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Prize
CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
The CRM–Fields–PIMS institutes proudly announce Robert McCann as the 2026 winner, recognized for his exceptional research and landmark contributions to optimal transport theory
Call for new courses
PIMS Network Wide Courses
The PIMS Network Wide Courses programs helps share graduate level courses throughout the PIMS network. Registration for winter courses is now open. Application deadlines vary but begin in November.
Opportunity
PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research
PIMS offers collaborative opportunities for those who have faced barriers such as family obligations, isolation or limited funding. Apply today!
Call for Nominations
PIMS Network Wide Colloquium
PIMS 2025-2026 Network Wide Colloquium begins on Thursday September 25th with our first speaker, Fields Medalist Curtis McMullen. Four other speakers will round out this high profile network wide event.
Funding Available
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.
Newsletter
PIMS Connection
Stay connected to mathematical research, programs, and events across Canada and the international PIMS network.
News Article
Maths, Oceans & International Collaboration
Spotlight on the latest Maths & Oceans article from Paul Vigneaux, on residence at PIMS from France.
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Famously, the adjacency matrix of a graph can be used to enumerate walks in graphs. This makes the adjacency spectrum important to understanding graph structure. I will talk about the non-backtracking matrix, which is used to enumerate walks that are...
In mathematics, a proof not only demonstrates that a statement is true; it also allows others to confirm its correctness by verifying the argument. This talk highlights two places where the same “prove and verify” principle is applied to build...
Finitely generated groups can be treated as geometric objects by considering their Cayley graphs with respect to finite generating sets. All such graphs are quasi-isometrically equivalent. In the 80s, Gromov proposed studying finitely generated...
The reconfiguration of one discrete structure into another one, through a sequence small local modifications, is a wide research area. Famous topics of study range from games like the Rubik's cube or the 15-puzzle via robot motion planning to...
A major milestone in Canadian research and innovation is underway at the University of Saskatchewan, where a new quantum computer will position the institution as a national hub for quantum science...
On March 14—Pi Day—the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) begins celebrating 30 years of advancing the mathematical sciences. For three decades, PIMS has supported research...
A new national report from the Vancouver Sun highlights declining math performance among Canadian students and growing innumeracy, and educators like Melania Alvarez (PIMS Education Coordinator)...