News - Press Releases

  • Jan-19
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Alexandre Bouchard-Côté Wins 2018 PIMS | UBC Mathematical Sciences Young Faculty Award

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce Dr. Alexandre Bouchard-Côté as the recipient of the 2018UBC Mathematics & Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Young Faculty Award.  more››

  • Jan-19
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Dr. Kristine Bauer Announced as the PIMS Site Director at the University of Calgary

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce Kristine Bauer as the new PIMS Site Director at the University of Calgary, replacing Cristian Rios in the role.  more››

  • Dec-18
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Professor Nassif Ghoussoub Named Winner of the 2019 CRM - Fields - PIMS Prize

The 2019 CRM-PIMS Fields Prize is awarded to Nassif Ghoussoub of UBC.  more››

  • Dec-18
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Employment Opportunity: Deputy Director of PIMS

Applications are invited for the position of Deputy Director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), with a starting date of July 1, 2019.   more››

  • Nov-18
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Ben Adcock Appointed PIMS Simon Fraser University Site Director

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Adcock as the new PIMS site director at Simon Fraser University. His term began on October 13, 2018.  more››

  • Sep-18
  • 19
Anthony Quas Appointed PIMS Interim Deputy Director

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Anthony Quas has been appointed Interim PIMS Deputy Director as of September 10, 2018.  more››

  • Sep-18
  • 17
PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competitions Are Open

PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competitions are now open. Calling on nominations for both our Regular PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition, and our CNRS/PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition.   more››

  • Sep-18
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  • Sep-18
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PIMS Math Circles Workshops Are Back!

Math Circles Workshops for Elementary School students are back. PIMS and UBC invites students from grades 4-7 to challenge and develop their thinking, creativity and problem solving skills in an awesome environment.  more››

  • Aug-18
  • 3
PIMS Public Lecture: Using Mathematics to Fight Cancer

What can mathematics tell us about the treatment of cancer? In this talk I will present some of work that I have done in the modeling of tumor growth and treatment over the last fifteen years.   more››

  • Aug-18
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2018 IPSW Registration Closing August 7

Registration closes on August 7th for the last, PIMS IPSW of the summer!   more››

  • Jul-18
  • 6
PIMS Announces PIMS-Europe Fellowships

PIMS-Europe (CNRS UMI #3069) is announcing a new program, the PIMS-Europe Fellowships, with the goal of developing and supporting research collaborations between mathematical scientists at PIMS member universities and researchers across France. 

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  • Jun-18
  • 28
PIMS Invites 2019 Activity Proposals

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites applications for support of activities in the mathematical sciences to occur after April 1, 2019

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  • May-18
  • 31
PIMS Sponsors AARMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop at Dalhousie University

PIMS is excited to sponsor the upcoming AARMS Industrial Problem Solving Workshop (IPSW) to be held at Dalhousie from July 3 to 6, 2018. During this workshop, faculty and postdocs will work collaboratively with graduate and undergraduate students on industrial problems posed by Atlantic Canadian companies.

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  • May-18
  • 31
PIMS Celebrates the 20th Annual ELMACON

Started in 1999, ELMACON was designed to give elementary school students in grades five through seven the chance to experience mathematics as an exciting and challenging competition.  more››

  • May-18
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Alexander Bihlo Named Recipient of the 2018 CAIMS & PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics

CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce Alexander Bihlo of Memorial University as the winner of the 2018 Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics.  more››

  • Apr-18
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4-week Math Summer School for Elementary School Teachers

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and the Departments of Mathematics at UBC, and SFU will be offering a 4-week Math Summer School for Elementary School Teachers this summer. The summer school will run from Monday July 9th to Friday August 3rd, 2018.  more››

  • Apr-18
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Julia Pevtsova to Receive 2018 PIMS Education Prize

Julia Pevtsova has been selected as the winner of the 2018 PIMS Education Prize.  more››

  • Apr-18
  • 4
Ben Williams Wins 2018 PIMS | UBC Mathematics Faculty Award

Ben Williams has been selected as the winner of the 2018 PIMS | UBC Mathematics Faculty Award.  more››

  • Apr-18
  • 4
Callysto Website Launches

We are building Canada's digital generation with Callysto, a pilot project by Cybera and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences and funded by Canada's CanCode Grant. Visit the project site.  more››