From bennett at math.ubc.ca Wed Jan 4 10:31:04 2012 From: bennett at math.ubc.ca (Michael Bennett) Date: Wed Jan 4 10:31:10 2012 Subject: [cmath] Ribenboim Prize in Number Theory Message-ID: <7CDBDD54-8315-4FDB-B32B-7B44815C2253@math.ubc.ca> Ribenboim Prize in Number Theory The Canadian Number Theory Association (CNTA) solicits nominations for the Seventh Ribenboim Prize, for distinguished research in number theory by a mathematician who is Canadian or has connections to Canadian mathematics. This prize is normally awarded every 2--4 years in conjunction with a CNTA meeting. The intention is to award the next prize at the 12th CNTA meeting to be held from June 17--22, 2012 in Lethbridge, Alberta. http://www.cs.uleth.ca/~CNTA2012/ The prize winner will receive a certificate and medal and will give a plenary talk at the CNTA meeting. Normally the prize winner will have received his or her Ph.D. within the last 12 years. Nominators should submit a letter of nomination, a citation of not more than 250 words, stating why the nominee should receive the award, a curriculum vitae of at most 20 pages, including a list of publications, and the names of 3 supporting references to the committee by March 1, 2012. Electronic submission in pdf format to Michael Bennett is preferred. Ribenboim Prize Committee c/o Professor Vinayak Vatsal Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia 1984 Mathematics Road, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6T 1Z2 ********************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This prize is intended to recognize individuals from the PIMS universities, or other educational institutions in Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan who have played a major role in encouraging activities which have enhanced public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as fostering communication among various groups and organizations concerned with mathematical training at all levels. Sponsors are to provide a cover letter explaining the nominee's contribution, impact and relevance for the prize. The nomination should also include a CV of the nominee, including publications, a brief summary of major accomplishments, and relevant samples of the nominee's work, such as reprints or educational materials. Nominations received last year will automatically be considered for this year's prize. Nominations should be sent via email to nominations@pims.math.ca Only electronic submissions will be accepted. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2012. The prize will be selected by the PIMS Executive Committee which is composed of the PIMS Site Directors. The results will be announced in April, 2012. Previous winners of the PIMS Education Prize are V.Jungic (SFU) A.Liu (U.Alberta) G.de Vries (U.Alberta) H.Weston (U.Regina) V.Warfield (U.Washington) S.Friesen (U.Calgary) M.Dubiel (SFU) W.Sands (U.Calgary) G.Bluman (UBC) W.Krawcewicz (U.Alberta) K.Hoechsmann (UBC) T.Lewis (U.Alberta) D.Leeming (U.Victoria) J.Morrow (U.Washington). From nkamran at math.mcgill.ca Fri Jan 20 12:19:40 2012 From: nkamran at math.mcgill.ca (Niky Kamran) Date: Fri Jan 20 12:19:46 2012 Subject: [cmath] AO CL 1/2012: Call for nominations: The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries (fwd) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Chers Collegues, Please find enclosed a call for nominations for the Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries. Thank you very much. Best regards, Niky Kamran, on behalf of the International Affairs Committee of the CMS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: IMU Adhering Organizations From: Martin Groetschel, IMU Secretary Call for Nominations: The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the Call for Nominations for the Ramanujan Prize which has been instituted by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP, Italy), the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund (Norway), and the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Prize is funded by the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund. The first winner was announced in 2005. The Ramanujan Prize is usually awarded to one person, but may be shared equally among recipients who have contributed to the same body of work. Eligible for the prize is a mathematician from a developing country less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the year of the award. For the details of the nomination please see the attached call paper. April 1, 2012 is the deadline for nominations. Nominations are to be sent to math@ictp.it. Please advertise this call for nominations for the Ramanujan Prize in your mathematical communities. Attached is a PDF file containing the official text of the call for nominations. The call can also be found at http://prizes.ictp.it/Ramanujan/call-for-nominations-for-the-2012-prize. With best wishes Martin Groetschel IMU Secretary -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Call 2012.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 30914 bytes Desc: Url : https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120120/4e945a23/Call2012.pdf -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To make a nomination, please send a CV of the nominee, together with a letter outlining reasons for your nomination, to The Director Fields Institute 222 College Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M5T 3J1 or to proposals@fields.utoronto.ca The deadline is February 15, 2012. Late nominations may be considered. Winners of the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize are automatically recommended for Fellowship. Current members of the Fields Institute's Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Panel are not eligible. Fields Institute Fellow selection committee members for 2011-12: Matheus Grasselli (Chair), Fields Institute Edward Bierstone, Fields Institute Kenneth Davidson, University of Waterloo Huaxiong Huang, York University Noriko Yui, Queen's University From commsp at cms.math.ca Tue Jan 24 14:08:45 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Laura Alyea) Date: Tue Jan 24 14:08:46 2012 Subject: [cmath] CMS Doctoral Prize/ Prix de doctorat de la SMC Message-ID: <4F1F01BD.5040902@cms.math.ca> *Reminder: The deadline for nominations is **January 31, 2012.* The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) invites nominations for the *2012 Doctoral Prize*. The prize recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student who graduated from a Canadian university in the preceding year (January 1st to December 31st). The CMS Doctoral Prize will consist of an award of $500, a two-year complimentary membership in the CMS, a framed prize certificate and a stipend for travel expenses to attend the 2012 CMS Winter Meeting to receive the award and present a plenary lecture. