2016 Scientific Events

  • 8-Dec-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Brendan Pass

Mulit-to one-dimensional optimal transport   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Dec-16

PIMS-SFU CSC Distinguished Speaker Seminar: Lek-Heng Lim

Tensors and Hypermatrices   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Nov-16

Math Biology Seminar: Sarder Mohammed Asaduzzaman

The coexistence or replacement of two subtypes of influenza   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Nov-16

Probability Seminar: Tom Hutchcroft

Update Tolerance in Uniform Spanning Forests   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Nov-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Natalie Hobson

Quantum Kostka and the rank on problem for sl_2m   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Nov-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Luiz Fernando de Oliveira Faria

Hénon Problem in Hyperbolic Space   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Nov-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Simone Brugiapaglia

The benefits of Compressed Sensing for the Numerical Approximation of PDEs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Gabriel Verret

Vertex-primitive digraphs having vertices with almost equal neighbourhoods   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 28-Nov-16

Number Theory Seminar: Nuno Freitas

The modular method and Fermat's Last Theorem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Nov-16

PIMS/ IAM Distinguished Lecture: Darren Crowdy

The "Hole Story" of a forgotten function, and how to use it   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Nov-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: David Gleich

Higher-order methods for clustering data   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Nov-16
  • 25-Nov-16

PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Ken Ono

New theorems at the interface of number theory and representation theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Nov-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Thomas Sellke

Limit Theorems for the Frontier of One-Dimensional Branching Diffusions [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 24-Nov-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar:Weiyong He

The Calabi flow with rough initial data (note special time & room)   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Nov-16

PIMS Public Lecture: Ken Ono (Emory University)

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-16

PIMS Public Screening: The Man Who Knew Infinity

The Man Who knew Infinity   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-16

Math Biology Seminar: Cole Zmurchok

Modelling the interplay of cell signalling and cell mechanics   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-16

Topology Seminar: Dale Rolfsen

Topology and related seminars   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Nov-16

Probability Seminar: Qingsan Zhu

On the critical branching random walk in supercritical and critical dimensions.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Nov-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Igor Shinkar

On Percolation and NP-Hardness   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Nov-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Luke Morgan

Permutation groups and graphs   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 19-Nov-16
  • 20-Nov-16
  • 18-Nov-16

PIMS-UW Mathematics Colloquium: Alex Wright

From rational billiards to dynamics on moduli spaces   more››

University of Washington

  • 17-Nov-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Martin Oberlack

New non-modal hydrodynamic stability and resulting non-exponential growth rates - a symmetry approach   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Nov-16

PIMS-UVic Public Lecture: Robert Smith

When Zombies Attack! Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection   more››

University of Victoria

  • 17-Nov-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Monir Rad

Jacobian versus Infrastructure in Real Hyperelliptic Curves   more››

University of Calgary

  • 16-Nov-16

Probability Seminar: Xin Sun

Liouville quantum gravity and peanosphere   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Nov-16

Math Biology Seminar: Catherine Byrne

HIV-1 Infection Establishment in Patients with Herpes Simplex Virus 2.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Nov-16

SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Samantha Dahlberg

Pattern Avoidance in Restricted Growth Functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Nov-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Martin Oberlack

An extended Discontinuous Galerkin (XDG) scheme for high-order multi-phase simulations using non-smooth basis functions at the phase interface   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-16

PIMS/IAM Distinguished Lecture: Martin Oberlack

New conservation laws of Euler and Navier-Stokes equations Subtitle: Generic and dimensionally reduced cases for plane, axisymmetric and helically symmetric flows.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Nov-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Alia Hamieh

Value-distribution of cubic L-functions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 14-Nov-16

Number Theory Seminar: Avner Segal

New-Way Integrals   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Nov-16

Topology Seminar: John Lind

The transfer map of free loop spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Nov-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Fredrik Lundell

Fibers and fibrils in extension and shear: from fundamental fluid physics to material properties.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Nov-16

Probability Seminar: Antal Járai

Phase transition in a sequential assignment problem on graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Nov-16

Topology Seminar: Jon Beardsley

Iterated Thom Spectra with Examples   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-16

Math Bio Seminar: Joshua Scrull

The highs and lows of clustering single-cell biological data.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Nov-16

SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Sebastian Gonzalez

Cops and Robbers on Oriented Grids II   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 8-Nov-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Or Hershkovits

