2013 Scientific Events

  • 16-Dec-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Peter Overholser

A tropical descendent Landau-Ginzburg potential   more››

University of Alberta

  • 9-Dec-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Renate Scheidler

Continued Fractions With Bounded Period Length   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 9-Dec-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Ziv Ran

Lagrangian-like submanifolds in Sympletic-like Poisson manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Dec-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Stefan Mendez-Diez

Geometrization of N-Extended 1-Dimensional Supersymmetry Algebras II   more››

University of Alberta

  • 2-Dec-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Darcy Best

Biangular Lines   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 2-Dec-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Atsushi Kanazawa

BCOV theory and Calabi-Yau 3-folds with two large complex structure limits   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-13

Topology Seminar: Yongbin Ruan

Mirror symmetry and modular forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-13

Math Biology Seminar: Matthew Miles Osmond

Using adaptive dynamics to predict evolution and extinction in changing environments   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-13

PIMS-Math Analysis Seminar: Pierre Youssef

Extracting a large well-coniditoned block inside a matrix   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Nov-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Michel van Garrel

Integrality of relative BPS state counts of toric Del Pezzo surfaces   more››

University of Alberta

  • 27-Nov-13

Probability Seminar: Asaf Nachmias

Random walks on planar graphs via circle packings   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Nov-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Ameera Chowdhury

A Proof of the Manickam-Miklos-Singhi Conjecture for Vector Spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Nov-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Habiba Kadiri

Zero Density and Primes   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 25-Nov-13

IAM-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: György Szabó

Evolutionary Potential Games   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-13

Combinatorial Potlatch

University of Victoria

  • 22-Nov-13

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Gil Kalai

Why quantum computers cannot work   more››

University of Washington

  • 22-Nov-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Mostafa Fazly

Counterparts of the De Giorgi's conjecture   more››

University of Alberta

  • 21-Nov-13

Topology Seminar: Robin Koytcheff

A colored operad for string link infection   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Vincent Hayward

A World of Touch Illusions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Nov-13

Probability Seminar: Stefan Adams

Helffer-Sjoestrand random walk representation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Nov-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Ameera Chowdhury

A Proof of the Manickam-Miklos-Singhi Conjecture for Vector Spaces   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Nov-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Dan Archdeacon

Embedding complete graphs with every triangle a face   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Nov-13

SCAIM Seminar: Fred Roosta

Implicit matrix trace estimators: improved theory with application to PDE inverse problems with many measurements   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Nov-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Dong Li

On the norm inflation of Incompressible Euler in borderline spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Nov-13
  • 22-Nov-13

Hodge Theory in String Theory

This is Workshop 4 in the Thematic Program on Calabi-Yau Varieties: Arithmetic, Geometry and Physics   more››

Fields Institute

  • 18-Nov-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Dragos Oprea

The Chern classes of the Verlinde bundle   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Nov-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: James Parks

Distribution conjectures for elliptic curves on average   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 15-Nov-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Patrick Ingram

The Arithmetic of Post-critically Finite Morphisms   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 15-Nov-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Yannick Sire

Some mathematical questions with anomalous diffusion   more››

University of Alberta

  • 14-Nov-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: Sujatha Ramdorai

Neron models and smooth intergral models for tori   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Nov-13

Topology Seminar: Cihan Okay

Homotopy Colimits of Classifying Spaces of Abelian Groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-13

Math Bio Seminar: Christoph Hauert

Honour, Shame and Climate Change - Lessons from Public Goods Experiments   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-13

CSEG Distinguished Lecture: Bernd Milkereit

UBC-Seismic Laboratory for Imaging & Modeling, EOAS Colloquium: Seismic Imaging in the Presence of Strong Contrasts: How Forgetful are Seismic Waves?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Nov-13

Probability Seminar: Stefan Adams

Random field of gradients and elasticity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Nov-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Karen Yeats

Dyson-Schwinger equations and chord diagrams   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Nov-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Yannick Sire

The fractional Yamabe problem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-13
  • 10-Nov-13

International Graduate Training Centre in Mathematical Biology Summit

International Graduate Training Centre in Mathematical Biology Summit   more››

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 6-Nov-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Alan Thompson

