The PIMS mandate is to promote excellent research and applications of the mathematical sciences, to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel, to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive community in the mathematical sciences, to enrich public awareness of and education in mathematics and to create partnerships with similar organizations around the world.

Upcoming Events

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The PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow Seminar: Joshua Turner
October 14, 2026
University of British Columbia
We will talk about the ideal $J$ generated by antisymmetric polynomials in two sets of variables and its powers, and discuss how these Haiman ideals are connected to link homology, geometry, and other combinatorial objects of interest. We will then...
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URegina Topology and Geometry Seminar: Safarul Rasheed
October 15, 2026
University of Regina
In this talk, we will explore cohomology operations on K-theory, called the Adams operations, that arise from exterior power constructions. We will discuss some of their properties and see how Adams and Atiyah used them to give a simple solution to...
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SFU Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry Seminar: Carl Lian
October 15, 2026
Simon Fraser University
Abstract: The geometric Tevelev degrees of projective space enumerate general, pointed curves with fixed complex structure interpolating through the maximal number of points in $\mathbb{P}^r$. The study of the corresponding virtual invariants goes...
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UBC Theoretical Computer Science Seminar: Mark Schmidt
October 16, 2026
University of British Columbia
Abstract: In 2016 we wrote a paper introducing the phrase ``Polyak-Lojasiewicz (PL) condition'' for an old idea, not being sure how people would react to the paper. The paper ultimately had a larger impact than we expected, and we are surprised and...
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Research Catalysts Program
July 30, 2026
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites applications to its Research Catalyst program, a targeted funding opportunity designed to support the formation and maintenance of...
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