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/dp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Rappel : La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 31 janvier 2012.* La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) sollicite des mises en candidature pour le *Prix de doctorat 2012*. Le prix r?compenser le travail exceptionnel d'un ?tudiant au doctorat en math?matiques ayant obtenu un dipl?me d'une universit? canadienne entre le 1er janvier et le 31 d?cembre de l'ann?e pr?c?dente. Le laur?at du Prix de doctorat de la SMC aura droit ? une bourse de 500 $. De plus, la SMC lui offrira l'adh?sion gratuite ? la Soci?t? pendant deux ans et lui remettra un certificat encadr? et une subvention pour frais de d?placements lui permettant d'assister ? la r?union d'hiver SMC 2012 o? il recevra son prix et pr?sentera une conf?rence. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/info/dp -- Laura Alyea Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Laura Alyea Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From Frederic.Gourdeau at mat.ulaval.ca Thu Jan 26 15:55:33 2012 From: Frederic.Gourdeau at mat.ulaval.ca (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Gourdeau?=) Date: Thu Jan 26 15:56:11 2012 Subject: [cmath] News from ICMI - Nouvelles de la CIEM Message-ID: <11C08B9AD187B24A90A3B94EAD8AEAB262D68000A3@EXCH-MBX-A.ulaval.ca> contenu de type multipart/alternative saut?-------------- section suivante -------------- Une pi?ce jointe non texte a ?t? nettoy?e... Nom: 2012_01_26 ICMI - CIEM.pdf Type: application/pdf Taille: 166514 octets Desc: 2012_01_26 ICMI - CIEM.pdf Url: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120126/fa3e0632/2012_01_26ICMI-CIEM.pdf From nassif at math.ubc.ca Thu Jan 26 19:08:28 2012 From: nassif at math.ubc.ca (Nassif Ghoussoub) Date: Thu Jan 26 19:09:27 2012 Subject: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier Message-ID: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> Dear all, This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched by Timothy Gowers on his blog http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" http://thecostofknowledge.com/ Nassif Ghoussoub http://nghoussoub.com/ From t.kaczynski at usherbrooke.ca Fri Jan 27 11:44:47 2012 From: t.kaczynski at usherbrooke.ca (Tomasz Kaczynski) Date: Fri Jan 27 14:00:15 2012 Subject: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier In-Reply-To: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> References: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> Message-ID: <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing practices but I don?t know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, while 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper which appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist For example, in the blog one says about ?bundles? of Elsevier: From 2010 on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All Springer electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for books from other publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ 31.40/paper, Springer $34.95. 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more fundamental in nature than charging high prices: it is about monopolizing the knowledge acquired from public funds. But it occurred to me that actually Elsevier is the Publisher who?s attitude to Author?s Rights e.g. concerning the free on-line distribution of author?s own preprints seems to be the most flexible, see this new reformed policy: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on his web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating suggestions from referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by the Publisher) provided there is no involvement of the Publisher?s team in producing the preprint version. So, regardless of how much Elsevier charges for their final version, whether or not the public research is publically released, depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only on the Publisher. I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I think that many authors feel intimidated by journals? copyright policies. How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access option? Those who do, are they the best authors or best-financed authors? I see that many publications of scientific Societies and Consortiums such as IEEE or, why search so far, our CMS, are also a kind of ?Sesame: show open? ;-) To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on public research and authors rights versus publisher?s rights is due rather than blasting one selected publisher. Best regards, Tomasz -- Tomasz Kaczynski Departement de mathematiques Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > Dear all, > > This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched > by Timothy Gowers on his blog > > http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ > > You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" > > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > > Nassif Ghoussoub > http://nghoussoub.com/ > > From dapike at mun.ca Fri Jan 27 12:36:02 2012 From: dapike at mun.ca (David Pike) Date: Fri Jan 27 14:00:39 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 AARMS Summer School Message-ID: The annual AARMS Summer School will begin its second decade on Monday July 16, 2012 at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. This four week event is intended to attract both graduate students and exceptional undergraduate students from all parts of the world. The 2012 school will offer two courses in algebra and two in combinatorics: + Darryn Bryant from the University of Queensland will deliver a course on Combinatorial Designs and Graph Decompositions + Pawel Pralat from Ryerson University will deliver a course on the Probabilistic Method and Random Graphs + Alberto Elduque from the University of Zaragoza, Spain, will deliver a course in Lie Theory + Nicolas Andruskiewitsch from the University of Cordoba, Argentina, and Leandro Vendramin from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will deliver a course on Hopf Algebras and Applications. Each course will be offered as a Memorial University graduate course, thereby facilitating transfer credit to each student's home institution. The local expenses of all students (accommodation, meals, textbooks) will be met in full by the School. Moreover, there are no registration or tuition fees. Enrollment is limited to 30 students. For details regarding how to apply to participate, please refer to the School's webpage: www.aarms.math.ca/summer/2012/index.html From vrunde at ualberta.ca Fri Jan 27 15:03:36 2012 From: vrunde at ualberta.ca (Volker Runde) Date: Fri Jan 27 15:03:45 2012 Subject: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier In-Reply-To: <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> References: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> Message-ID: Dear Tomasz, I have been working on a similar reply to Nassif's message, but you were faster than me. Let me just say that I agree 99% with you. Best, Volker Runde. 