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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.

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

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 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.

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

For a finite-dimensional algebra A over an algebraically closed field k, varieties of finite-dimensional A-modules offer a geometric perspective on the homological and categorical properties of A and its modules. These varieties parametrize vector...

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Tipping points (critical transitions) are abrupt, often irreversible shifts in dynamical systems that can be triggered by small changes. This talk tackles two questions: how to predict tipping early and why tipping occurs. In this talk, I will...

Weighting methods are essential tools for estimating causal effects in observational studies, with the goal of balancing pre-treatment covariates across treatment groups. Traditional approaches pursue this objective indirectly, for example, via...

Despite only comprising about a quarter of the total population of Canada, foreign-born individuals bear about three-quarters of the burden of active tuberculosis (TB) cases. To investigate the impact of immigration on the burden of TB among foreign...

Every quantitative strategy has a lifecycle. It gets discovered, deployed, crowded, and eventually either dies or evolves. These phases are only obvious in hindsight. Living through them, you never know which one you're in. This talk replays the...

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Important Dates

March 14, 2026

PIMS Education prize nominations due

March 15, 2026

M2PI Partner Organization Project Submission Deadline

April 15, 2026

PIMS BIRS Team Up! Applications deadline

April 17, 2026

M2PI Grad-student/postdoc application deadline

May 1, 2026

PIMS Network Wide Courses: Call for new courses for 2026-2027

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 1997-2025 we have supported over 450 postdoctoral positions

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Syzygy Users

Syzygy is a JupyterHub service created by PIMS

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Scientific Events

From 1996-2025 PIMS has supported over 6500 scientific events

Latest News & Updates

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)...

In February 2026, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) hosted the Canada–France–Chile Ocean Research Connections Workshop, an international event designed to strengthen research...

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Emergent Research Seminar

PIMS/BIRS Team Up! Pathways to Inclusive Research