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

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UBC DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Nicolaos Kapouleas
March 24, 2026
University of British Columbia
In the first part of the talk (introduction) I will recall classical and semi-classical results and conjectures. In the second part I will review the current status of PDE gluing constructions of minimal surfaces. In the last (main) part of the talk...
Scientific, Seminar
PIMS-CORDS SFU Operations Research Seminar: Amzi Jeffs
March 24, 2026
Simon Fraser University
Geophysical inversion is a well-established method for conducting non-invasive surveys of underground anomalies, such as buried infrastructure. Typically, inversion is performed using numerical methods: gradient descent and physics-based simulations...
Scientific, Seminar
The PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow Seminar: Samir Mondal
March 25, 2026
Online
In real Lie theory, matrices that admit a real logarithm lie in the identity component $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})_+$ of the general linear group $\mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{R})$, while their logarithms belong to the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{gl}_n(\mathbb{R}...
Scientific, Colloquia
PIMS Network Wide Colloquium: Melanie Wood
March 26, 2026
Online
It is well-known that for any finite group G, there exists a closed 3-manifold M with G as a quotient of the fundamental group of M. However, we can ask more detailed questions about the possible finite quotients of 3-manifold groups, e.g. for G and...
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PIMS Acknowledges

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We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

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PIMS hosts an International Research Lab of the CNRS

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We acknowledge the support from the Simons Foundation

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Collaborative Research Groups (CRG)

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

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PIMS Postdocs

Between 1997-2025 we have supported over 450 postdoctoral positions

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Syzygy Users

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Scientific Events

From 1996-2025 PIMS has supported over 6500 scientific events

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Celebrating 30 Years of PIMS
March 13, 2026
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...
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