The moduli space of 2-convex embedded spheres   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Nov-16

Pacific Northwest Probability Seminar 2016

Microsoft Research 99/1919, Redmond, WA

  • 4-Nov-16

PIMS/ UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Yakov Sinai

Statistical and Ergodic Properties of the Moebius Function.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Nov-16

PIMS-SFU CSC Seminar: Nilima Nigam

Localized activation and intramuscular fat in muscle: an investigation using DG methods   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 3-Nov-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Maziyar Jalaal

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Nov-16

PIMS-URegina Distinguished Lecture Series: Masoud Khalkhali

Spectral invariants of noncommutative spaces   more››

University of Regina

  • 2-Nov-16

Math Biology Seminar: Fred Brauer

A Final Size Relation for Epidemic Models of Vector-Transmitted Diseases   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Nov-16

Probability Seminar: Tianyi Zheng

Joint behavior of volume growth and entropy of random walks on groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Nov-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Demetre Kazaras

Minimal hypersurfaces with free boundary and positive scalar curvature   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Nov-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Miles Lubin

Mixed-integer convex optimization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 31-Oct-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Amir Akbary

Value-distribution of quadratic L-functions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 29-Oct-16
  • 30-Oct-16

ABC Algebra Workshop

University of Alberta

  • 28-Oct-16

Topology and related seminars: Daniel Wise

Nonpositive Immersions and Counting Cycles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Oct-16

Lethbridge Analysis Seminar: Berndt Brenken

Partial Isometries and Operator Algebras of ordered *-semigroups.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Oct-16

PIMS-CRM-FIELDS Lecture: Daniel Wise

The Cubical Route to Understanding Groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Oct-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Ali Mani

Microscale "Turbulence" induced by Electrochemical Interfaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-16

Probability Seminar: Zichun Ye

Models of Gradient Type with Sub-Quadratic Action   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-16

Topology and related seminars: Markus Szymik

Freaks of algebra -- a topologist's exhibition   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Oct-16

Math Biology Seminar: Jacques Bélair

Feedback, delays and oscillations in blood cell production   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Oct-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Pengfei Guan

Curvature flows and the isoperimetric problems in geometry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Oct-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Brian Chan

A Hard Problem in Lattice Theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Oct-16

SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Jørgen Bang-Jensen

Connectivity properties of tournaments and semicomplete digraphs   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 25-Oct-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Eldad Haber

Mimetic Multiscale Methods and their application to Maxwell's equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Oct-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

The sixth moment of the Riemann zeta function and ternary additive divisor sums   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 22-Oct-16

UBC/SFU Joint Statistical Seminar (Fall 2016)

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 21-Oct-16

Lethbridge Analysis Seminar: Niushan Gao

Quantifying the Risk of An Investment.   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 21-Oct-16

PIMS-SFU CSC Seminar: Andrew R. Plummer

Characterizing the emergence of commensuration mappings in phonological acquisition   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Oct-16

PIMS-URegina Distinguished Lecture Series: Mikhail Muzychuk

Non-commutative Association Schemes of Rank 6   more››

University of Regina

  • 20-Oct-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Faith Ellen

Asynchronous Consensus [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 19-Oct-16

Topology and related seminars: Marc Stephan

Free actions by elementary abelian p-groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Oct-16

Probability Seminar: James R. Lee

Extremal conformal metrics, spectral geometry, and distributional limits of graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Oct-16

Math Biology Seminar: Dhananjay Bhaskar

A Machine Learning Approach to Morphology Based Cell Classification   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Oct-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Gizem Karaali

Supercharacters and their superpowers   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Oct-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Saikat Mazumdar

Higher order elliptic problems with critical sobolev growth on a compact riemannian manifold: Best constants and existence   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Oct-16

2016 PIMS-Math Job Forum for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

Slides for some of the presentations given at this event are available on mathtube.org Andrew King: Landing an Industry Po   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 18-Oct-16

SFU Discrete Math Seminar: Marni Mishna

Universality classes for weighted lattice paths: where probability and ACSV meet   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 17-Oct-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Mikhail Muzychuk

Non-commutative association schemes of rank 6   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 17-Oct-16

Number Theory Seminar: Dan Collins

Sums of cubes, Heegner points, and p-adic L-functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Oct-16