Families of lattice polarized K3 surfaces with monodromy   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Nov-13

Probability Seminar: David Brydges

Self-Interacting Walk and the Gaussian field (III)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Nov-13

SCAIM Seminar: Emily Walsh

Alignment of optimally transported meshes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Nov-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Yvan Le Borgne

On computing Baker and Norine's rank parameter on complete graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Nov-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Antoine Julien

Homeomorphisms between aperiodic tiling spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Nov-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Soroosh Yazdani

Solving S-unit equations   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 2-Nov-13
  • 3-Nov-13

Cascade Topology Seminar

University of Washington

  • 1-Nov-13

Bruhat-Tits Seminar: Lior Silberman

On the construction of the apartment for a quasisplit group   more››

University of Calgary

  • 1-Nov-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Francois Gay-Balmaz

Variational integrators for rotating stratified fluids   more››

University of Alberta

  • 1-Nov-13

Hugh C. Morris Lecture: Philip Holmes (Princeton University)

 Can We Choose Optimally? The Neural Dynamics of Decisions.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Oct-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Dennis K.J. Lin

Dimensional Analysis and Its Applications in Statistics   more››

University of Victoria

  • 31-Oct-13

Math Biology Seminar: Joe Mahaffy

Modeling Epidermal Sensory Neuron Development in Ascidians   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Oct-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Eitan Grinspun

From Sorcery to Science: Hollywood Physics as Computational Science   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Oct-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jun-Cheng Wei

On Fractional Minimal Surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Oct-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Dave Morris

What is a Coxeter group?   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 28-Oct-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Amin Gholampour

Stable pair theory of K3 fibrations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Oct-13

IAM-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Tsachy Weissman

Two Tales of Information and Estimation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Oct-13

PIMS-CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Randall J. LeVeque

Numerical Methods for Tsunami Modeling and Hazard Assessment   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Oct-13

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Greg Blekherman

Nonnegative Polynomials, Moment Problems and Real Symmetric Tensor Decompositions   more››

University of Washington

  • 25-Oct-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Gantumur Tsogtgerel

The Einstein constraint equations on compact manifolds with boundary   more››

University of Alberta

  • 24-Oct-13

Math Bio Seminar: Sandy Rutherford

Disease Dynamics on Complex Networks with Applications to the HIV Epidemic in Vancouver   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Oct-13

Topology Seminar: Jim Davis

Any finite group acts freely and homologically trivially on a product of spheres.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Oct-13

Math Biology Seminar: Sandy Rutherford

Disease Dynamics on Complex Networks with Applications to the HIV Epidemic in Vancouver   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Oct-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Mary Lou Zeeman

Harnessing Math to Understand Tipping Points with Applications to Climate and Biology   more››

University of Victoria

  • 24-Oct-13

SCAIM Seminar: Randall J. LeVeque

Finite Volume Methods for Hyperbolic PDEs and the Clawpack Software   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Oct-13

Probability Seminar: Ed Perkins

A Phase Transition for Measure-valued SIR Epidemics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Oct-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Adam Felix

On the distribution of torsion points modulo primes   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 20-Oct-13

Bellingham Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Western Washington University, Bellingham

  • 19-Oct-13
  • 20-Oct-13

Pacific Northwest Probability Seminar

University of Washington

  • 17-Oct-13

Topology Seminar: Maxime Bergeron

The topology of nilpotent representations in reductive groups and their maximal compact subgroups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Oct-13

Math Biology Seminar: Isabell Graf

Sap flow in maple trees: Fine view and coarse view   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Oct-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Martin Rinard

Quick, Simple, and Easy Solutions to Hard Software Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Oct-13

Probability Seminar: David Brydges

Self-Interacting Walk and the Gaussian field (II)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Oct-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Terry Gannon

We're still pretty dumb!   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Oct-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Xiaofeng Ren

We consider a inhibitory ternary system of three constituents, a model motivated by the triblock copolymer theory. The free energy of the system consists of two parts: the interfacial energy coming from the boundaries separating the three constituent   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Oct-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Richard Anstee

Induction: the gift that keeps on giving   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Oct-13