2012/1/27 Tomasz Kaczynski > Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, > > I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing > practices but I don?t know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, while > > 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific > publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper which > appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/**commentisfree/2011/aug/29/** > academic-publishers-murdoch-**socialist > > For example, in the blog one says about ?bundles? of Elsevier: From 2010 > on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All Springer > electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for books from other > publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ 31.40/paper, Springer > $34.95. > > 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more fundamental > in nature than charging high prices: it is about monopolizing the knowledge > acquired from public funds. But it occurred to me that actually Elsevier is > the Publisher who?s attitude to Author?s Rights e.g. concerning the free > on-line distribution of author?s own preprints seems to be the most > flexible, see this new reformed policy: > > http://www.elsevier.com/wps/**find/authorsview.authors/**rights > > In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on his > web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating suggestions from > referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by the Publisher) > provided there is no involvement of the Publisher?s team in producing the > preprint version. So, regardless of how much Elsevier charges for their > final version, whether or not the public research is publically released, > depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only on the Publisher. > > I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I > think that many authors feel intimidated by journals? copyright policies. > How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access option? Those who > do, are they the best authors or best-financed authors? I see that many > publications of scientific Societies and Consortiums such as IEEE or, why > search so far, our CMS, are also a kind of ?Sesame: show open? ;-) > > To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on public > research and authors rights versus publisher?s rights is due rather than > blasting one selected publisher. > > Best regards, > Tomasz > > -- > Tomasz Kaczynski > Departement de mathematiques > Universite de Sherbrooke > Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada > > > Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > > Dear all, >> >> This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched by >> Timothy Gowers on his blog >> >> http://gowers.wordpress.com/**2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-** >> in-its-downfall/ >> >> You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of >> knowledge" >> >> http://thecostofknowledge.com/ >> >> >> Nassif Ghoussoub >> http://nghoussoub.com/ >> >> >> > > > -- Volker Runde - Professor Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences CAB 632 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2G1 Phone: 780 492 3526 Fax: 780 492 6826 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120127/fc781663/attachment.htm From joyal.andre at uqam.ca Fri Jan 27 15:20:50 2012 From: joyal.andre at uqam.ca (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Joyal=2C_Andr=E9?=) Date: Fri Jan 27 15:25:00 2012 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=A0=3A_=5Bcmath=5D_Campaign_against_Elsevier?= References: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> Message-ID: Dear Tomasz Kaczynski and colleagues, You wrote, > a fundamental discussion on public research and > authors rights versus publisher's rights is due The International Mathematical Union (IMU) has a blog for that: http://blog.mathunion.org/journals/ Certainly, we should continue discussing but there is a need for concrete action. David Savitt wrote (http://thecostofknowledge.com): > Certainly one can debate whether Elsevier is the right specific target, > but I do think that if one wants to build some sort of movement, > it?s best to start out in a relatively specific way. > Targeting a particular bad behavior in a broad way may leave so few alternatives > as to be impractical for many individuals, and if individuals can?t make a pledge and stick to it > then one isn?t going to get anywhere. You also have to ask, pragmatically, > what?s going to get a large number of people to participate? A > high-minded commitment to a broad principle takes much more effort than a boycott > of a specific company. Best regards, Andr? -------- Message d'origine-------- De: cmath-bounces@cms.math.ca de la part de Tomasz Kaczynski Date: ven. 27/01/2012 11:44 ?: Nassif Ghoussoub; CMath E-Mail Distribution List Cc: department@math.ubc.ca; Profs-Math Objet : Re: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing practices but I don't know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, while 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper which appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist For example, in the blog one says about "bundles" of Elsevier: From 2010 on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All Springer electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for books from other publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ 31.40/paper, Springer $34.95. 