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PIMS Postdoctoral Summit

PIMS postdoctoral research fellows are invited to the 2025 PIMS Postdoctoral Summit at the University of Calgary on April 28th. Connect with peers, share research experiences, and explore career mentorship opportunities.

PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award

PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award helps provides funding for researchers attending a BIRS 5-day (or longer) program to maximize the impact of their travel by visiting a PIMS site for collaboration.

PIMS Network Wide Courses

The PIMS Network Wide Courses programs helps share graduate level courses throughout the PIMS network. Applications for new courses are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is May 1st.

The PIMS mandate is to promote excellent research and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel, to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive community in the mathematical sciences, to enrich public awareness of and education in mathematics and to create partnerships with similar organizations around the world.

Upcoming Events

The mathematics of origami, or paper folding, raises rich questions in combinatorics and computational geometry, particularly related to flat-foldability: given a crease pattern, represented as a planar graph, and an assignment of mountains and...

Plenary Talk Abstracts De-clawing graph theory (Stephanie van Willigenburg) This talk requires no prior knowledge and will be a gentle introduction to colouring graphs, suitable for a broad audience including students. We will start with some...

What is the SRP? The UBC Mathematics Summer Reading Program (SRP) connects small groups of first-year and second-year undergraduates with a graduate student or postdoctoral mentor for to learn some advanced mathematics beyond the undergraduate...

Terms & Conditions Non-Refundable – All ticket sales are final. Transfer Policy – Tickets are non-transferable. Limited Availability – Tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be available for purchase at the event. Dietary...

In the rich landscape of algebraic varieties, moduli spaces stand out as some of the most enchanting varieties, capturing the imagination of algebraic geometers with their profound elegance and deep connections to other branches of mathematics...

ELMACON is an annual math contest for students in grades 5, 6, and 7. Students tackle hard mathematical questions in an competitive environment to determine who will take home trophies and prizes. The contest is designed to be challenging but fun. It...

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Important Dates

May 1, 2025

PIMS Network Wide Courses - New Courses Deadline

PIMS Acknowledges

Collaborative Research Groups (CRG)

CRGs are one of PIMS flagship programs, building world class research networks.

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PIMS Postdocs

Between 1997-2024 we have supported over 400 postdoctoral positions

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Syzygy Users

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Scientific Events

From 1996-2024 PIMS has supported over 4500 scientific events

Latest News & Updates

Darja Barr, a senior mathematics instructor at the University of Manitoba, has been awarded the 2025 PIMS Education Prize for her outstanding contributions to math education. The PIMS Education Prize...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) would like to inform its community and partners that Dr. Kristine Bauer has decided not to seek renewal of her role as Co-Director, Industry...

PIMS is thrilled to announce the Dr. Christos Thrampoulidis, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC, has been awarded the 2024 PIMS/UBC Mathematical...

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PIMS Postdoctoral Summit

PIMS Network Wide Colloquium

Emergent Research Seminar

PIMS-BIRS-Simons Travel Award

PIMS Network Wide Courses

PIMS Connection

PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research

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