Math Across Campus Colloquium: Simon Levin

The Challenge of Sustainability and the Promise of Mathematics    more››

University of Washington

  • 10-Oct-13

Math Biology Seminar: Stilianos Louca

Discerning externally forced oscillations and autonomous limit cycles using noisy ecological time series   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Oct-13

Topology Seminar: Dale Rolfsen

Groups of PL homeomorphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Oct-13

Probability Seminar: Julia Komjathy

Fixed-speed competition on configuration model with infinite variance degrees   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Oct-13

SCAIM Seminar: Uri Ascher

Scientific computing and mathematical proofs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Oct-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Frédéric Robert

Compactness and stability of some nonlinear elliptic equations: glueing of a peak on a static profile   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Oct-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Jeff Bleaney

Symmetries of an Elliptic Net   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 7-Oct-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Martijn Kool

Curves on surfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-13

SFU-UBC Joint Statistics Student Seminar

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 5-Oct-13
  • 4-Oct-13
  • 5-Oct-13
  • 3-Oct-13

Math Biology Seminar: Nathan Kuwada

The right place at the right time: Probing the mechanisms of physical organization in bacterial cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Oct-13

Topology Seminar: Carlos Dominguez

The integral cohomology of configuration spaces of pairs of points in real projective spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Oct-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Simon Wood

On the extended W-algebra of type sl_2 at positive rational level   more››

University of Alberta

  • 2-Oct-13

Probability Seminar: David Brydges

Self-avoiding walk in four dimensions (I)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Oct-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Steph van Willigenburg

Maximal supports and Schur-positivity among connected skew shapes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Oct-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Philippe Castillon

Asymptotically harmonic manifolds of nonpositive curvature   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Sep-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps between primes, part II   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 30-Sep-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: David Favero

Homological Projective Duality via Variation of Geometric Invariant Theory Quotients (Part II)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-13

PIMS-Lethbridge Seminar in Optimization: Sarah Ibri

 Optimization in the management of emergency vehicles   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 26-Sep-13

Math Biology Seminar: Nancy Forde

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Sep-13

PIMS-Regina Distinguished Lecture: Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz

 Yet another look:  the McKay correspondence, preprojective algebras, and maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules   more››

University of Regina

  • 25-Sep-13

PIMS-Regina Distinguished Lecture: Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz

 The McKay correspondence and noncommutative algebraic geometry   more››

University of Regina

  • 25-Sep-13

Probability Seminar: Ohad Feldheim

Rigidity of 3-colorings of the d-dimensional discrete torus   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Sep-13

Probability Seminar: Naomi Feldheim

New results on zeroes of stationary Gaussian functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Sep-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: David Favero

Homological Projective Duality via Variation of Geometric Invariant Theory Quotients   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Sep-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Yvan Le Borgne

On the sandpile model on complete or bipartite complete graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Sep-13

PIMS-Regina Distinguished Lecture: Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz

The McKay correspondence and ubiquity of Coxeter-Dynkin diagrams   more››

University of Regina

  • 24-Sep-13

SCAIM Seminar: Roger Donaldson

Statistics in the face of heavy-tailed data: a case-study in analyzing website traffic   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Sep-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Nassif Ghoussoub

Symmetric Monge-Kantorovich problems and polar decompositions of vector fields   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar: Sabin Cautis

Categorical Heisenberg actions on Hilbert schemes of points   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

Zhang's theorem on bounded gaps between primes   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 20-Sep-13

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Ulrike Tillmann

Cobordisms: Old and New    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Sep-13

PIMS Distingished Speaker: Wolfram Bentz

Duality, the ghost element method, and an application to supernilpotent algebras   more››

University of Northern British Columbia

  • 19-Sep-13

Jeff Achter presents

TBA   more››

University of Calgary

  • 19-Sep-13

Math Biology Seminar: Wes Maciejewski

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Sep-13

PIMS Public Lecture - 2013 Year of Statistics: Trevor Hastie

Sparse Linear Models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Sep-13

Probability Seminar: Christian Sadel

Limit stochastic differential equations (SDEs) for products of random matrices   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Sep-13

Topology Seminar: Ulrike Tillmann

Configurations spaces revisited and homology stability for some diffeomorphism groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Sep-13