PIMS Distinguished Visitor Series: Mikhail E. Muzychuk

Isomorphism problem for Cayley combinatorial objects   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 12-Oct-16

Topology Seminar: Marc Stephan

Free actions by elementary abelian 2-groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Oct-16

Probability Seminar: Omer Angel

Voronoi cells in random graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Oct-16

Scientific Computing and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Jessica Bosch

Fast Iterative Solvers for Cahn-Hilliard Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Oct-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Tobias Huxol

Refined Asymptotics of the Teichmüller harmonic map flow   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Oct-16

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Paul Constantin

Active subspaces: Emerging ideas for dimension reduction in parameter studies   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Oct-16
  • 7-Oct-16

PIMS/CSC Seminar: Paul Constantine

Active subspaces: Emerging ideas for dimension reduction in parameter studies   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 6-Oct-16
  • 5-Oct-16

Math Biology Seminar: Cindy Greenwood

Hidden Patterns Revealed by Noise: semi-arid vegetation patterns   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-16

Topology and related seminars: Brad Drew

A new proof of the decomposition theorem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-16

Probability Seminar: Abbas Mehrabian

On longest paths and diameter in random Apollonian networks   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Oct-16

PIMS Lethbridge Analysis Seminar Series: Denny H. Leung

Banach-Stone Theorem on Isometries on Function Spaces   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 4-Oct-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Santiago Salazar

Forbidden Berge hypergraphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Oct-16

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

On the first eigenvalue estimate for sub-Laplacian and Kohn Laplacian and Rigidity Theorems on pseudo-Hermitian CR manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 3-Oct-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar

Hamiltonian paths in projective checkerboards   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 30-Sep-16

UBC-PIMS Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award Lecture: Rachel Ollivier

On the local Langlands conjectures   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Sep-16

PIMS-CSC Seminar: Simone Brugiapaglia

Sparse Approximation of PDEs based on Compressed Sensing   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 30-Sep-16
  • 29-Sep-16

Hugh C. Morris Lecture: Francis Su

Voting in Agreeable Societies   more››

University of Victoria

  • 29-Sep-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Jun-Cheng Wei

On De Giorgi Conjecture and Beyond [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 29-Sep-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar:Mina Hoorfar

Development and characterization of sensitive/selective sensors on integrated lab-on-chip applications.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Sep-16

Topology and Related Seminars: Jeremiah Heller

An equivariant motivic slice filtration.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Sep-16

Probability Seminar: Edward Waymire

Some probability theory that arises from worrying about Navier-Stokes and other quasilinear equations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Sep-16

Math Biology Seminar: Frederic Paquin-Lefebvre

Patterns arising from bulk-surface coupling   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Seckin Demirbas

Gibbs' measure and almost sure global well-posedness for one dimensional periodic fractional Schrodinger equation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Sep-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Foster Tom

Schur-Positivity of Equitable Ribbons   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Sep-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Farzad Aryan

On the zero free region of the Riemann zeta function   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 26-Sep-16

PIMS-Institute of Applied Mathematics Distinguished Lecture: John F. Brady

The Swim Pressure of Active Matter   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-16

PIMS/ UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Vladimir Sverak

PDE Aspects of Fluid Flows   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Sep-16

PIMS Lethbridge Analysis Seminar Series: Alexey Popov

Isometries of the Toeplitz Matrix Algebra and the Preserver Problems   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 23-Sep-16

PIMS-CSC Seminar: Rodrigo Platte

Second order approximation of the MRI signal for single shot parameter assessment   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 22-Sep-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Ha Tran

The Arakelov Class Group [video]   more››

University of Calgary

  • 21-Sep-16

Probability Seminar: Ryokichi Tanaka

Dimension of harmonic measures in hyperbolic spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Sep-16

Topology and Related Seminars: Mario Velásquez

Multiplicative structures and the twisted Baum-Connes assembly map   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Sep-16

Math Biology Seminar: Mike Irvine

Modelling the global elimination of lymphatic filariasis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Sep-16

PIMS UAlberta Distinguished Speaker: Hanfeng Li

Sofic Entropy   more››

University of Alberta

  • 20-Sep-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Vladimir Sverak

On the Cauchy problem for vortex rings   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Samantha Dahlberg

Pattern Avoidance in Restricted Growth Functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-16

MathBio Seminar: Mike Irvine

Modelling the global elimination of lymphatic filariasis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Sep-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Fred Roosta

