News & Updates

On February 18, 2016, Maria Chudnovsky (Princeton University) gave a PIMS/UBC Distinguished Colloquium entitled Coloring Some Perfect Graphs. In 2004 Chudnovsky was named one of the “Brilliant 10” by...

Innovation Activities: PIMS invites applications to support travel to industrial conferences, with the goal of encouraging academic-industry research collaborations. Funding of up to $1,500 is...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Colliander as Director of PIMS for a five-year period, starting on July 1, 2016. James...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Cristian Rios as the new PIMS site director at the University of Calgary. His term began on January 1, 2016.Rios received...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to welcome back Dr. Chris Soteros as the site director at PIMS’ University of Saskatchewan site. She first served as interim site...

The winner of the 2015 UBC Mathematics and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award is Professor Rachel Ollivier (Department of Mathematics, UBC). This prize was created by two...

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is now accepting nominations for the 2016 PIMS Education Prize. The winner receives $1000.The prize will be awarded to a member of the PIMS...

On December 30, 2015, it was announced that Dr. Nassif Ghoussoub would be appointed as an officer to the Order of Canada, one of this country’s highest civilian honours. Ghoussoub is the founder and...

The winner of the 2016 CRM - Fields - PIMS Prize is Professor Daniel Wise (McGill University). The announcement was made at the banquet of the 2015 Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Winter Meeting...

The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences are pleased to announce the 2016 competition for the CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in...

Dr. David Leeming, PIMS’ Education Coordinator at the University of Victoria, has been chosen to receive the BC Council on Admissions and Transfer’s (BCCAT) Franklin Gelin Lifetime Achievement Award...

Nominations are now open for the inaugural UBC Mathematics and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Faculty Award.This prize was created by two founding donors, Anton Kuipers and Darrell...