Distinguished Visitor Series: Kumar Murty

Rational Points on Elliptic Curves   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 14-Apr-15

SCAIM Seminar: Arieh Iserles

Fast computation of the semiclassical Schrodinger equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Apr-15

PIMS Distinguished Visitor Series: Heydar Radjavi

Can Values of a Single Function on a Group of Operators Give Away its Structure?   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 13-Apr-15
  • 15-Apr-15

PIMS-ULethbridge Distinguished Visitor Series: Heydar Radjavi

Can Values of a Single Function on a Group of Operators Give Away its Structure?   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 10-Apr-15

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Omar Ghattas

Bayesian Inversion for Large Scale Antarctic Ice Sheet Flow   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Apr-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Tyrone Phillips

Residual-based Discretization Error Estimation for Computational Fluid Dynamics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-15
  • 14-Dec-15

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Kenneth R. Davidson

Multivariable Operator Theory and Dilation Theory   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 4-Apr-15

Bellingham Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Western Washington University, Bellingham

  • 1-Apr-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Shaun Fallat

Eigenvalues, Determinants, and Distribution of Rank: Towards Taussky Unification   more››

University of Victoria

  • 30-Mar-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Oliver Jensen

Modelling Plant Cell & Tissue Growth   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: An Huang

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Mar-15

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Lisa Fauci, Tulane University

Waving tails, flexible fibers, and sticky situations: explorations in biological fluid dynamics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Mar-15
  • 29-Mar-15

Algorithmic Theory of Networks Workshop

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Mar-15

CRM - Fields - PIMS Prize Lecture: Kai Behrend

Algebraic Stacks and the Inertia Operator   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-15

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: On Shun Pak

Flows under the microscope: Effects of Viscous, Elastic and Interfacial Forces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-15

PIMS Alberta Distinguished Lecture: Edgar Knobloch

Spatially Localized Structures: Experiments, Theory and Numerics   more››

University of Alberta

  • 25-Mar-15

Topology Seminar: Nicolo Sibilla

Cetegorification of orbifold products and derived loop stacks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jaigyoung Choe

New characterizations of the catenoid and helicoid   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Eric Fusy

Introduction to maps III: planar map enumeration   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-15

PIMS-UBC Statistics Constance Van Eeden Lecture: Peter Guttorp

Projecting the Uncertainty of Sea Level Rise Using Climate Models and Statistical Downscaling   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Mar-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Vladimir Chernousov

Algebraic groups and maximal tori   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Mar-15

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Barry Merriman

How to Solve Disease on a Population Scale   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Mar-15

PIMS Colloquium: Yingfei Yi

Concentration of Stationary Measures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Mar-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Michael A. Henning

Total Domination in Graphs and Transversals in Hypergraphs   more››

University of Victoria

  • 17-Mar-15

Topology Seminar: Tali Pinsky

On the volumes of complements of geodesics on surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Eric Fusy

Introduction to maps II: planar map enumeration   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Tom Coates

Mirror Symmetry and the Classification of Fano Manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-15

Frontiers in Biophysics Conference

Grid Cells and the Dynamics of Entorhinal CortexAbstract: Grid cells and place cells are often called the brain's GPS since these neurons enable spatial localization within an environment. Their discovery was the basis for the 2014 Nobel Pr   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-15

Algorithmic Theory of Networks Seminar: Marcos Aguilera

Yesquel: Scalable SQL Storage for Web Applications   more››

University of Calgary

  • 13-Mar-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: James Hanna

Catenaries in Viscous Fluid   more››

University of Alberta

  • 13-Mar-15

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Jill Pipher

The Mathematics of Lattice-based Cryptography   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-15

PIMS/UCalgary Distinguished Colloquium: Steve Kirkland

Optimising the Kemeny Constant for a Markov Chain   more››

University of Calgary

  • 11-Mar-15

Topology Seminar: Eiko Kin

Pseudo-Anosovs with small dilatations in the hyperelliptic handlebody groups and spherical Hilden groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Mar-15

Probability Seminar: Matthew Junge

The Frog Model on Trees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Mar-15

Math Biology Seminar: Joshua Schiffer

In silico clinical trials for treatment and eradication of viral infections   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Mar-15

Discrete Math Seminar: James Wilson

Nilpotence, Simplicity, and Exotic Geometries   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Mar-15

Math Biology Seminar: Cindy Greenwood

MathBio Works in Progress: Spatially Structured Neural Systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Mar-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Jim Bryan

The Donaldson-Thomas theory of K3xE Via Motivic and Toric Methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-15

Algorithmic Theory of Networks Seminar: George Giakkoupis

Vertex Connectivity under Vertex Sampling   more››

University of Calgary

  • 6-Mar-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Lauren Williams

The Positive Grassmannian   more››

University of Washington

  • 6-Mar-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Chris Budd

Data Assimilation and Adaptivity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Mar-15

Topology Seminar: Ergun Yalcin

Finite group actions on homotopy spheres   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Mar-15

Math Biology Seminar: Jummy Davis

Mathematical Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Co-infection.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Mar-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Davi Maximo