PIMS Distingished Speaker: Wolfram Bentz

Packing Equal Squares into Squares   more››

University of Northern British Columbia

  • 17-Sep-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Emil Wiedemann

Relaxation of Variational Problems for Orientation-Preserving Maps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Sep-13
  • 16-Sep-13

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Farzad Aryan

On distribution of squares modulo a composite number q   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 16-Sep-13

Geometry and Physics Seminar

Geometry and Physics topical Seminar   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Sep-13

PIMS PDF Colloquium: Andrew Berget

Combinatorics of Matrix Varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Sep-13

Discrete Math Seminar: Wolfram Bentz

The Commuting Graph of the Symmetric Inverse Semigroup   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Sep-13

SCAIM Seminar: Tim Warburton

Many-core Algorithms for High-order Finite Element Methods: When Time to Solution Matters   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Sep-13

Topology Seminar: Bernhard Hanke

A well known conjecture in the theory of transformation groups states that if p is a prime and (Z/p)^r acts freely on a product of k spheres, then r ≤ k. We prove this assertion if p is large compared to the dimension of the product of spheres. The   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Sep-13

SCAIM Seminar: Irad Yavneh

A Multilevel Algorithm for L1 Minimization with Application to Sparse Representation of Signals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Sep-13

Lethbridge Number Theory & Combinatorics Seminar

Open problem session moderated by Nathan Ng and Dave Morris   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 9-Sep-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Hsian-Hua Tseng

Counting disks in toric varieties   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Sep-13
  • 8-Sep-13

West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School 2013

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • 6-Sep-13

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Yuval Peres

Search games and Optimal Kakeya Sets    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Sep-13

Math Biology Seminar: Peter Kim

Mathematical model of self/nonself discrimination from localized T cell dynamics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Aug-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Luc Vinet

Quantum Wires, Orthogonal Polynomials and Diophantine Approximation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Aug-13
  • 30-Aug-13

Applied Harmonic Analysis Conference

Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis is an interdisciplinary branch of modern mathematics and is concerned with the applied and computational aspects of harmonic analysis and approximation theory, with special emphasis on wavelet analysis, tim   more››

University of Calgary

  • 24-Aug-13
  • 26-Aug-13
  • 19-Aug-13
  • 21-Aug-13

Workshop on Curves and Applications

University of Calgary

  • 16-Aug-13

Number Theory Seminar: Kumar Murty

Splitting of Abelian Variables   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 14-Aug-13
  • 16-Aug-13

Selected Areas in Cryptography (SAC)

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Aug-13
  • 17-Aug-13

MSI: Music, Film and Mathematics Together

In 2009, siblings Jennifer and Andrew Granville completed the screenplay, "Mathematical Sciences Investigation (MSI): The anatomy of integers and permutations," based on analogies between the genetic similarities of twins, and the s   more››

Banff, Alberta

  • 8-Aug-13
  • 10-Aug-13
  • 8-Aug-13

Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization Workshop Dinner

Dinner Registration For Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization Workshop   more››

None

  • 7-Aug-13

Topology Seminar: Kirill Zaynullin

Equivariant oriented cohomology of a projective homogeneous variety: Algebraic model.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Aug-13
  • 6-Aug-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Kirill Zaynullin

Formal group laws and divided difference operators   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Aug-13
  • 9-Aug-13
  • 31-Jul-13

Probability Seminar: Jesse Goodman

The gaps left by a Brownian motion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jul-13
  • 2-Aug-13
  • 24-Jul-13
  • 26-Jul-13
  • 22-Jul-13
  • 26-Jul-13

Recent Trends in Stochastic Analysis Conference

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Jul-13

Towards DoS-resistant distributed information systems

DoS-resistant distributed information systems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-Jul-13

CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize Lecture: Bruce Reed

Some 21st Century Results in Graph Theory   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Jul-13

Mathematics and the Planet Earth: a Long Life Together II

Mathematics and the Planet Earth: a Long Life Together II     more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jul-13

Mathematics and the Planet Earth: a Long Life Together I

Mathematics and the Planet Earth: a Long Life Together I    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jul-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Bernhard Konrad

Recovering parameters and unobserved states of an epidemic model with missing observations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jul-13