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more fundamental in nature than charging high prices: it is about monopolizing the knowledge acquired from public funds. But it occurred to me that actually Elsevier is the Publisher who's attitude to Author's Rights e.g. concerning the free on-line distribution of author's own preprints seems to be the most flexible, see this new reformed policy: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on his web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating suggestions from referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by the Publisher) provided there is no involvement of the Publisher's team in producing the preprint version. So, regardless of how much Elsevier charges for their final version, whether or not the public research is publically released, depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only on the Publisher. I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I think that many authors feel intimidated by journals' copyright policies. How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access option? Those who do, are they the best authors or best-financed authors? I see that many publications of scientific Societies and Consortiums such as IEEE or, why search so far, our CMS, are also a kind of "Sesame: show open" ;-) To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on public research and authors rights versus publisher's rights is due rather than blasting one selected publisher. Best regards, Tomasz -- Tomasz Kaczynski Departement de mathematiques Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > Dear all, > > This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched > by Timothy Gowers on his blog > > http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ > > You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" > > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > > Nassif Ghoussoub > http://nghoussoub.com/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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David Savitt wrote (http://thecostofknowledge.com): > Certainly one can debate whether Elsevier is the right specific target, > but I do think that if one wants to build some sort of movement, > it's best to start out in a relatively specific way. > Targeting a particular bad behavior in a broad way may leave so few alternatives > as to be impractical for many individuals, and if individuals can't make a pledge and stick to it > then one isn't going to get anywhere. You also have to ask, pragmatically, > what's going to get a large number of people to participate? A > high-minded commitment to a broad principle takes much more effort than a boycott > of a specific company. Best regards, Andr? -------- Message d'origine-------- De: cmath-bounces@cms.math.ca de la part de Tomasz Kaczynski Date: ven. 27/01/2012 11:44 ?: Nassif Ghoussoub; CMath E-Mail Distribution List Cc: department@math.ubc.ca; Profs-Math Objet : Re: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing practices but I don't know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, while 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper which appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist For example, in the blog one says about "bundles" of Elsevier: From 2010 on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All Springer electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for books from other publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ 31.40/paper, Springer $34.95. 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more fundamental in nature than charging high prices: it is about monopolizing the knowledge acquired from public funds. But it occurred to me that actually Elsevier is the Publisher who's attitude to Author's Rights e.g. concerning the free on-line distribution of author's own preprints seems to be the most flexible, see this new reformed policy: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on his web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating suggestions from referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by the Publisher) provided there is no involvement of the Publisher's team in producing the preprint version. So, regardless of how much Elsevier charges for their final version, whether or not the public research is publically released, depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only on the Publisher. I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I think that many authors feel intimidated by journals' copyright policies. How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access option? Those who do, are they the best authors or best-financed authors? I see that many publications of scientific Societies and Consortiums such as IEEE or, why search so far, our CMS, are also a kind of "Sesame: show open" ;-) To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on public research and authors rights versus publisher's rights is due rather than blasting one selected publisher. Best regards, Tomasz -- Tomasz Kaczynski Departement de mathematiques Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > Dear all, > > This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched > by Timothy Gowers on his blog > > http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ > > You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" > > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > > Nassif Ghoussoub > http://nghoussoub.com/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120127/b152daa7/attachment.htm From rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca Fri Jan 27 15:52:50 2012 From: rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca (Christiane Rousseau) Date: Fri Jan 27 15:52:48 2012 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3A_RE=A0=3A_=5Bcmath=5D_Campaign_against_Elsev?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ier?= In-Reply-To: References: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> Message-ID: <51DACBED-A613-496F-9F85-EF9FF4C689CD@dms.umontreal.ca> Dear colleagues, I will add to the voice of Andr?. The International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the International COuncil of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) are precisely nominating a Committee to study the pricing of journals. And this committee will look at the IMU blog on journals http://blog.mathunion.org/journals/ So it is best to put your contributions on this blog. Best wishes, Christiane Le 2012-01-27 ? 