News & Updates

With mixed emotions, we announce that Jayadev Athreya will be stepping down from his role as Co-Director International at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). Jayadev Athreya...

PIMS will continue to sponsor the network-wide colloquium series for the 2024-2025 academic year. High-quality colloquia by distinguished speakers will be given on a monthly basis (likely delivered...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that First Nations University (FNUniv) has joined PIMS as an Affiliated Member. FNUniv is dedicated to enhancing the...

The winner of 2024 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize is Prof. Ram Murty, of Queen’s University. After completing his PhD at MIT in 1980 under the supervision of Harold Stark, and post-doctoral fellowships at the...

The PIMS Network Wide Courses Program is now accepting proposals for graduate level courses in the mathematical sciences to take place in either term of the 2024-2025 academic year. Applications are...

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), and Atlantic Association for Research in Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) have signed a joint long...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Josh Zahl, is the recipient of the 2022 PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award. Dr. Joshua Zahl is...

PIMS is pleased to announce that Professors Özgür Yilmaz, Kristine Bauer, and Jayadev Athreya have begun their new appointments at the Institute. The appointments, which were approved by the PIMS...

PIMS is pleased to welcome Professor Wenyuan Liao as the new Site Director representing the University of Calgary. Professor Liao will begin his three-year term on July 1, 2022. A professor of...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce that it has received a prestigious Simons Foundation Targeted Grants to Institutes award. The Targeted Grants to...

PIMS is glad to announce that Sean Graves is the winner of the 2022 Education Prize. Graves is a faculty lecturer in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences and the Coordinator for the...

Dr. Melania Alvarez is the BC Education Coordinator at PIMS and holds the title of Outreach Coordinator for the Department of Mathematics at UBC. The highlight of Melania's work is her outreach to...