Sub-sampled Newton Methods: Uniform and Non-Uniform Sampling   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Sep-16

PIMS-Institute of Applied Mathematics Distinguished Lecture: Fred Roosta

UoI Lasso: Union of Intersection Method for Lasso   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Sep-16

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker: Sebastien Loisel

Optimized Schwarz methods for heterogeneous problems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Sep-16

11th Annual Richard & Louise Guy Lecture: Poetry, Drumming and Mathematics

Poetry, Drumming and Mathematics   more››

University of Calgary

  • 14-Sep-16

Topology Seminar: Angelica Osorno

2-monads in homotopy theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Sep-16

Probability Seminar: Evan Randles

Convolution powers of complex-valued functions on \mathbb{Z}^d.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Sep-16

Math Biology Seminar: Andreas Buttenschoen

A space-jump derivation for non-local models of cell-cell adhesion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Sep-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Nguyen Lam

On some functional and geometric inequalities   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Sep-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar

Open problem session   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 12-Sep-16

AMI/IGR/PIMS Seminar: Alexis Kaminski

Transient growth in strongly-stratified shear layers   more››

University of Alberta

  • 9-Sep-16

UBC Math Department Colloquium: Wilfrid Gangbo

Paths of minimal lengths on the set of exact differential k–forms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Sep-16

Probability Seminar: Todd Kemp

Bulk Fluctuations and the Hard Edge of Unitary Brownian Motion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Sep-16

Math Biology Seminar: May Ann Mata

Sustained Oscillations in Stochastic Models With Periodic Parametric Forcing   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Sep-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Andy Wathen

A preconditioner with guaranteed rapid convergence for nonsymmetric real Toeplitz systems and its application for time-dependent PDE problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Sep-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Vitali Vougalter

Solvability of some integro-differential equations with anomalous diffusion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Aug-16

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Yao Li

Polynomial convergence rate to nonequilibrium steady-state   more››

University of Alberta

  • 29-Aug-16
  • 1-Sep-16
  • 25-Aug-16

URegina Distinguished Lecture: Harm Bart

Vector-Valued Logarithmic Residues, Vanishing Sums of Itempotents and Unusual Cantor Sets   more››

University of Regina

  • 18-Aug-16

PIMS Public Lecture: Gerda de Vries

Making Mathematics with needle and thread: Quilts as Mathematical Objects [video]    more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Aug-16
  • 20-Aug-16

2016 PIMS Undergraduate Workshop on Supersymmetry

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Aug-16
  • 25-Aug-16
  • 15-Aug-16
  • 14-Aug-16
  • 20-Aug-16

PIMS-NSF Undergraduate Workshop on Supersymmetry

Mathematics and physics of Adinkras   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Aug-16
  • 13-Aug-16

2016 West Coast Algebraic Topology Summer School

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

  • 25-Jul-16
  • 19-Aug-16
  • 19-Jul-16

PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture: Richard Schoen

The Constraint Manifold of General Relativity [video]      more››

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 18-Jul-16
  • 22-Jul-16
  • 17-Jul-16
  • 23-Jul-16
  • 13-Jul-16
  • 17-Jul-16

Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference 2016

Mathematics and related fields   more››

University of Victoria

  • 12-Jul-16

SCAIM Seminar: Hans De Sterck

Accelerated Parallel Optimization Algorithms for Distributed Data Analytics in Apache Spark   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Jul-16
  • 12-Jul-16

Journées Combinatoires Franco-Vancouvéroises

Combinatorics: applied, algebraic, enumerative, analytic, geometric, history Graph theory   more››

Vancouver, BC

  • 10-Jul-16
  • 15-Jul-16
  • 10-Jul-16
  • 14-Jul-16
  • 7-Jul-16
  • 8-Jul-16

Canadian Abstract Harmonic Analysis Symposium

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Jul-16

PIMS/AMI/Chemistry/Engineering Seminar: Tim Newell

Investigation of a Broad-Area Quantum Cascade Laser with External Cavity Feedback   more››

University of Alberta

  • 6-Jul-16
  • 8-Jul-16

16th Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 4-Jul-16

Topology Seminar: David J. Benson

Signature mod eight of surface bundles over surfaces and cohomology of finite groups   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Jul-16
  • 8-Jul-16