15:20, Joyal, Andr? a ?crit : > Dear Tomasz Kaczynski and colleagues, > > You wrote, > > > a fundamental discussion on public research and > > authors rights versus publisher's rights is due > > The International Mathematical Union (IMU) has a blog for that: > > http://blog.mathunion.org/journals/ > > Certainly, we should continue discussing but > there is a need for concrete action. > > David Savitt wrote (http://thecostofknowledge.com): > > > Certainly one can debate whether Elsevier is the right specific target, > > but I do think that if one wants to build some sort of movement, > > it?s best to start out in a relatively specific way. > > Targeting a particular bad behavior in a broad way may leave so few alternatives > > as to be impractical for many individuals, and if individuals can?t make a pledge and stick to it > > then one isn?t going to get anywhere. You also have to ask, pragmatically, > > what?s going to get a large number of people to participate? A > > high-minded commitment to a broad principle takes much more effort than a boycott > > of a specific company. > > Best regards, > Andr? > > > > > -------- Message d'origine-------- > De: cmath-bounces@cms.math.ca de la part de Tomasz Kaczynski > Date: ven. 27/01/2012 11:44 > ?: Nassif Ghoussoub; CMath E-Mail Distribution List > Cc: department@math.ubc.ca; Profs-Math > Objet : Re: [cmath] Campaign against Elsevier > > Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, > > I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing > practices but I don't know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, > while > > 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific > publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper > which appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist > > For example, in the blog one says about "bundles" of Elsevier: From > 2010 on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All > Springer electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for > books from other publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ > 31.40/paper, Springer $34.95. > > 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more > fundamental in nature than charging high prices: it is about > monopolizing the knowledge acquired from public funds. But it occurred > to me that actually Elsevier is the Publisher who's attitude to > Author's Rights e.g. concerning the free on-line distribution of > author's own preprints seems to be the most flexible, see this new > reformed policy: > > http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights > > In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on > his web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating > suggestions from referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by > the Publisher) provided there is no involvement of the Publisher's > team in producing the preprint version. So, regardless of how much > Elsevier charges for their final version, whether or not the public > research is publically released, depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only > on the Publisher. > > I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I > think that many authors feel intimidated by journals' copyright > policies. How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access > option? Those who do, are they the best authors or best-financed > authors? I see that many publications of scientific Societies and > Consortiums such as IEEE or, why search so far, our CMS, are also a > kind of "Sesame: show open" ;-) > > To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on > public research and authors rights versus publisher's rights is due > rather than blasting one selected publisher. > > Best regards, > Tomasz > > -- > Tomasz Kaczynski > Departement de mathematiques > Universite de Sherbrooke > Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada > > > Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > > > Dear all, > > > > This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched > > by Timothy Gowers on his blog > > > > http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ > > > > You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" > > > > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > > > > > Nassif Ghoussoub > > http://nghoussoub.com/ > > > > > > > > > Christiane Rousseau D?partement de math?matiques et de statistique Universit? de Montr?al C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville Montr?al, Qc, H3C 3J7 T?l: 514 343-7729, T?lec: 514 343-5700 rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120127/2c1a699a/attachment.htm From nassif at math.ubc.ca Fri Jan 27 15:52:55 2012 From: nassif at math.ubc.ca (Nassif Ghoussoub) Date: Fri Jan 27 15:53:58 2012 Subject: [cmath] Re: Important issues concerning the research community In-Reply-To: References: <324583AE-CD2F-469F-90E7-E1A5FAA3A20A@math.ubc.ca> <20120127114447.20682p5z176s03ac@www.usherbrooke.ca> Message-ID: <5D667676-6539-42A1-9206-652D92AEE871@math.ubc.ca> Dear all, My email was mainly for information. I haven't personally thought enough about the most appropriate strategy to fight the bad business practices in scientific publishing. Gowers' blog and its comments' section include a discussion on why Elsevier and not others. In any case, my own priority now is on the following issue. http://nghoussoub.com/2012/01/27/it-may-be-crunch-time-for-the-presidents-of-canadas-research-councils/ Please keep this in mind since we --meaning all of Canada's researchers-- may need to speak up before it is too late. Nassif On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Volker Runde wrote: > > 2012/1/27 Tomasz Kaczynski > Dear Nassif, Dear colleagues, > > I am sympathetic with voices of deception with current publishing practices but I don?t know why this attack is explicitly on Elsevier, while > > 1. The problem is general and it concerns all leading scientific publishers, with Elsevier ex aequo Springer. Please see this paper which appeared in The Guardian online half an year ago: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/29/academic-publishers-murdoch-socialist > > For example, in the blog one says about ?bundles? of Elsevier: From 2010 on, our library has been pushed to purchase a bundle of All Springer electronic books in Math, leaving not too much funds for books from other publishers. Another example, Elsevier charges $ 31.40/paper, Springer $34.95. > > 2. The article cited above presents objections which are more fundamental in nature than charging high prices: it is about monopolizing the knowledge acquired from public funds. But it occurred to me that actually Elsevier is the Publisher who?s attitude to Author?s Rights e.g. concerning the free on-line distribution of author?s own preprints seems to be the most flexible, see this new reformed policy: > > http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/rights > > In the view of this