Probability Seminar: Yu-Ting Chen

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jul-13
  • 26-Jul-13

UW RTG IPDE Summer School 2013

Research Training Group: Inverse Problems and Partial Differential Equations   more››

University of Washington

  • 7-Jul-13
  • 12-Jul-13

Analysis and Partial Differential Equations

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Jul-13
  • 5-Jul-13

Conference on Reversible Computation

5th Conference on Reversible Computation   more››

University of Victoria

  • 4-Jul-13
  • 4-Jul-13

PIMS Lecture: Nader Masmoudi

Nonlinear Inviscid Damping For 2D Euler   more››

University of Victoria

  • 2-Jul-13
  • 5-Jul-13
  • 27-Jun-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Mark Zajac

Modeling collisions between moving cells and rigid, immobile obstacles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jun-13
  • 28-Jun-13
  • 24-Jun-13
  • 5-Jul-13

Séminaire de Mathématiques Supérieures

Physics and Mathematics of Link Homology   more››

Université de Montréal

  • 24-Jun-13
  • 28-Jun-13
  • 24-Jun-13
  • 28-Jun-13
  • 17-Jun-13
  • 21-Jun-13
  • 14-Jun-13
  • 28-Jun-13
  • 13-Jun-13
  • 14-Jun-13
  • 13-Jun-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Eric Cytrynbaum

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jun-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Norman Dancer

Some systems of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations in condensate problems.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jun-13

PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture - Peter Constantin

Nonlocal Evolution Equations   more››

Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

  • 10-Jun-13
  • 13-Jun-13

Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference (CanaDAM)

Theory and application of discrete structures.   more››

St. John's, Newfoundland

  • 10-Jun-13
  • 20-Jun-13

Recent advances in Hodge theory: period domains, algebraic cycles, and arithmetic

Each day will focus on a single major theme: 1) Algebraic cycles and the Hodge Conjecture 2) Arithmetic aspects of cycles and period maps 3) Period domains and their compactifications 4) Mumford-Tate groups and representa   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Jun-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Cindy Greenwood

A stochastic model for avian flu   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Jun-13
  • 7-Jun-13

Automata Theory and Symbolic Dynamics Workshop

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Jun-13
  • 2-Jun-13
  • 28-May-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Yann Brenier

Diffusion of knots and magnetic relaxation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-May-13

NSERC Community Engagement Visit - Web Stream

NSERC is conducting a series of community engagement visits to provide researchers, students and other stakeholders an opportunity to learn more about some recent program and policy developments. These visits will also serve as a platform for the   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-May-13

2013 Niven Lecture - Yann Brenier

Fluids and optimal transport: from Euler to Kantorovich.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-May-13
  • 14-Jun-13

PIMS IGTC Mathematical Biology Summer School

The Mathematics Behind Biological Invasions   more››

University of Alberta

  • 26-May-13
  • 30-May-13

2013 CMOS/CGU/CWRA Joint Scientific Congress

Bridging Environmental Science, Policy and Resource Management   more››

University of Saskatchewan

  • 25-May-13

2013 SSC Student Conference

University of Alberta

  • 23-May-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: James Lewis

An Archimedean Height Pairing on the Equivalence Relation Defining Bloch's Higher Algebraic Cycle Groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-May-13
  • 19-May-13

Cascade Topology Seminar

Portland State University, Oregon

  • 16-May-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Maziyar Jalaal

A model for the controlled release of nano-encapsulated tissue plasminogen activator using shear activation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-May-13

Probability Seminar: Augusto Teixeira

Soft local times and decoupling of random interlacements   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-May-13
  • 12-May-13
  • 10-May-13

PIMS-UW Mathematics Colloquium: S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan

 Let H_i, i=1,2,...,k be a finite collection of finite graphs. Let v_i be the number of vertices in H_i. We want to count the number of graphs G with N vertices in which Hi appears roughly c_i N v_i times. The tools are a combina   more››

University of Washington

  • 9-May-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Antoine Baker

Linking the DNA strand asymmetry to the spatio-temporal replication program   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-May-13

PIMS Distinguished Visitor Seminar: Frits Beukers

Arithmetic aspects of hypergeometric functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-May-13

