European Mathematical Society
A learned society representing mathematicians throughout Europe.
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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 | ||
Henri Poincaré Prize awarded at ICMP 2012At the International Congress on Mathematical Physics held in Aalborg, Denmark in the week August 6 - 11, 2012, a Henri Poincaré Prize was awarded to Nalini Anantharaman, Freeman Dyson, Sylvia Serfaty, and to Barry Simon. |
14 Aug 12 | ||
International exhibition on Jewish Mathematicians in German-Speaking Academic Culture to open in IsraelThe exhibition "Transcending Tradition" explores the working lives and activities of Jewish mathematicians in German-speaking countries during the period between the legal and political emancipation of the Jews in the 19th century and their... (Full article) |
17 Oct 11 | ||
Shaw Prize 2019 awarded to Michel TalagrandThe Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2019 has been awarded to Michel Talagrand, Sorbonne University, France, for his work on concentration inequalities, on suprema of stochastic processes and on rigorous results for spin glasses. |
21 May 19 | ||
European parliament approves Horizon 2020Horizon 2020, the EU's €70.2 billion framework programme for research and innovation in 2014-2020, was approved by MEPs on Thursday. Parliament amended it to improve support for small firms, attract more people into science and more scientists to... (Full article) |
21 Nov 13 | ||
Sylvie Benzoni new Director of the Institut Henri PoincaréSylvie Benzoni will start as the new Director of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris on 1st January. Founded in 1928, the IHP is a highly prestigious centre of mathematics, an institutional member of the EMS, and an ERCOM Centre (European... (Full article) |
16 Dec 17 | ||
EMS Code of Practice approvedAt its October meeting in Helsinki, the executive committee of the EMS approved the Code of Practice that is the result of year-long efforts of the Ethics Committee of the society. The document lists strong recommendations to authors of... (Full article) |
7 Nov 12 | ||
Philibert Nang from Gabon wins the Ramanujan PrizeProfessor Philibert Nang (44), École Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire de Recherche en Mathématiques, Libreville, Gabon, has been named the winner of the 2011 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries. |
17 Jan 12 | ||
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 | ||
Decease of Prof. Vladimir ArnoldProfessor Vladimir Arnold, one of the most prominent mathematicians of the last century, passed away on June 3, 2010 in Paris. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arnold |
7 Jun 10 | ||
2nd International Conference on Algebra in Honour of Leonid BOKUT and Surender K. JAIN |
15 Sep 15 | Algebra, Number Theory | |
Terence Tao awarded Riemann Prize 2019Terence Tao, University of California in Los Angeles, USA, has been announced as the first recipient of the Riemann Prize in Mathematics, awarded by the Riemann International School of Mathematics (RISM). |
26 Nov 19 | ||
XVI Jacques-Louis Lions Spanish-French School on Numerical Simulation in Physics and Engineering, Spain, Sep 2014The Spanish Society of Applied Mathematics (SEMA), in cooperation with the Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SMAI), is pleased to announce the XVI Jacques-Louis Lions Spanish-French School on Numerical Simulation in Physics... (Full article) |
23 Jan 14 | ||
2018 Wolf Prize to Beilinson and DrinfeldThe 2018 Wolf Prize for Mathematics has been awarded to Alexander Beilinson and Vladimir Drinfeld, both of the University of Chicago, "for their groundbreaking work in algebraic geometry, representation theory, and mathematical physics". |
22 Feb 18 | ||
EMS-DMF Joint Mathematical Weekend, Aarhus(Denmark), April 5-7At the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), the EMS and the DMF invite mathematicians to participate in a Joint Mathematical Weekend at Aarhus University from Friday, April 5 to Sunday, April 7. |
17 Jan 13 | ||
1st Joint Conference of the Belgian, Royal Spanish and Luxembourg Mathematical SocietiesThe Joint meeting of the Belgian, Royal Spanish and Luxembourg mathematical societies will take place at the University of Liege, Belgium, from June 6 to June 8. It will gather mathematicians around 7 plenary speakers and in 8 special sessions (... (Full article) |
2 Mar 12 | ||
EMS President on Trump's Executive Order"The European Mathematical Society is closely following the activities of our American colleagues in response to the Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump, temporarily suspending travel to the US from seven countries. I support... (Full article) |
31 Jan 17 | ||
Funding crisis for scientific institutions in BulgariaBulgarian science is mainly concentrated at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and at Sofia University. The government has announced that it plans to transfer many of the institutes of the academy to other institutions and, at the same time, to... (Full article) |
1 Feb 11 | ||
IMU Abacus MedalThe IMU has decided to accept the joint bid from the University of Helsinki and the Simons Foundation for the funding of the IMU Abacus Medal, that will be awarded once every 4 years at the International Congress of Mathematicians, for... (Full article) |
5 Feb 20 | ||
Abel Prize: Award Ceremony and Abel LecturesThe Abel prize 2014 will be awarded to Yakov Sinai, Princeton University and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, in Oslo on May, 20. The Abel prize festivities start with a wreath laying at the Abel monument on May, 19 and end with a... (Full article) |
13 May 14 | ||
Breakthrough Junior ChallengeThe Breakthrough Prize sponsors an annual global competition for high school science and math students to inspire creative thinking about fundamental concepts in the natural sciences and mathematics.... (Full article) |
5 Jun 18 | ||
Robert Phelps 1926-2013Robert Ralph Phelps, an American mathematician who was known for his outstanding contributions to analysis, particularly to functional analysis and measure theory, passed away on January 4. He had been a professor of mathematics at the University... (Full article) |
25 Feb 13 | ||
European Latsis Prize 2012 - Invitation to Nominate CandidatesThe European Science Foundation (ESF) invites nominations for the European Latsis Prize 2012. The Prize, of a value of 100 000 Swiss Francs, is awarded each year by the Latsis Foundation through the ESF to a scientist or research group in... (Full article) |
12 Apr 12 | ||
March for ScienceThe March for Science is the first step of a global movement to defend the vital role science plays in our health, safety, economies, and governments. There will be local marchs on cities around the globe on April 22, 2017. |
19 Apr 17 | ||
Geometry Section at VU Amsterdam soon to be closed down?A committee at VU Amsterdam has put forward a proposal to close the Geometry Section, which consists of six tenured positions and focuses on algebraic K theory, algebraic topology, and general/geometric topology. This proposal has received the... (Full article) |
28 Apr 11 |