policy, the author may not only keep a preprint on his web page (or in arxiv) but even update it by incorporating suggestions from referees (who also are paid from public funds, not by the Publisher) provided there is no involvement of the Publisher?s team in producing the preprint version. So, regardless of how much Elsevier charges for their final version, whether or not the public research is publically released, depends on US, THE AUTHORS, not only on the Publisher. > > I do not find such transparent statements from other publishers, and I think that many authors feel intimidated by journals? copyright policies. How many authors can afford purchasing the Open Access option? Those who do, are they the best authors or best-financed authors? I see that many publications of scientific Societies and Consortiums such as IEEE or, why search so far, our CMS, are also a kind of ?Sesame: show open? ;-) > > To recapitulate this, I believe that a fundamental discussion on public research and authors rights versus publisher?s rights is due rather than blasting one selected publisher. > > Best regards, > Tomasz > > -- > Tomasz Kaczynski > Departement de mathematiques > Universite de Sherbrooke > Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada > > > Quoting Nassif Ghoussoub : > > Dear all, > > This is to inform you about a campaign to boycott Elsevier launched by Timothy Gowers on his blog > > http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/elsevier-my-part-in-its-downfall/ > > You can participate if you wish by going to the webpage "Cost of knowledge" > > http://thecostofknowledge.com/ > > > Nassif Ghoussoub > http://nghoussoub.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > Volker Runde - Professor > Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences > CAB 632 > University of Alberta > Edmonton, Alberta > Canada T6G 2G1 > > Phone: 780 492 3526 > Fax: 780 492 6826 > From commsp at cms.math.ca Wed Feb 1 10:16:40 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Laura Alyea) Date: Wed Feb 1 10:16:46 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?Graham_Wright_Award_for_Distinguished_Ser?= =?iso-8859-1?q?vice/Prix_Graham_Wright_pour_service_m=E9ritoire?= Message-ID: <4F295758.4040805@cms.math.ca> *Deadline: March 31, 2012* The CMS invites nominations for the *2012 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service*. This award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and significant contributions to the Canadian mathematical community, and, in particular, to the Canadian Mathematical Society. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/ds.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Date limite: 31 mars 2012* La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le *Prix Graham Wright pour service m?ritoire 2012*. Le prix r?compense les personnes qui contribuent de fa?on importante et soutenue ? la communaut? math?matique canadienne et, notamment, ? la SMC. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/info/ds -- Laura Alyea Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. 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The Math in Moscow program provides a fifteen-week-long research experience for students, not only with other talented and highly motivated undergraduates, but also with some of the world's leading mathematicians. Students will be learning and discovering mathematics in an environment similar in spirit to that of an NSERC summer scholarship, but with much broader representation from a world-class international community. This is an excellent preparation for those who intend to pursue graduate studies in mathematics. The deadline for applications is *March 30, 2012*. Full details for submitting an application can be found at: http://cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), avec l'appui du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g?nie (CRSNG), invite les ?tudiants ? pr?senter leurs demandes dans le cadre du *Programme de bourses Math ? Moscou.* Deux bourses de 9 000 $ sera accord?e pour qu'ils suivent ? l'Universit? Ind?pendante de Moscou pour le trimestre d'automne 2012. Les ?tudiantes ou ?tudiants du Canada inscrit(e)s ? un porgramme de math?matiques ou d'informatique sont ?ligibles. Le programme Math ? Moscou procurera aux ?tudiants et aux ?tudiantes une exp?rience de recherche de quinze semaines non seulement avec d'autres futurs math?maticiens talentueux et tr?s motiv?s, mais aussi avec plusieurs math?maticiens et math?maticiennes de renomm?e internationale. Les participants ?tudieront les math?matiques dans un milieu semblable ? celui que procurent les bourses d'?t? du CRSNG, mais aupr?s d'un nombre beaucoup plus ?lev? de repr?sentants de r?putation internationale de la communaut? math?matique. C'est une excellente pr?paration pour ceux et celles qui se destinent ? des ?tudes sup?rieures en math?matiques. L'?ch?ance pour pr?senter sa demande est le *30 mars 2012*. 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Supervision of graduate students at both the Masters and Ph.D. level is possible. New Faculty are eligible to apply for university funding in support of research and scholarly activities. The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and Aboriginal persons. Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is surprisingly mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities and attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,000 students. Our focus on liberal education, selected professional programs, smaller classes, co-op placements and involvement of students in faculty research provides the very best education available. For more information about the University please visit our web site at www.uleth.ca. Applications including a curriculum vitae, research interests and publications, names and contact information of at least three references, at least one addressing teaching, should be sent to: Search Committee Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr., Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4. E-mail: chair@cs.uleth.ca; phone: (403)329-2470. To expedite the handling of applications, please have references send their supporting letters directly to the above address. The closing date for the competition is February 29, 2012 or until the position is filled. We consider all replies to this advertisement, but only short-listed applicants will be contacted. 