28th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics

Topics include all aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of mathematics, physics, computer science, and biology.   The conference will include invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster sessions, and sof   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 29-Jun-16
  • 1-Jul-16

Sage Days

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Jun-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Vijay Patankar

Pairs of elliptic curves and their Frobenius fields   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 28-Jun-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Tim Trudgian

Grosswald's conjecture on primitive roots   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 26-Jun-16
  • 7-Jul-16
  • 25-Jun-16
  • 6-Jul-16

PIMS Summer School in Mathematical Finance

The summer school has two themes:1. Informational and Imperfect Financial Markets (June 25 to June 29)2. Market Microstructure and Algorithmic Trading (July 2 to July 6)   more››

University of Alberta

  • 24-Jun-16
  • 27-Jun-16

2016 CMS Summer Meeting

University of Alberta

  • 23-Jun-16

Probability Seminar: Takashi Kumagai

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Jun-16
  • 16-Jun-16
  • 18-Jun-16
  • 13-Jun-16
  • 17-Jun-16
  • 10-Jun-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Nicolas Theriault

Bisections and Squares in Hyperelliptic Curves [video]   more››

University of Calgary

  • 2-Jun-16
  • 5-Jun-16

Foundational Methods in Computer Science

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Jun-16
  • 3-Jun-16
  • 31-May-16

CORE Seminar: Nina Balcan

TBA   more››

University of Washington

  • 30-May-16

2016 Niven Lecture: Mark Goresky

A glamorous Hollywood star, a renegade composer, and the mathematical development of spread spectrum communications.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-May-16
  • 31-May-16
  • 27-May-16
  • 4-Jun-16
  • 24-May-16

Lecture: Felix Schulze

Ricci flow from metrics with isolated conical singularities   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-May-16

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Rafael Sasportes

Rates of Convergence to Scaling Profiles in a Submonolayer Deposition Model and the Preservation of Memory of the Initial Condition   more››

University of Alberta

  • 16-May-16
  • 17-May-16

2016 Prairie Discrete Math Workshop

University of Manitoba

  • 16-May-16
  • 20-May-16

International Conference in Harmonic Analysis

University of Wisconsin at Madison

  • 14-May-16
  • 15-May-16
  • 14-May-16
  • 15-May-16

Pacific Northwest Number Theory Conference

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

  • 11-May-16

Probability Day at UBC

University of British Columbia

  • 9-May-16

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Brian Alspach

Sequenceable groups and generalizations   more››

University of Victoria

  • 30-Apr-16
  • 1-May-16
  • 29-Apr-16
  • 1-May-16

56th Cascade Topology Seminar

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 29-Apr-16
  • 28-Apr-16
  • 29-Apr-16

Alberta Mathematics Dialogue 2016

Mount Royal University

  • 26-Apr-16

PIMS-URegina Distinguished Lecture: John Oprea

Mathematics, Soap Films and (a Touch of) Biology   more››

University of Regina

  • 23-Apr-16

PIMS One-Day Dynamics Meeting

University of Victoria

  • 22-Apr-16

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: June Huh

Hard Lefschetz theorem and Hodge-Riemann relations for combinatorial geometries   more››

University of Washington

  • 21-Apr-16

PIMS-PWIAS Special Lecture: Karl Sigmund

Gödel Einstein Mach   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Apr-16

Math Biology Seminar: Denis Thieffry

Logical modelling of Drosophila mesoderm specification.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Apr-16

CORE Seminar: Sébastien Bubeck

New Results at the Crossroads of Convexity, Learning and Information Theory   more››

University of Washington

  • 18-Apr-16

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker: Lalitha Venkataramanan

Exploring Careers in Sciences: Applied Mathematics in the Oilfield Industry   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 15-Apr-16
  • 17-Apr-16

Alberta Number Theory Days VIII

Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff

  • 13-Apr-16

Topology Seminar: Dale Rolfson

Groups of minimal volume cusped 3-manifolds   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Apr-16

Math Biology Seminar: Pablo Lopez

Elucidating how protein turnover in Cell-esm adhesion stabilizes tissue structure during development.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Apr-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Tobias Lamm

Limits of alpha-harmonic maps   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 11-Apr-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Asif Zaman

The least prime ideal in the Chebotarev Density Theorem   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 8-Apr-16

PIMS/CSC Research Seminar: Wayne Hayes

Biological Network Alignment   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Apr-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Anthony Várilly-Alvarado

