News & Updates
UNBC joins PIMS as affiliate member
Vancouver, BC – On April 1, 2011 the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) officially becomes an affiliate member of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). This new...
SFU's Veselin Jungic awarded 2011 PIMS Education Prize
Vancouver, BC – Dr. Veselin Jungic of Simon Fraser University is the recipient of the 2011 PIMS Education Prize. This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, recognizes...
Re-scheduled: Hugh C Morris Lecture - George Papanicolaou
PIMS is pleased to announce that a new date has been set for the inaugural lecture for the Hugh C. Morris Lecture Series, with speaker George Papanicolaou from Stanford University. This lecture...
State-of-the-art facilities announced for BIRS
BIRS’ Scientific Director Dr. Nassif Ghoussoub announced today that BIRS is moving to a new home at the Banff Centre. The TransCanada Pipelines Pavilion will be totally dedicated to BIRS scientific...
Adam Oberman awarded 2011 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics
Vancouver, BC – SFU Professor Adam Oberman has been awarded the CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics. Professor Oberman is only the second recipient of this annual prize which began in...
Call for Nominations for the 2011 PIMS Education Prize
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is now accepting nominations for the 2011 PIMS Education Prize. The prize is $1,000 and will be awarded to a member of the PIMS community who has...
Mark Lewis from the University of Alberta Awarded 2011 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize
PIMS is delighted to announce that Mark Lewis is the winner of the 2011 CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize. Lewis is a faculty member at the University of Alberta, where he holds the Canada Research Chair in...
Math Institutes Open House at the 2011 AMS-MAA Meeting in New Orleans
You are warmly invited to the Mathematical Institutes Open House reception at the 2011 Joint Mathematics meetings. A short presentation will take place on the mathematics of information and feature...
Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board, Endows Distinguished Lecture Series at PIMS
Dr. Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board of Directors and a longtime friend of the mathematical sciences, has generously endowed a yearly lecture series at PIMS. To recognize his generous gift...
''Who Wants to Be a Mathematician'' in Vancouver
On October 21, the popular American Mathematical Society "game show" Who Wants to Be a Mathematician made its first visit outside the United States when it traveled to Canada, specifically to the...
Call for Nominations for the 2011 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics
The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences are pleased to announce the 2011 competition for the CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in...
Louis Nirenberg, First Recipient of Chern Medal, to Receive UBC Honorary Degree and Deliver PIMS Distinguished Lecture
At the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Hyderabad, India this past August, Louis Nirenberg, from the Courant Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at New York University, was awarded...