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

Scientific, Seminar
SFU MOCAD Seminar: Sheehan Olver
September 22, 2025
Simon Fraser University
In this talk we see how representation theory can be used in numerical methods for partial differential equations (PDEs) and how numerics can give more efficient methods for computational problems in representation theory. In particular, we will see...
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URegina Topology & Geometry Seminar: Brent Pym
September 23, 2025
University of Regina
A deformation quantization of a manifold is a noncommutative deformation of its algebra of functions; the idea originated in physics, as a way of relating the classical and quantum descriptions of mechanical systems. At leading order in the...
Scientific, Distinguished Lecture
URegina-PIMS Distinguished Lecture: Brent Pym
September 24, 2025
University of Regina
A number is called a "period" if it can be expressed as the volume of a region in Euclidean space, defined by polynomial inequalities with rational coefficients. Many famous constants, such as π, log(2) and special values of the Riemann zeta function...
Scientific, Seminar
UVictoria Discrete Math Seminar: Joshua P Turner
September 25, 2025
University of Victoria
We will discuss a class of ideals in a polynomial ring studied by Mark Haiman in his work on the Hilbert scheme of points and discuss how they are related to homology of affine Springer fibers, Khovanov-Rozansky homology of links, and to the ORS...
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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 1997-2024 we have supported over 400 postdoctoral positions

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Keeping Math Skills Sharp
July 31, 2025
On CTV Morning Live, Dr. Melania Alvarez of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at UBC outlines methods to keep your math skills sharp!
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