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The successful candidate will also be appointed as an Associate Faculty member of the Perimeter Institute (www.perimeterinstitute.ca). Areas of interest to the Department and to the Perimeter Institute include condensed matter physics, astrophysics, cosmology, gravitational physics and particle physics. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Physics or Applied Mathematics and at least one-year's postdoctoral experience (or equivalent). The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent, externally funded research program in an area of theoretical physics, and contribute to the graduate and undergraduate degree programs in the Department of Applied Mathematics. The Department of Applied Mathematics and the Faculty of Science provide a research intensive environment, including state-of-the-art computational facilities (www.sharcnet.ca). 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Software developers are invited to present new software for solving problems in symbolic and algebraic computation at ISSAC 2012. Presenters will be given 15 minutes to demonstrate their software to participants in a special session for software presentations. There will be 5 additional minutes between presentations for setup. Please submit an extended abstract in PDF format describing your software and what you will present at ISSAC to Francois Boulier by email at issac2012-software-presentation@lifl.fr Please include in the subject heading ISSAC 2012 Software Presentation. Please include a valid URL or contact address for obtaining the software packages and documentation. Abstracts will be evaluated based on content, novelty, originality, importance and the potential value of the software to the community. Please identify in your extended abstract what is new in your proposed ISSAC 2012 software presentation. If you are also submitting a related paper at ISSAC 2012, please identify, in your email, the differences between the two submissions. You may also present your software as a poster. Extended abstracts of accepted software presentations will be distributed at the symposium and also printed in an issue of the ACM SIGSAM Communications in Computer Algebra. These published versions of extended abstracts will be restricted to a maximum of 3 pages. Topics ------ Software presentations can be on any topic mentioned in the Call for Papers of ISSAC 2012 which include but are not restricted to the following areas: * Algorithmic Mathematics: Algebraic, Symbolic and Symbolic-Numeric Algorithms. * Computer Science: Theoretical and practical problems in Symbolic Computation. * Applications: Of Symbolic or Symbolic-Numeric algorithms in novel or essential ways, in Education, The Sciences, Engineering, or Business. Important Dates --------------- Deadline to submit extended abstract (.pdf): Saturday, April 14, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Deadline to submit (.tex) updated abstracts: Friday, May 25, 2012 Software Presentations Chair ---------------------------- Francois Boulier (Lille Univ.): issac2012-software-presentation@lifl.fr ***** You may leave the ISSAC-ANNOUNCE list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ISSAC-ANNOUNCE" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG or by visiting http://listserv.acm.org/archives/ISSAC-ANNOUNCE.html. From turnerw at WABASH.EDU Mon Feb 13 22:20:43 2012 From: turnerw at WABASH.EDU (William Turner) Date: Tue Feb 14 09:53:14 2012 Subject: [cmath] [ISSAC-ANNOUNCE] ISSAC 2012 Call for Posters Message-ID: <4F39D30B.6000900@wabash.edu> Please distribute (apologies for multiple postings): =================================================== ISSAC 2012 Call for Posters International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation Grenoble, France, July 22-25, 2012 http://www.issac-conference.org/2012/ =================================================== The International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) is the premier conference for research in symbolic computation and computer algebra. ISSAC 2012 is the 37th meeting in the series, started in 1966 and held annually since 1981, in North America, Europe and Asia. The conference presents a range of invited speakers, tutorials, poster sessions, software demonstrations and vendor exhibits with a centerpiece of contributed research papers. The poster sessions at ISSAC offer a forum for researchers to present early research results that are of interest but not yet completed. Also posters reporting on recent work published or accepted or submitted elsewhere are welcome. We invite authors to submit an extended abstract in PDF format of no more than 2 pages. The abstracts will be reviewed by the poster committee and relevant experts when needed. The review criteria are: content, originality, style and relevance. The accepted poster abstracts will be printed and distributed at the conference as well as published in an upcoming issue of the ACM SIGSAM Communications in Computer Algebra. Important Dates --------------- Abstract submission deadline: Saturday, April 14, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 Final version due: Friday, May 25, 2012 Submission Instructions ----------------------- Abstracts must not exceed 2 pages in the style of Communications in Computer Algebra (see http://www.sigsam.org/cca/ for LaTeX files) and shall be submitted as PDF via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issac2012posters Conference Topics ----------------- All areas of computer algebra and symbolic computation are of interest. See http://www.issac-conference.org/2012/ or the call for papers for further information. Poster Committee ---------------- Jeremy Berthomieu (Versailles Univ., France) Xavier Dahan (Ki?sh? Univ., Japan) Xiao-Shan Gao (Chinese Academy of Science, China) Irena Kogan (North Carolina State Univ., USA) Bernard Mourrain (INRIA Sophia-Antipolis, France) - Chair ***** You may leave the ISSAC-ANNOUNCE list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ISSAC-ANNOUNCE" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG or by visiting http://listserv.acm.org/archives/ISSAC-ANNOUNCE.html. From adem at pims.math.ca Tue Feb 14 15:51:56 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Tue Feb 14 15:52:25 2012 Subject: [cmath] Mathematical Modeling in Industry: June 18-27 in Calgary In-Reply-To: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> References: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> Message-ID: **Opportunity for Canadian graduate students** Mathematical Modeling in Industry June 18 - June 27, 2012 at the University of Calgary PIMS in collaboration with IMA and with the participation of CIMAT (Mexico) is holding a 10-day workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Industry. A proposal for funding from Mprime is pending. