News & Updates

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is now welcoming applications for support of activities in the mathematical sciences. All proposed activities must be scheduled to occur...

PIMS and Mathematics Education in British ColumbiaBy Malgorzata DubielPIMS is interested in K-12 mathematical education because it impacts the culture and appreciation of science in our society and...

The 2012 PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecturer has been announced. Richard Montgomery, University of California, Santa Cruz will deliver a talk entitled, "An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body...

Vancouver, BC – Mark MacLean of the University of British Columbia is the recipient of the 2012 PIMS Education Prize. This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences...

PIMS is pleased to announce that the 2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics has been awarded to Prof. Theodore Kolokolnikov of Dalhousie University. Prof. Kolokolnikov has been...

Former director of the PIMS International Graduate Training Centre in Mathematical Biology, Professor Mark Lewis (UAlberta) has been awarded a prestigious Killam Fellowship. Professor Lewis’ research...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is now accepting nominations for the 2012 PIMS Education Prize. The prize is $1,000 and will be awarded to a member of the PIMS community who has...

PIMS is delighted to announce that Stevo Todorcevic (University of Toronto) is the winner of the 2012 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize. Professor Todorcevic obtained his Ph.D. in 1979 in Belgrade and currently...

2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences are pleased to announce the 2012 competition for the...

What is mathtube.org? It is a new multimedia resource hosted by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. mathtube.org gives users easy access to mathematical seminar and lecture materials...

Photo: Alison Marsden Jerrold E Marsden (1942-2010) was a world-renowned Canadian applied mathematician. At the time of his death he was the Carl F Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems at...

In November 2010, PIMS cosponsored a meeting on ‘Mathematical and Statistical Challenges for Sustainability’. Recently a report from this meeting was published by the American Math Society. This...