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Applications for 5th Heidelberg Laureate Forum are openApplications for participation at the 5th Heidelberg Laureate Forum are open in three categories: Undergraduates, PhD Candidates, and PostDocs. The deadline is February 14th, 2017. The 5th HLF will take place in Heidelberg, Germany,... (Full article) |
24 Jan 17 | ||
The Oberwolfach Library terminates contract with ElsevierThe Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach Library cancelled all subscriptions to online journals provided by Elsevier Publishing. From January 2017, the current issues of all Elsevier journals will no longer be accessible online. ... (Full article) |
20 Jan 17 | ||
Fefferman and Schoen win 2017 Wolf PrizeCharles Fefferman, Princeton University, and Richard Schoen, University of California, Irvine, have been named the winners of the 2017 Wolf Prize in Mathematics for "their striking contributions to analysis and geometry." |
19 Jan 17 | ||
Message from the President, January 1, 2017Dear EMS members, dear friends, Any society's life contains both climactic and anticlimactic periods. The year just concluded was full of major events, but while the New Year promises many things we look forward to, it is day-to-day work... (Full article) |
31 Dec 16 | President’s Newsletter | |
Switzerland becomes fully associated to Horizon 2020Swiss researchers and organisations will now be able to fully participate in Horizon 2020, the European Union's research and innovation funding programme, on equal terms with entities from EU Member States and other associated countries. |
24 Dec 16 | ||
Abel in BarcelonaOn behalf of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and in collaboration with the Catalan Mathematical Society, the Institute of Catalan Studies is hosting a one-day symposium on the occasion of the meeting of the Abel Committee in... (Full article) |
20 Dec 16 | ||
2017 Breakthrough Prize to Jean BourgainThe 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Jean Bourgain (Institute for Advanced Study) for "combining deep theoretical insights with ingenious problem-solving ability" and for "an enormous impact on mathematics over the... (Full article) |
20 Dec 16 | Prizes | |
EMS e-News 21, December 2016HEADLINES
- The EC meeting The EMS Executive Committee (EC) held its regular autumn meeting 4-6 November, this time in Tbilisi on the kind invitation of the Georgian Mathematical Society. A number of decisions were taken... (Full article) |
13 Dec 16 | e-News | |
2017 AMS Prizes AwardedAndras Vasy of Stanford University will receive the 2017 AMS Bôcher Prize. Henri Darmon of McGill University will receive the 2017 AMS Cole Prize in Number Theory. Laura DeMarco of Northwestern University will receive the 2017 AMS... (Full article) |
2 Dec 16 | ||
ICM 2022 to be held in Paris or in St. PetersburgThe International Mathematical Union (IMU) received two bids for hosting the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 2022: Paris, France; and St. Petersburg, Russia. Both bids have the support of the European Mathematical Society.... (Full article) |
2 Dec 16 | ||
Call for Nominations for the Ramanujan Prize 2017The Ramanujan Prize is awarded annually to a researcher from a developing country who is less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the The... (Full article) |
23 Nov 16 | ||
Call for nominations for IMU prizesThe IMU seeks nominations for the following prizes to be awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians 2018. |
23 Nov 16 | ||
The inaugural IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships AwardedThanks to a generous donation by the winners of the Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics – Ian Agol, Simon Donaldson, Maxim Kontsevich, Jacob Lurie, Terence Tao and Richard Taylor – IMU (The... (Full article) |
23 Nov 16 | ||
New program of research visits in AfricaThe Committee for Developing Countries (CDC) of the EMS, with the support of the Simons Foundation, opens a program of research visits to foster research opportunities for young and established researchers in Africa. The program is open... (Full article) |
20 Nov 16 | ||
HORIZON 2020: Call within High Performance ComputingA recent call in the HORIZON 2020 program includes options specifically mentioning mathematics. Within the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) branch, one of the subtopics specifically mentioned under “Transition to Exascale Computing” (FET... (Full article) |
8 Nov 16 | Calls | |
ERC consolidator grants: Call issuedA call for the next round of ERC consolidator grants has been issued on 20 October. The deadline for applications is 9 February 2017. |
31 Oct 16 | Calls | |
German Research Chair “Mathematics and its Applications” at AIMSThe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is announcing a research chair, under the programme financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entitled “German Research Chairs”, at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in... (Full article) |
28 Oct 16 | Calls | |
New web site for Comenius projectThe European Union Comenius Project: DQME (Developing Quality in Mathematics Education) has produced an enormous amount of practical classroom materials, as well as many new ideas for learning and teaching mathematics. These materials have been... (Full article) |
26 Oct 16 | ||
New tool for the job market for mathematiciansTwo graduate students from Berlin have designed a new tool MathHire for the job market for mathematicians that turns more and more global. Apart from allowing to publish easily searchable job advertisements,... (Full article) |
17 Oct 16 | ||
Call for nominations for president and secretary of the IMU
The Adhering Organizations and Committees for Mathematics within the International Mathematical Union (IMU) are now invited to submit names for the offices of the IMU President and the IMU Secretary for the next term 2019–2022. |
30 Sep 16 | Calls | |
Claire Voisin receives the 2016 CNRS Gold MedalOn September 21, 2016, the mathematician Claire Voisin was awarded the CNRS Gold Medal. A renowned specialist in algebraic geometry, Claire Voisin is recognized by her peers, especially for her research on "the topology of projective varieties... (Full article) |
21 Sep 16 | Algebraic and Complex Geometry | Prizes |
Staff reduction planned at Department of Mathematics at Leicester University, UKThe EMS is very concerned learning about plans for staff reductions at the Department of Mathematics at Leicester University, UK. Due to a challenging financial situation, the university’s administration has put forward plans to dismiss 5% of... (Full article) |
19 Sep 16 | ||
EMS e-news 20, September 2016HEADLINES - ECM7The 7th European Congress of Mathematics convened in Berlin, July 18-22. The programme offered a rich menu of plenary and invited talks, minisymposia, and other presentations, including the Hirzebruch and Abel lectures. There... (Full article) |
9 Sep 16 | e-News | |
EU referendum statement by CMSThe British Council for the Mathematical Sciences (CMS) has published a statement concerning the future of scientific collaboration after the outcome of the British referendum. Some of the most important... (Full article) |
9 Sep 16 | European mathematics | |
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (1957-2016)Jean-Christophe Yoccoz passed away on September 3, 2016. Yoccoz had been awarded a Fields medal in 1994 for his contributions to the theory of dynamical systems. He was a professor at Collège de France. |
5 Sep 16 | Dynamical Systems and Ordinary Differential Equations | In Memoriam |