PIMS Number Theory Seminar: Frits Beukers

Analytic aspects of hypergeometric functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-May-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Lizheng Tao

A group of slightly super-critical dissipative operator related to 2D Boussinesq equations   more››

University of Alberta

  • 4-May-13
  • 5-May-13

The 3rd Pacific Northwest Theory Day

University of Victoria

  • 4-May-13
  • 3-May-13

Math Across Campus Colloquium: Richard Tapia

Math at Top Speed: Exploring and Breaking Myths in the Drag Racing Folklore   more››

University of Washington

  • 3-May-13
  • 4-May-13

Prairie Discrete Math Workshop 2013

Thompson Rivers University

  • 3-May-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: Moshe Adrian

The local Langlands correspondence: from real to p-adic groups   more››

University of Calgary

  • 2-May-13

PIMS Colloquium: Tom Archibald

The hypergeometric series and the hypergeometric equation: highlights of their roles in classical mathematics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 2-May-13

PIMS Distinguished Visitor Colloquium: Frits Beukers

What are hypergeometric functions?   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 23-Apr-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Seick Kim

Green's function for second-order elliptic and parabolic systems with boundary conditions.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Apr-13

Probability Seminar: Chihoon Lee

Parameter estimation methods for reflected fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Apr-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Sofia Zaourar

Exploiting uncontrolled information in nonsmooth optimization methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Apr-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alex Yong

Varieties in flag manifolds and their patch ideals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Apr-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Alejandro Adem

Topology of Spaces of Commuting Matrices   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 12-Apr-13

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Tao Tang

High-Order and Adaptive Time Stepping Methods for Energy Gradient Flows   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Apr-13

Probability Seminar: Jeff Steif

The many faces of the T T-inverse process   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Apr-13

IAM-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Mary Silber

Symmetry-breaking Bifurcations: Studies in Control and Exploitation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Apr-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Martha Precup

Paving Hessenberg Varieties by Affines   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Apr-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Jim Carrell

Cohomology of Springer Fibres and Springer's Weyl group action via localization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Apr-13

Bellingham Algebraic Geometry Seminar

Bellingham, Washington

  • 5-Apr-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Liqun Cao

A Molecular Dynamics-Continuum Coupled Model for Heat Transfer in Composite Materials   more››

University of Alberta

  • 5-Apr-13

The Unravelers: Mathematical Snapshots

Reception and Exhibit Opening   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-13

Special PIMS Lecture: Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

The Work of Misha Gromov, a Truly Original Thinker   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-13

Topology Seminar: François Lalonde

A short elementary survey of Symplectic Topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Tuomas Sandholm

Modern Dynamic Kidney Exchanges   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Davesh Maulik

Stable pairs and the HOMFLY polynomial   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Apr-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Francois Gay-Balmaz

Equivalent theories of liquid crystals   more››

University of Alberta

  • 3-Apr-13

Probability Seminar: Asaf Nachmias

Sublinear resistance on the low dimensional critical branching random walk   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Mar-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Daniel Krupp

The concept of genetic relatedness, the probability that social partners share a focal genotype above and beyond chance, is fundamental to the evolution of behaviour. As a consequence, numerous species - humans included - have evolved kin recognition   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Maryam Fazel

Recovery and Denoising for Simultaneously Structured Models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Inwon C. Kim

Homogenization result with a link to percolation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Mar-13

Coast to Coast Seminar Series: Brian Fisher

Visual Analytics as a Cognitive Science   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Mar-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Benjamin Young

The Combinatorial PT-DT correspondence   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Mar-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Xinwei Yu

On Well-posedness of Some Models for Ferrohydrodynamics   more››

University of Alberta

  • 21-Mar-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: May Ann Mata

Nonlinear stability analysis of intracellular actin waves model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Mar-13
  • 20-Mar-13

Topology Seminar: Thomas Church

Stability in the unstable cohomology of mapping class groups, SL_n(Z), and Aut(F_n)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Mar-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Alexander E. Holroyd

Random Matching   more››

University of Victoria

  • 19-Mar-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: John McCuan

The Stability of Cylindrical Pendant Drops   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Mar-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Zaher Hani

Scattering for nonlinear dispersive equations in the presence of a potential   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Mar-13

