Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

Students in the five-week Emerging Aboriginal Scholars Camp, run by PIMS and the First Nations House of Learning, attend English and math courses and get experience working in university research settings.  more››

About 100 Aboriginal children in rural BC will be able to attend math summer camps hosted by the University of British Columbia thanks to a $30,000 gift from the RBC Foundation.

PIMS-UBC program supports Aboriginal Scholars  more››

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences.

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is currently welcoming applications for support of conferences, workshops, summer schools, Distinguished Visitors, Focus Periods, Collaborative Research Groups and related activities in the mathematical sciences.   more››

This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, recognizes individuals who have played a major role in encouraging activities which have enhanced public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as those who foster communication among various groups concerned with mathematical education at all levels.

CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce that Prof. Serdar Yuksel of Queen's University has been awarded the 2013 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics.  

Vancity awards PIMS $6000 Community Project Grant   more››

PIMS is now accepting nominations for the 2013 PIMS Education Prize  more››

Hugh Clough Morris was admired and respected by all who knew him.    more››

Mathematics of Planet Earth: MEDIA RELEASE    more››

Melania Alvarez is featured in UBC Reports  more››

Professor Bruce Reed has been awarded the 2013 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize. The Prize recognizes exceptional achievement in the area of mathematical sciences and is considered one of Canada’s top honours in mathematics.  more››

Nassif Ghoussoub, the founding director of PIMS, will receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.  more››

On November 1, 2012, the inaugural class was announced.   more››

2013 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award   more››

PIMS BC Education Coordinator, Melania Alvarez comments to the Georgia Straight on the math education crisis in BC  more››

PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2013 - 2014: Call for Nominations  more››

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Alejandro Adem has been appointed to a second five-year term as Director of PIMS