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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M2PI Case Studies Virtual Seminar: Dylan Loader
October 29, 2025
Online
In this talk, I'll share my experience transitioning from a sub-par academic background in pure math to a career in Applied Statistics. I'll discuss the internships I've had and how they provided a foundation for my current work. I'll walk through...
Scientific, Seminar
UW AGD Seminar: Nicholas Marshall
October 29, 2025
University of Washington
We consider a region in the complex plane enclosed by a deltoid curve inscribed in the unit circle, and define a family of polynomials that satisfy the same recurrence relation as the Faber polynomials for this region. We use this family of...
Scientific, Seminar
UVictoria Discrete Math Seminar: Maya Sankar
October 30, 2025
University of Victoria
I will discuss several recent results on the Turán density of long cycle-like hypergraphs. These results (due to Kamčev–Letzter–Pokrovskiy, Balogh–Luo, and myself) all follow a similar framework, and I will outline a general strategy to prove Turán...
Scientific, Seminar
SFU NTAG Seminar: Sarah Frei
October 30, 2025
Simon Fraser University
Cubic fourfolds have been classically studied up to birational equivalence, with a view toward the rationality problem. The Fano variety of lines F(X) on a cubic fourfold X is a hyperkähler manifold, and the rationality of X is conjecturally captured...
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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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Scientific Events

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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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