Lang's conjecture and level structures on abelian varieties [video]   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 7-Apr-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Pierre Saramito

A Newton method for viscoplastic flows   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 7-Apr-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Jiahong Wu

The two-dimensional Boussinesq equations with partial dissipation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 6-Apr-16

PIMS-URegina Distinguished Lecture: Leandro Cagliero

The Nash-Moser Theorem of Hamilton and Rigidity of Lie Algebras   more››

University of Regina

  • 6-Apr-16

Probability Seminar: Ed Perkins

The boundary of the support of super-Brownian Motion   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Apr-16

PIMS-SFU Colloquium: Anthony Varilly-Alvarado

Diophantine equations, geometry, and Brauer groups   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 5-Apr-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Kenneth R. Davidson

Multivariable Operator Theory and Dilation Theory [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 5-Apr-16

Scientific Computing and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Julie Nutini

Is Greedy Coordinate Descent a Terrible Algorithm?   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Apr-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Brandon Fuller

CCA groups and graphs   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 4-Apr-16
  • 6-Apr-16

Statistical Analysis of Large Administrative Health Databases

Emerging Challenges and Strategies   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Apr-16

PIMS/ UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Robert Kohn

A variational perspective on wrinkling patterns in thin elastic sheets [video]   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Apr-16

PIMS/CSC Research Seminar: Gwynn Elfring

Biolocomotion and fluid-body interactions at small scales   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 1-Apr-16

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Katherine E. Stange

A Farey Tour   more››

University of Washington

  • 31-Mar-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Mohammad-Reza Alam

Bragg Resonance of Water Waves and its Applications in Ocean Renewable Energy   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 30-Mar-16

Probability Seminar: Sébastien Bubeck

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Mar-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Yuzhao Wang

On the well- posedness of the periodic fourth order Schrodinger equation in negative Sobolev spaces   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Mar-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Saverio Spagnolie

Swimming of microorganisms in complex fluids   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Mar-16

Math Biology Seminar: Braden Brinkman

Optimal encoding depends on origins of noise in neural circuits   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Mar-16

Probability Seminar: Zoran Vondracek

Boundary Harnack principle and Martin boundary at infinity for Feller processes   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Mar-16

Topology Seminar: Ben Williams

The EHP sequence in A¹ algebraic topology   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Mar-16

Institute of Applied Mathematics Seminar: Saverio E. Spagnolie

Sedimentation in viscous fluids: flexible filaments and boundary effects   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Mar-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Stephanie van Willigenburg

An introduction to quasisymmetric Schur functions   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 21-Mar-16

Miniconference: Combinatorial Structures in Perturbative Quantum Field Theory

Topics:- Combinatorial interpretations of the perturbative expansion- Renormalization group equation- Combinatorial Fourier and Legendre transforms- Dyson-Schwinger equations- Combinatorial Hopf algebrasSee   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 21-Mar-16

PIMS/CSC Distinguished Speaker: Youssef Marzouk

Bayesian Inference as Optimal Transportation   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 19-Mar-16

UBC/SFU Joint Statistical Seminar (Winter 2016)

Simon Fraser University, Harbour Center Campus, Vancouver

  • 18-Mar-16

PIMS/CSC Research Seminar: Nathan King

The closest point method for manifold mapping: A numerical framework for variational problems and partial differential equations that map between manifolds   more››

University of Calgary

  • 18-Mar-16

PIMS/ UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Jacob Lurie

The Siegel Mass Formula, Tamagawa Numbers, and Nonabelian Poincare Duality.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Mark Giesbrecht

Sparsity, Complexity and Practicality in Symbolic Computation [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 17-Mar-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Ali Roustaei

Yield stress flows through non-uniform geometries: applications to oil/gas industry   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 17-Mar-16

Topology Seminar: Jacob Lurie

Rotation-Invariance in Algebraic K-Theory   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-16

Math Biology Seminar: Adriana Dawes

Phenotypic variability in a model of Caenorhabditis vulval development: Data visualization as an aid to signaling network investigation   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 16-Mar-16

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Abdul-Aziz Yakubu

Models of Malaria with Applications to Malaria in Mali and US   more››

University of Victoria

  • 15-Mar-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Michael P. Friedlander

Level-set methods for convex optimization   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Mar-16

