Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

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PIMS is pleased to offer funding for participation at a summer school on random walks and complex networks in Nice, France.   more››

Nominations close: March 15, 2019  more››

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››

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››

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

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››

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››

PIMS is pleased to offer a new program, in partnership with Mitacs and leveraging Mitacs Globalink, to support visits by students from France to carry out research at PIMS member universities.  This award provides $6000 (CAD) for senior undergraduate and graduate students from France to conduct 12-24 week research projects at PIMS member universities. This program is offered under the umbrella of PIMS-Europe, CNRS Unité Mixte Internationale #3069. Applications are accepted any time, awarded competitively, and subject to available funding. 

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››

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››

Application Deadline: October 5, 2018  more››

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››

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››

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

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.

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››

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››