IAM-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Andrea Montanari

 Iterative Methods in Signal Processing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-13

Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop in Statistics

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 15-Mar-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: André Fortin

High accuracy solutions to industrial problems   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-Mar-13

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker Series: Mark W. Newman

Epidemics, Erdos numbers, and the Internet: The new science of networks   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Mar-13

Voyageur Colloquium: Peter Pivovarov

Gaussian random sets: on the interplay between probability and convexity   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Mar-13

Mathematical Models for Territorial Interactions: Mark Lewis

Mathematical Models for Territorial Interactions   more››

University of Victoria

  • 14-Mar-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Karthika Raghavan

Modeling implications of Epigenetics Mechanisms - from cancer associated genes networks to chromatin remodelling   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-13

Topology Seminar: Dale Rolfsen

A topological approach to orderable groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Mar-13

Probability Seminar: Anna Levit

Critical Quantum Random Graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Remi Schweyer

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Mar-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Mark Lewis

Mathematics behind stream population dynamics   more››

University of Victoria

  • 12-Mar-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Daniel Y. Ding

A Fluid Model for an Overloaded Queueing System with Scoring-Based Priority Rules   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Mar-13

IAM-PIMS Distinguished Colloquium Series: Prof. Andre Fortin

High Accuracy Solutions to Industrial Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-13
  • 9-Mar-13
  • 8-Mar-13

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Avi Wigderson (IAS Princeton)

The power and weakness of randomness (when you are short on time)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-13

PIMS Public Lecture: Avi Wigderson

Cryptography: Secrets and Lies, Knowledge and Trust   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Mar-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Joe Wakano

Evolutionary branching in a finite population: Deterministic branching versus stochastic branching   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-13

Probability Seminar: Yaozhong Hu

Malliavin calculus and convergence in density of some nonlinear Gaussian functionals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Mar-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: Jeff Achter

Counting abelian surfaces   more››

University of Calgary

  • 6-Mar-13

Topology Seminar: Alexandra Pettet

Relative twisting in Outer space   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Mar-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Eldad Haber

Imaging of flow in porous media - from parameter estimation to prediction   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-13

Frontiers in Biophysics

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-13

Topology Seminar: Dale Rolfsen

A topological approach to orderable groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Xinwei Yu

On Global Regularity of 2D Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamics equations with Partial Dissipation   more››

University of Alberta

  • 1-Mar-13

PIMS UNBC Distinguished Speaker Series: Rhonda J. Rosychuk

Advice for Statisticians in an Academic Medical Setting   more››

University of Northern British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-13

PIMS UNBC Distinguished Speaker Series: Rhonda J. Rosychuk

Identifying Geographical Clusters of Presentations to the Emergency Department   more››

University of Northern British Columbia

  • 28-Feb-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Lidan You

Bone cell mechanotransduction   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Feb-13

Probability Seminar: Eyal Lubetzky

Limiting shape and cube-root fluctuations of the level lines of (2+1)-dimensional SOS   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-13

C2C Seminar: Data Driven Design: New Perspectives on Visual Analytics

Data Driven Design: New Perspectives on Visual Analytics   more››

University of Calgary

  • 25-Feb-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Alon Levy

Isotriviality and Descent of Polarized Morphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Feb-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: Chung Pang Mok

Endoscopic classification of representations for quasi-split unitary groups   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Feb-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Wanda Strychalski

Insights into cytoplasmic rheology gained from modeling cellular blebbing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Feb-13

Topology Seminar: Gyo Taek Jin

Tabulation of prime knots by arc index   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Feb-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Blagovest Sendov

Hausdorff Geometry of Polynomials   more››

University of Alberta

  • 15-Feb-13

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Béla Bollobás (Cambridge & Memphis)

Recent Results on Bootstrap Percolation.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Feb-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Mark Zajac

Polymer Entropy Can Drive Cell Migration   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Feb-13

Topology Seminar: Søren Galatius

Homological stability for moduli spaces of high dimensional manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Feb-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Fernando Schwartz

Geometric Inequalities for Hypersurfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-13

PIMS Distinguished Speaker: Nassif Ghoussoub

A symmetric Monge-Kantorovich theory and applications   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 8-Feb-13