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

KAM theory for whiskered tori in Hamiltonian PDEs with applications to ill-posed ones   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Mar-16

Discrete Math Seminar: Eric Fusy

Combinatorics of Baxter permutations   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 14-Mar-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Joy Morris

Automorphisms of circulant graphs   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 11-Mar-16

PIMS/CSC Research Seminar: Mark Iwen

Sparse Fourier Transforms: A General Framework with Extensions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 10-Mar-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Joseph Silverman

Homomorphic Encryption / Transcript-Secure Digital Signatures [video]   more››

Colorado State University

  • 10-Mar-16

AMI / PIMS Distinguished Lecture: George "Bud" Homsy

Greatest Hits of the 60s and 70s: Progress in Fluid Mechanics in the last Five Decades   more››

University of Alberta

  • 10-Mar-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Arun Ramachandran

Macrotransport processes in the pressure-driven flow of a concentrated, non-colloidal suspension   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Mar-16

CORE Seminar: Katya Scheinberg

Using randomized models in black-box, derivative free and stochastic optimization   more››

University of Washington

  • 7-Mar-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Alia Hamieh

Determining Hilbert modular forms by the central values of Rankin-Selberg convolutions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 4-Mar-16

Hugh C. Morris Lecture: David Aldous

Probability, Outside the Classroom   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 4-Mar-16

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Anthony Wachs

High performance computing for the numerical simulation of particle-laden flows   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 4-Mar-16

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Dusa McDuff

Embedding Questions in Symplectic Geometry   more››

University of Washington

  • 3-Mar-16

The Calgary Mathematics & Philosophy Lectures: Stewart Shapiro

Potential Infinity: A modal account [video]   more››

University of Calgary

  • 3-Mar-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Jan Vonk

Modular Jacobians and degenerate p-adic geometry [video]   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 2-Mar-16

Topology Seminar: Omar Antolín Camarena

How to get a Calculus named after you   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-16

Math Biology Seminar: Dhananjay Bhaskar

Cell Sorting and Tissue Invasion using Computational Cell-based Models   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Mar-16

Probability Seminar: Khoa Lê

Propagation of high moments for parabolic Anderson model   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 1-Mar-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Richard A. Brualdi

Combinatorial  Matrices [video]   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 1-Mar-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Tristan Van Leeuwen

Dimensionality Reduction and Uncertainty Quantification for Inverse Problems   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 29-Feb-16

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: John Hinch

 Explaining the flow of elastic liquids   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Feb-16

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Dhavide Aruliah

Reproducibility, Open Science, & Scientific Computing Practices   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Feb-16

PIMS/ UBC Distinguished Colloquium: Maria Chudnovsky

Coloring some perfect graphs   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Feb-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: John Hinch

Instabilities of a thin coating on a vertical fibre: Newtonian, shear-thinning and elastic liquids.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-16

Math Biology Seminar: Ashutosh Richhariya

Imaging and simulations for Opto-Mechanics of the eye   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-16

Topology Seminar: Daniel Sheinbaum

Topology of Fermi surfaces and Anomalies   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 24-Feb-16

Probability Seminar: Mathav Murugan

Stable-like processes with indices greater than two   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Feb-16

SCAIM Seminar: Anthony Wachs

High performance computing for the numerical simulation of particle-laden flows.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 23-Feb-16

Fluid Mechanics Seminar: Harish Dixit

Vortex shedding patterns behind an oscillatory cylinder   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 22-Feb-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Nathan Ng

Linear combinations of zeros of L-functions   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 19-Feb-16

PIMS-SFU Distinguished Speaker: Shi Jin

Asymptotic-Preserving Schemes for Multiscale Problems   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 18-Feb-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Clifton Cunningham

Lifts of Hilbert modular forms and application to modularity of Abelian varieties [   more››

University of Calgary

  • 12-Feb-16

PIMS / AMI Seminar: Raphael Krikorian

On almost reducibility in quasi-periodic dynamics   more››

University of Alberta

  • 12-Feb-16

UW-PIMS Mathematics Colloquium: Brian Conrad

The ABC Conjecture   more››

University of Washington

  • 10-Feb-16

Topology Seminar: Bernardo Villarreal Herrera

Cosimplicial groups and spaces of homomorphisms   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 10-Feb-16

Math Biology Seminar: Leah Keshet

Analysis of a minimal signalling circuit regulating cell shape   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 9-Feb-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics: Jack Poulson

