Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - 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››

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››

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››

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››

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

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

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››

ELMACON needs volunteers for the 2018 competition.  more››

PIMS Mathematical Education Circles is a monthly gathering open to all math educators interested in enhancing their teaching practices by sharing opinions and experiences with their peers.  more››

Nominations close: March 15, 2018 
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