Past Events
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PRIMA-PARC-PIMS meeting on PDEs
December 7–8, 2010
University of British Columbia
Abstracts: Speaker: Sun Sig Byun (Seoul National University) Title: Gradient estimates for nonlinear parabolic systems of p-Laplacian type Abstract: We discuss nonlinear gradient estimates for parabolic systems of p-Laplacian type with measurable...
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2010 CMS Winter Meeting
December 4–6, 2010
Vancouver, BC
The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and the University of British Columbia invite the mathematical community to the 2010 CMS Winter Meeting. The program will include ten plenary and prize lectures, and a wide variety of sessions.
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16th Annual Provincial Conference on Aboriginal Education
November 18–20, 2010
University of British Columbia
Give Aboriginal students the tools to become problem solvers! In this workshop you will learn a variety of effective methods, including the Bar Model method, which helps develop in students a deeper understanding of fundamental concepts in...
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Workshop on Mathematical Challenges for Sustainability
November 15–17, 2010
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
The project is a joint activity of six mathematical sciences research institutes, four in the US and two in Canada, namely IPAM (Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics), NIMBios (National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis)...
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Autumn Cascade Topology Seminar
November 13–14, 2010
University of Washington
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Alberta Topology Seminar
November 12, 2010
Banff, Alberta
Taking advantage of the BIRS workshop, Topological methods in toric geometry, symplectic geometry and combinatorics (10w5026), from Nov 7-12, the topologists organized a follow-up meeting, the Alberta Topology Seminar, on Nov 12. The speakers...
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Number Theory Seminar: Himadri Ganguli (SFU)
October 21, 2010
University of British Columbia
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Workshop on Elliptic Curves and Computation
October 18–22, 2010
Redmond, Washington, USA
The study of elliptic curves has been closely connected with machine computation almost since the invention of computers -- in 1952 Emil Artin had John von Neumann perform an extensive calculation relating to elliptic curves on the IAS MANIAC...
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32nd Annual Alberta Statisticians Meeting (ASM)
October 16, 2010
University of Alberta
Conference participants primarily consist of the faculty members, graduate students, and post-doctoral fellows working in probability and statistics, and related areas, at the University of Alberta and at the University of Calgary. Participants...
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Northwest Probability Seminar 2010
October 16, 2010
Redmond, Washington, USA
This is the 12th Northwest Probability Seminar, a one-day mini-conference organized by the University of Washington, the Oregon State University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Oregon, and the Theory Group at Microsoft Research...