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Prof. Felix Otto awarded Blaise Pascal Medal for MathematicsProfessor Felix Otto, director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, has been awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal for Mathematics 2017 of the European Academy of Sciences recognizing his outstanding... (Full article) |
13 Nov 17 | ||
Call for nominations for several offices of IMUIMU’s Adhering Organizations are invited to submit names for the following offices for the term 1 Jan 2019 – 31 Dec 2022. IMU Vice Presidents and IMU Executive Committee (EC) Members-at-Large. The General Assembly will elect 2 Vice... (Full article) |
20 Oct 17 | ||
Open Call for director of Fields InstituteThe Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences (Toronto, Canada) invites applications or nominations for the position of Director beginning July 1, 2018. Applications or nominations will be considered until the position is filled, but... (Full article) |
19 Oct 17 | ||
Open calls for CIMPA programsSupport for training in research. This program consists on the organisation of series of research-level courses in mathematics within the geographic areas of activities of CIMPA (Africa, central and south America, Asia). Every year, two calls for... (Full article) |
17 Oct 17 | ||
Nobel Prize in Physics 2017Professors Kip S. Thorne, Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish were awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity hundred years ago. Apart from being a deep... (Full article) |
9 Oct 17 | ||
Deadline for Minisymposium applications to ECMTB2018 approachingThe 11th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2018) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 23 to 27 July, 2018. |
7 Oct 17 | ||
World Meeting for Women in Mathematics-WM^2The World Meeting for Women in Mathematics-WM^2 will take place on July 31st, 2018 in Rio just before ICM2018. Those who wish to attend (WM)^2+ICM should look to the Open Arms... (Full article) |
7 Oct 17 | ||
Decease of Prof. Vladimir VoevodskyThe russian mathematician Vladimir Voevodsky, Professor at the School of Mathematics of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) died on 30 September 2017, at the age of 51. Voevodsky received the Fields Medal in 2002. |
1 Oct 17 | ||
Heidelberg Laureate Forum 2017The 5th Heidelberg Laureate Forum took place in the week September 25-29. Among the participants were 200 invited young scientists and 29 laureates of the most prestigious international awards within mathematics and computer scientists, among... (Full article) |
1 Oct 17 | ||
Brillet and Damour awarded the CNRS Gold MedalPhysicists Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour are winners of France’s top scientific distinction, the CNRS Gold Medal. The medals are awarded for the first direct detection of gravitational waves. Damour's work in theoretical physics is... (Full article) |
28 Sep 17 | ||
EMS e-News 24, September 2017HEADLINES - Maryam Mirzakhani (1977-2017) Shortly after her fortieth birthday, the first ever female Fields Medal laureate tragically lost her fight against cancer. She leaves a lasting mathematical legacy as well as her husband... (Full article) |
25 Sep 17 | e-News | |
BIRS-CMO running despite earthquakes in MexicoDespite of the tragic and devastating earthquakes that hit Mexico, all current BIRS (Banff International Research Station) workshops hosted by Casa Matemática Oaxaca (CMO) have not been affected, and that all future workshops will be proceeding... (Full article) |
24 Sep 17 | ||
Open Call for Director of IHPThe Institut Henri Poincaré is looking for candidates to the position of Director. The deadline for applications is 12 October 2017. For more information write to: Patrice Le Calvez, directeur par... (Full article) |
8 Sep 17 | Calls | |
Deadline for submitting projects to CIMPA close October 1The deadline to submit a project for CIMPA Research School for 2019 is October 1, 2017. Visit the CIMPA website for further information. |
19 Aug 17 | ||
Decease of Prof. Cathleen MorawetzCathleen Synge Morawetz, professor emerita at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, US, passed away on 8th of August 2017, at the age of 94. She was the second woman to serve as president of the AMS (1995-1996) and the... (Full article) |
17 Aug 17 | ||
Decease of Landon Clay, founder of the Clay Mathematics InstituteLandon Clay, Founder of the Clay Mathematics Institute has passed away on 29 July 2017, at the age of 91. He was responsible for the creation of the... (Full article) |
3 Aug 17 | ||
ERC plan for 2018The European Research Council (ERC) announces its 2018 grant competitions with a total budget of around €1.86 billion, most of which earmarked for early- to mid-career researchers. In addition, the ERC is reintroducing Synergy Grants, the funding... (Full article) |
3 Aug 17 | European mathematics | |
The Women in Mathematics Committee expresses their condolences for the death of Maryam Mirzakhani.Maryam Mirzakhani (1977 - 2017) The Women in Mathematics Committee of the EMS is deeply saddened by the untimely death of Maryam Mirzakhani on July 14. Her work was recognized worldwide by the international mathematical community, in... (Full article) |
30 Jul 17 | ||
Decease of Prof. Maryam MirzakhaniProfessor Maryam Mirzakhani, Stanford University, US, passed away on 14th of July, 2017, at the age of 40. She has been the first woman and the first iranian mathematician to receive the Fields Medal, awarded in 2014. |
15 Jul 17 | ||
Sir Andrew Wiles awarded Copley Medal by Royal SocietySir Andrew Wiles has been awarded the Royal Society's Copley Medal, the world’s oldest scientific prize, "for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, a major mathematical breakthrough of the 20th century." |
23 Jun 17 | ||
Decease of Prof. Jean-Pierre KahaneProf. Jean-Pierre Kahane, past president of the Société Mathématique de France, and specialist in harmonic analysis and probability, has passed away on 21 June 2017, at the age of 90. |
23 Jun 17 | ||
Cédric Villani elected to the National Assembly of FranceThe French mathematician Cédric Villani, Fields Medal in 2010, and director of the Institut Henri-Poincaré Paris since 2009, has been elected to the National Assembly of France by the 5e circonscription de l'Essonne.... (Full article) |
19 Jun 17 | ||
Plenary and invited lectures at ICMThe Organizing Committee of the ICM 2018 is proud to present the full list of speakers and sections for the Rio de Janeiro International Congress of Mathematicians. It can be found at http... (Full article) |
17 Jun 17 | ||
Asking for proposals for 2018 at CIEM, Universidad de Cantabria, SpainThe CIEM (International Center for Mathematical Meetings, http://www.ciem.unican.es) is an initiative of the University of Cantabria whose goal is to promote quality mathematical research, be it in its more... (Full article) |
15 Jun 17 | ||
2018 CIMPA Research Schools ProgrammeThe 21 research schools CIMPA 2018 are now set. You can find them here. The registrations are opened. |
3 Jun 17 |