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Ron Sawatzky

Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand:  Recovery Mechanisms & Field Performance   more››

University of Alberta

  • 7-Feb-13

The Language of Life: When Mathematics Speaks to Biology: Gerda de Vries

The Language of Life: When Mathematics Speaks to Biology   more››

University of Regina

  • 7-Feb-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Jia Guo

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Feb-13

The Hirzeburch Compactification of Hibert Modular Surfaces

The Hirzeburch Compactification of Hibert Modular Surfaces   more››

University of Calgary

  • 7-Feb-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: de Quehen

The Hirzeburch Compactification of Hibert Modular Surfaces   more››

University of Calgary

  • 6-Feb-13

Toroidal Compactifications

Toroidal Compactifications   more››

University of Calgary

  • 6-Feb-13

Topology Seminar: Alexandra Pettet

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Feb-13

West End Number Theory Seminar: de Quehen

Toric Varieties   more››

University of Calgary

  • 5-Feb-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Chongchun Zeng

Small BGK waves and Landau damping   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Feb-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Lars Ruthotto

 Hyperelastic Image Registration: Theory, Numerical Methods, and Applications   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Feb-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Theo Johnson-Freyd

Lattice Poisson AKSZ Theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Feb-13

PIMS/AMI Seminar: Zhangxing John Chen

Unconventional Oil and Gas Reservoir Modeling and Simulation   more››

University of Alberta

  • 31-Jan-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Alejandra Herrera-Reyes

TBA   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Jan-13

Probability Seminar: Balazs Rath

On chemical distances and shape theorems in percolation models with long-range correlations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Jan-13

Topology Seminar: Lior Silberman

Retractions of representation varieties of nilpotent groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Jan-13
  • 29-Jan-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Brian Wetton

A general framework for high accuracy solutions to energy gradient flows from material science models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Jan-13
  • 24-Jan-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Eldon Emberly

Controlling the final size of a cell population using asymmetric division   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Jan-13

PIMS UNBC Distinguished Speaker Series: Linqun Wang

Some Statistical Issues in the Regression Analysis with Indirectly or Imprecisely Measured Variables   more››

University of Northern British Columbia

  • 23-Jan-13

Probability Seminar: Vincent Beffara

The critical behavior of the two-dimensional random-cluster model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Jan-13

Probability Seminar: Loren Coquille

On the Gibbs states of the non-critical Potts model on Z^2   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Jan-13
  • 22-Jan-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Nassif Ghoussoub

Decoupling DeGiorgi's systems via multi-marginal mass transport   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Jan-13
  • 17-Jan-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Elizabeth Mynatt

Combining Computing, Design and Healthcare   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jan-13

How Does Google Google? The Math Behind the Internet

 We all Google. You may even have found this talk by Googling. What you may not know is that behind the Google’s and other search engines is beautiful and elegant mathematics. In this talk, I will try to explain the workings of   more››

University of Calgary

  • 17-Jan-13
  • 19-Jan-13
  • 16-Jan-13

Topology Seminar: Enrique Torres

Topological Complexity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-13

C2C: Towards Personal Visual Analytics

C2C: Towards Personal Visual Analytics   more››

University of Calgary

  • 15-Jan-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Jingyi Chen

A Bernstein theorem for the Willmore equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-13

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Margot Gerritsen

A computational mathematician combusts - simulation of in-situ combustion for heavy oil recovery   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jan-13

CMS/PIMS/IAM Public Lecture: Margot Gerritsen

How does Google google?  The math behind the internet   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Andrew Morrison

Behrend's function is constant on Hilb^n(C^3)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-13

Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series: Martin Rinard

Quick, Simple, and Easy Solutions to Hard Software Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Jan-13

Mathematical Biology Seminar: Chris Vogl

Various Approaches to Modeling the Lyopreservation of Cells   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Jan-13

Topology Seminar: Juan Souto

Holomorphic maps between moduli spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Vivek Shende

Special divisors on hyperelliptic curves   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Jan-13

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE: Mostafa Fazly

m-Liouville theorems for elliptic PDEs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Jan-13

Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Daniel Erman

Semiample Bertini Theorems over Finite Fields   more››

University of British Columbia