On the Topology and Index of Minimal Surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Mar-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Uriya First

Spectrum in Simplicial Complexes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: David Carchedi

Dg-manifolds as Derived Manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-15

UBC/SFU Joint Statistical Seminar

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Feb-15

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Dmitry Zenkov

Hamel’s Formalism for Infinite-Dimensional Mechanical Systems   more››

University of Alberta

  • 27-Feb-15

CORE Seminar: Jean­nette Wing

TBA   more››

University of Washington

  • 27-Feb-15

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Tom Hou

Blowup or no blowup? The interplay between theory and computation in the study of 3D Euler equations.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-15

UBC Math Department Lecture: Tony Guttmann

Integrability, Solvability and Enumeration   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Sampath Kannan

Algorithmic Mechanisms for Privacy, Truthfulness and Social Welfare   more››

University of Victoria

  • 25-Feb-15

Probability Seminar: Gordon Slade

A new proof of the sharpness of the percolation phase transition   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Philippe Gille

Serre's Conjecture II : Beyond the de Jong-He-Starr's Theorem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Eric Fusy

Introduction to Maps I: Polygon Gluings and Classification of Surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Marie-Therese Wolfram

Crowd Motion: From Modeling to Simulations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-15

Math Biology Seminar: Will Carlquist

Mini system model construction from in vitro experimental data   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Feb-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Dan Hammer

Adhesive Dynamics Simulations of Blood Cell Adhesion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Feb-15

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Mark Rudelson

Non-asymptotic Approach in Random Matrix Theory   more››

University of Washington

  • 19-Feb-15

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Rahul Mukherjee

Bose Bush bound revisited: elementary considerations and further prospects   more››

University of Victoria

  • 17-Feb-15

Math Biology Seminar: Michael Gilchrist

Mining the Genome: Estimating Gene Expression, Mutation, & Ribosome Pausing Times from Patterns of Codon Usage   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Feb-15

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Richard M. Schoen

New results on the Bartnik mass   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Feb-15

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Anthony Wachs

Particulate flow across multi-scales: numerical strategies for momentum, heat and mass transfer   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Feb-15

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Jean-Christophe Nave

Some New Numerical Techniques to Some Old PDE Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-15

Discrete Math Seminar: Richard Anstee

Ramsey Theory and Forbidden Configurations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

Gaps Between the Zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 5-Feb-15

PIMS-ULethbridge PIMS Distinguished Visitor Series: Fairouz Kamareddine

Computerising Mathematical Texts with MathLang   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 5-Feb-15

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Ivan Christov

Low Reynolds Number Flows Through Shaped and Deformable Conduits   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Feb-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: David Moulton

Frameworks and Discretizations for Coupled Surface/Subsurface Flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-15

PIMS-ULethbridge PIMS Distinguished Visitor Series: Fairouz Kamareddine

Types and Functions Since Principia and Computerisation of Language and Mathematics   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 2-Feb-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Mattia Talpo

Infinite Root Stacks of Log Schemes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jan-15

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Eliot Fried

Slender-body theory via dimensional reduction and hyperviscous regularization.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-15

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Brian Wetton

Computational models of two electrochemical systems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-15

PIMS-SFU Distinguished Speaker: Michael Singer

 Differential Groups and the Gamma Function   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 27-Jan-15

Math Biology Seminar: Fred Bauer

Nosocomial disease transmission models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Jan-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

A Subconvexity Bound for Modular L-functions (part 2)   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 26-Jan-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Francois Greer

Picard Groups of K3 Moduli Spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-15

SCAIM Seminar: Olaf Schenk

Direct solvers for sparse matrices: Introduction, applications and supercomputing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-15

Math Biology Seminar: Leah Edelstein-Keshet

Models of molecular motors and their cargo: transport and spatial distribution   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Jan-15

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Olaf Schenk

Performance Engineering of Seismic Simulations for Future Exascale Architectures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Jan-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

A subconvexity bound for modular L-functions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 15-Jan-15

CORE Seminar: Jon Klein­berg

Incen­tives for Col­lec­tive Behav­ior: Badges, Pro­cras­ti­na­tion, and Long-Range Goals   more››

University of Washington

  • 14-Jan-15

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Ngoc Mai Tran

Random Subdivisions & Neural Coding   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-15

Math Biology Seminar: David Earn

Fever, disease invasion, and transmission dynamics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-15

SCAIM Seminar: Andy Wan

The multiplier method of constructing conservative finite difference schemes for differential equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-15

CORE Seminar: James Rene­gar

Extend­ing the Applic­a­bil­ity of Effi­cient First-Order Meth­ods for Con­vex Opti­miza­tion   more››

University of Washington

  • 13-Jan-15

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Nicolaos Kapouleas

Recent Gluing Constructions in Differential Geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-15

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar

Open problem session   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 12-Jan-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Theo Johnson-Freyd

Functorial Axioms for Heisenberg-picture Quantum Field Theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Jan-15

Department Colloquium: Roland Bauerschmidt

Renormalisation in statistical mechanics.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Jan-15

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Jeffrey Giansiracusa

Scheme theory in tropical geometry   more››

University of British Columbia