[cmath] IMA/PIMS partnership

[Alejandro Adem]

IMA and PIMS Launch International Partnership

The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) launched its
first major international partnership this month with a new agreement
with the The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS).
The IMA is based at the University of Minnesota and serves the mathematical
sciences community and related fields throughout the United States and 
abroad. PIMS is a consortium established by eight universities in Alberta, 
British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Washington State serving the Canadian 
and international mathematical communities, with close ties to the 
Pacific Rim. The agreement provides travel funds for faculty members at 
IMA member institutions to participate in programs offered by PIMS, and 
vice versa.

"This agreement makes a lot of sense because of the similar missions of
IMA and PIMS. We hope that it will increase collaboration between mathematical 
scientists in Canada and the US, and lead to further future cooperation between 
the two institutes," said Fadil Santosa, IMA director.

The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) was founded at the 
University of Minnesota in 1982 as a result of a competitive national
process. It fosters interdisciplinary research between mathematics, other
science disciplines, and industry in order to find solutions to important
scientific and technological problems. The IMA is funded primarily by the
U.S. National Science Foundation.

IMA: http://www.ima.umn.edu

PIMS: http://www.pims.math.ca

For more information on this or other PIMS programs please
contact reception at pims.math.ca.