Scientific Summer School Events

  • 26-Aug-11
  • 28-Aug-11

2011 West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

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

University of Washington

  • 4-Jul-11
  • 15-Jul-11

Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2011

Waves and Imaging   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jun-11
  • 8-Jul-11

Séminaire de Mathématiques Supérieures: Metric-measure Spaces

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

Université de Montréal

  • 8-Aug-10
  • 15-Aug-10

West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

Homotopy Theory of Moduli Spaces: the Mumford Conjecture on the stable cohomology of mapping class groups as resolved by Madsen-Tillmann Weiss, cobordism categories, stability theorems and other recent developments   more››

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • 6-Aug-10
  • 10-Aug-10

Summer School on Computer Models and Geophysical Risk Analysis

Volcanology, specifically rapid granular flows or pyroclastic flows, provides an excellent scientific motivation and backdrop to investigate the collaborative application of computational models, statistical methods, and risk analysis. Volcanoes p   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Jul-10
  • 25-Jul-10

Workshop on quantum algorithms, computational models, and foundations of quantum mechanics

This three-day workshop will focus on the mathematical aspects of quantum information: algorithms, computational models and foundations of quantum mechanics. It will serve as a focal point for experts in quantum information science to present th   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jul-10
  • 30-Jul-10

10th Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information

This is an event organized by the CRG in Mathematics of Quantum Information   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jul-10
  • 13-Aug-10

A minisemester on evolution of interfaces, Sapporo 2010

It is well-known that a precise analysis of evolving patterns and structures is not only mathematically interesting but also important for understanding complicated phenomena in science and technology. In this minisemester, we focus on surface evolut   more››

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

  • 28-Jun-10
  • 16-Jul-10

UW Inverse Problems and Partial Differential Equations Summer School 2010

A three-week summer school giving advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students the opportunity to study with the University of Washington's integrated   more››

University of Washington

  • 21-Jun-10
  • 10-Jul-10

2010 PIMS Summer School in Probability

University of Washington

  • 14-Jun-10
  • 25-Jun-10

Summer School on Operator Algebras and Non-commutative Geometry

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

University of Victoria

  • 7-Jun-10
  • 9-Jul-10

MITACS-PIMS-UBC Summer School in Risk Management and Risk Sharing

 Graduate course 1: Portfolio management under risk constraints, Professor Bruno Bouchard (Universite Paris-Dauphine). Graduate course 2: Asymmetry of information and risk sharing, Professor Ivar Ekelan   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-May-10
  • 2-Jun-10
  • 10-May-10
  • 20-May-10
  • 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

  • 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

  • 8-Jun-09
  • 3-Jul-09

Summer School in Probability

University of British Columbia

  • 25-May-09
  • 4-Jun-09
  • 9-Aug-08
  • 13-Aug-08

The International Graduate Summer School on Statistics and Climate Modeling

Topics * Introduction to foundations and methods for estimating curves and surfaces * Basic climate model science * Regional climate and assessing impacts of climate change * Reconstructing past climate * Int   more››

National Center for Atmospheric Research

  • 22-Jul-08
  • 1-Aug-08

Summer School on Particles, Fields and Strings

Freddy Cachazo (Perimeter), New Techniques in Perturbation Theory: Gauge Theory and Gravity Jaume Gomis (Perimeter), Nonlocal Operators in Gauge Theory and Holography Clifford Johnson (USC), Perturbative and Nonperturba   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Jul-08
  • 23-Jul-08

Summer School Workshop on Stochastic and Probabilistic methods for atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics

This PIMS workshop is intended for graduate students, post-docs, and young researchers in applied math and atmosphere/ocean sciences who are interested in the application of stochastic and probabilistic modelling and analysis techniques for atmos   more››

University of Victoria

  • 14-Jul-08
  • 18-Jul-08

Summer School on Stochastic and Probabilistic methods for atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics

This PIMS summer school is intended for graduate students, post-docs, and young researchers in applied math and atmosphere/ocean sciences who are interested in the application of stochastic and probabilistic modelling and analysis techniques for a   more››

University of Victoria

  • 14-Jul-08
  • 18-Jul-08

Summer school on Bayesian modeling and computation

For more information, please click here to visit the external site.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jun-08
  • 8-Jul-08

Summer School in Probability: An ACCELERATE BC Graduate Training Event

Discrete Spatial Processes in Probability, Geoffrey Grimmett (University of Cambridge, UK) Math 609E section 921 - catalogue #222075 Click h   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-May-08

Third Canadian Summer School on Communications and Information Theory

For more information, please visit the externals site at:   http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/%7Ehcdc/ss08/index_ssv08.html   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-May-08
  • 11-May-08

2008 Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta

We invite you to participate in the 2008 Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta. This is the 4th summer school organized by the MITACS team on Transmission Dynamics and Spatial Spread of Infectio   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Aug-07
  • 19-Aug-07

Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings

The Summer School on Particle Physics, Cosmology and Strings is the 5th in an ongoing series offered by Perimeter Institute and PIMS. The summer school is targeted at 40 advanced graduate students in high energy physics with interests in at least one   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Jul-07
  • 3-Aug-07

Summer School Tropical multiscale convective systems: Theory, modeling, and observations

This event is a 3-day summer school (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) followed by a 2-day workshop (Thursday, Friday). The aim is to bring university researchers in applied math, physics, or meteorology departments working in the area of tropical meteorol   more››

University of Victoria

  • 9-Jul-07
  • 14-Jul-07

International Graduate Institute on Modeling Environmental Space – Time Processes

PIMS invites applications for the International Graduate Summer School on Modeling Environmental Space - Time Processes designed for graduate students or Postdoctoral fellows in the statistical sciences as well as others with a solid background   more››

University of Washington

  • 5-Jun-07
  • 15-Jun-07

Summer School on Combinatorial models in geometry and topology of flag manifolds

Topics of Study Young tableaux, Schubert polynomials, the Goresky-Kottwitz-MacPherson graph for equivariant cohomology of flag manifolds (with emphasis on the results of Guillemin and Zara), cohomology of weight varieties (via th   more››

University of Regina

  • 4-Apr-07
  • 16-Aug-07

Summer School on Particles, Fields and Strings

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Aug-06
  • 12-Aug-06

Sixth Canadian Summer School on Quantum Information Processing

The goal of this summer school is to introduce a general audience of computer scientists, physicists, and mathematicians with little or no background in quantum information processing to this exciting and growing field. Quantum information pro   more››

University of Calgary

  • 7-Aug-06
  • 19-Aug-06

Summer School on Strings, Gravity and Cosmology

This will be the fourth in an ongoing series of annual summer schools in theoretical physics held in Canada. The first and second editions of these schools were held at the University of British Columbia. The third summer school took place at the Per   more››

University of Alberta

  • 10-Jul-06
  • 21-Jul-06

Summer School on Frontiers in Mathematics and Economics

The summer school brings together graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young faculty members from business schools, economics, mathematics and operations research with leading economists and mathematicians. It exposes students in business a   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jun-06
  • 20-Jun-06

2006 Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases

The purpose of this summer school is to provide effective training for collaborative research in infectious diseases based on mathematical modeling and qualitative analysis. The school is designed for epidemiology and public health graduate students,   more››

York Univerisity