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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.

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.

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.

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

Teachers are expected to attend from 9:00 to 12:30 every weekday and to work on their own at home for another half an hour each day. They will be paid a $1,200 stipend upon completion of the program. Registration is now closed. Applicants will be...

Event Schedule: 1:30-1:45 Welcome remarks 1:45-2:45 Deanna Needell Title: On Fairness and Foundations in AI Abstract: In this talk, we will discuss several areas of recent work centered around the themes of fairness and foundations in machine...

Participants will be introduced to four foundational areas of mathematics by guest lecturers during the first week and then work on inquiry based projects with the support of the lecturers and graduate teaching assistants. One of the DREAMs Institute...

It is strongly encouraged for women and gender minorities with Indigenous backgrounds to apply for this summer camp. As part of the camp, students will interact with each other in a unique immersive environment, exploring topics in cybersecurity and...

Workshop Timeline February: Applications open. March 29: Applications should be submitted by this date to ensure full consideration. April 10: Decisions will be announced. April 10: Group leaders will share their proposed projects with accepted...

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Important Dates

November 1, 2026

CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Nominations

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

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Emergent Research Seminar

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