Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

The Canadian Mathematical Sciences Institutes are pleased to announce that the winner of the CRM - Fields - PIMS Prize for 2014 is Prof Niky Kamran of McGill University.  more››

Commercial math games for middle school and higher level.  more››

The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences are pleased to announce the 2014 competition for the CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics.  more››

BC schools and students thank PIMS for a Taste of Pi

• Simon Fraser University will roll out a series of hands-on, math-and science-related activities when 100 Aboriginal students from Grades 9-11 and their teachers visit the Burnaby campus on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ivar Ekeland was the Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Economics at the University of British Columbia from 2003 to 2011. During his career, he has served as the President of Université Paris-Dauphine, Director of the research centres CEREMADE and Institute Finance-Dauphine as well as Director of PIMS from 2003 to 2008. He has been awarded prizes from the French Academy of Sciences, the French Mathematical Society, and the Belgian Academy of Sciences and has received honorary doctorates from UBC, from Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance and from the University of Vienna.  more››

PIMS Chats with Neil Trudinger  more››

Math Mania uses real-world examples to teach skills   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, 2014.  more››

PIMS invites nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for postdoctoral fellowships for the year 2014-2015.  more››

2013 Math Manias in Tahsis and Port Renfrew  more››

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››