Towards an efficient, distributed-memory library for (arbitrary-precision) linear algebra, conic optimization, and lattice reduction.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 8-Feb-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Alexey Popov

Operator Algebras with Reduction Properties   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 5-Feb-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Steven P. Lalley

Statistical Regularities of Geodesics on Negatively Curved Surfaces   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 3-Feb-16

Topology Seminar: Henrik Rüping

Controlled Algebra, Part II   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-16

Diff. Geom, Math. Phys., PDE Seminar: Micah Warren

Computing the Hodge Laplacian on 1-forms of a manifold using random samples   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 2-Feb-16

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Bruce Shepherd

Trees, Flows and Rooted Clusters   more››

University of Victoria

  • 1-Feb-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Micah Milinovich

Fourier Analysis and the zeros of the Riemann zeta-function   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 1-Feb-16

IAM – PIMS Distinguished Colloquium: Tao Tang

High order numerical methods for uncertainty quantification   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 28-Jan-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Andrew Fiori

The Distribution of J-invariants for CM Elliptic Curves defined over Zp [video]   more››

University of Calgary

  • 27-Jan-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Francesco Pappalardi

The Distribution of Multiplicatively Dependent Vectors   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 27-Jan-16

Topology Seminar: Henrik Rüping

Controlled Algebra   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-16

Math Biology Seminar: Cole Zmurchok & Hildur Knutsdottir

Modelling the polarization, migration, and neuromast deposition in the zebrafish posterior lateral line system.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 27-Jan-16

Probability Seminar: Tom Hutchcroft

Interlacements, Uniform Spanning Forests and the Aldous-Broder Algorithm.   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 26-Jan-16

PIMS-SFU Colloquium: Kilian Raschel

Counting quadrant walks via Tutte's invariants and transformation theory of elliptic functions   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 26-Jan-16

Scientific Computation and Applied & Industrial Mathematics Seminar: Nilima Nigam

Localized activation and intramuscular fat in muscle: an investigation using DG methods   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 25-Jan-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar: Francesco Pappalardi

Never Primitive Points on Elliptic Curves   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 22-Jan-16

PIMS - ULethbridge Distinguished Speaker: Francesco Pappalardi

Reduction of Groups of Rational Numbers   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 22-Jan-16

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Elena Popovici

The Tractability of Best Algorithms for Co-optimization: Visualization-Driven Mathematics   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 20-Jan-16

Math Biology Seminar: Nessy Tania

Modeling Actin Regulation in Cancer Metastasis   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-16

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem

Homotopy Group Actions II   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 20-Jan-16

Probability Seminar: Janos Engländer

Conditional Speed of BBM, Skeleton Decomposition and Application to Random Obstacles   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 19-Jan-16

PIMS-UBC Statistics Constance Van Eeden Lecture: Art Owen

Bi-Cross-Validation for Factor Analysis [video]   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 15-Jan-16

PIMS - CSC Seminar: Dave Muraki

Cloud-Edge Dynamics and Mysterious Holes in the Sky   more››

Simon Fraser University

  • 14-Jan-16

PIMS-UManitoba Distinguished Lecture: Jianhong Wu

Mathematics for Risk Prediction of Epidemic Waves in a Changing Environment   more››

University of Manitoba

  • 13-Jan-16

Topology Seminar: Alejandro Adem

Homotopy Group Actions I   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 13-Jan-16

Probability Seminar: Rodolphe Garbit

On the exit time from a cone for random walks with drift   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-16

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

The singular mass of a domain and critical dimensions associated to the Hardy-Schrodinger operator   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 12-Jan-16

Abelian Varieties Multi-Site Seminar Series: Drew Sutherland

Sato-Tate Distributions of Abelian Varieties [video]   more››

University of Washington

  • 11-Jan-16

Lethbridge Number Theory and Combinatorics Seminar

Open problem session   more››

University of Lethbridge

  • 11-Jan-16

PIMS-UVic Distinguished Lecture: Peter J. Lu

Modern Math in Medieval Islamic Architecture   more››

University of Victoria

  • 10-Jan-16
  • 15-Jan-16
  • 6-Jan-16

Probability Seminar: Terry Soo

A monotone isomorphism theorem   more››

University of British Columbia

  • 5-Jan-16

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

Vortex filaments in the Euler equation   more››

University of British Columbia