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates from North America with first hand experience in industrial research. Students will work in teams of up to 6 students under the guidance of a mentor from industry. The mentor will help guide the students in the modeling process, analysis and computational work associated with a real-world industrial problem. A progress report from each team will be scheduled during the period. In addition, each team will be expected to make an oral final presentation and submit a written report at the end of the 10-day period. Students will be selected through a competitive process. The application deadline is **March 25, 2012** Please see http://www.pims.math.ca/industrial-event/120618-mmiawgs for details. +++Please circulate+++ From vrunde at ualberta.ca Thu Feb 16 19:08:52 2012 From: vrunde at ualberta.ca (Volker Runde) Date: Thu Feb 16 19:08:59 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fwd: position at Newcastle In-Reply-To: <6A0B77CD-DE03-4FEF-BC45-B4D45651BC61@newcastle.edu.au> References: <21A703AD-7089-4090-A52B-CB02C22C197F@newcastle.edu.au> <6A0B77CD-DE03-4FEF-BC45-B4D45651BC61@newcastle.edu.au> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: george willis Date: Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:46 PM Subject: position at Newcastle To: Volker Runde Cc: Nico Spronk Dear Volker and/or Nico, A continuing lectureship is being advertised at the University of Newcastle. The closing date is, unfortunately, quite soon on February 29th. The advertisement and details of the position may be found by following the links at https://hronline.newcastle.edu.au/pls/wssprod/WK8127$VAC.QueryView?P_VACANCY_REF_NO=1883 Could you please announce the advertisement on the Banach algebras mailing list? Best wishes, George. George Willis. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, AUSTRALIA. Telephone: (61) 249 215 666 Fax: (61) 249 216 898 CRICOS Provider Number 00109J -- Volker Runde - Professor Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences CAB 632 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2G1 Phone: 780 492 3526 Fax: 780 492 6826 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The complete announcement is available at the CMS website at: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/et-announcement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que *M. Veselin Jungic (de la Simon Fraser University)* est le laur?at du Prix d'excellence en enseignement 2012. Ce prix de la SMC souligne une contribution soutenue et exceptionnelle ? l'enseignement des math?matiques au premier cycle dans un ?tablissement d'enseignement postsecondaire canadien. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/et-announcement -- Laura Alyea Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Laura Alyea Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Tue Feb 21 10:43:43 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Laura Alyea) Date: Tue Feb 21 10:43:15 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?CORRECTED_-_CMS_Excellence_in_Teaching_Aw?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ard_Recipient_/_Laur=E9at_du_Prix_d=27excellence_en_enseig?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nement_de_la_SMC?= Message-ID: <4F43BBAF.7040008@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that *Dr. Veselin Jungic (Simon Fraser University)* is the recipient of the 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award. The CMS Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes sustained and distinguished contributions in mathematics teaching at the undergraduate level at a Canadian post-secondary education institution. The complete announcement is available at the CMS website at: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/et-announcement ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que *M. Veselin Jungic (de la Simon Fraser University)* est le laur?at du Prix d'excellence en enseignement 2012. Ce prix de la SMC souligne une contribution soutenue et exceptionnelle ? l'enseignement des math?matiques au premier cycle dans un ?tablissement d'enseignement postsecondaire canadien. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/et-announcement -- Laura Alyea Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Laura Alyea Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From michaelyli at yahoo.com Sun Feb 19 22:29:36 2012 From: michaelyli at yahoo.com (Michael Li) Date: Tue Feb 21 11:08:18 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS-MPrime-CDM Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta Message-ID: <1329708576.66771.YahooMailNeo@web120602.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> PIMS-MPrime-CDM Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases May 17-27, 2012,?University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada We invite you to participate in the 2012 PIMS-MPrime-CDM Summer School on Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta.? This is the continuation of summer school series organized Centre on Disease Modeling (CDM) team (formerly known as the NCE-MITACS team on? Transmission Dynamics and Spatial Spread of Infectious Diseases: Modelling, Prediction and Control). The purpose of the summer school is to provide effective training for collaborative research in infectious diseases based on mathematical modeling and qualitative analysis.? Our goal is two-fold: to educate mathematically trained students how to address issues of great importance in disease control and prevention, and to educate public? health students and researchers why and how mathematical modeling tools are useful for public health research. It is our hope that the summer school will prepare? students who wish to work as modelers in a public health environment, and to help public health people and mathematical modelers to learn a language in which? they can communicate with one another. The scientific program of the summer school consists of a variety of formats including short courses, case studies, public lectures and group projects.? Financial assistance for graduate student participants are available. To register online or find more information, visit the summer school website http://http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~irl/summer_school_2012.html. Michael Li Professor of Mathematics University of Alberta mli@math.ualberta.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nomination: Nominations must be submitted by FEBRUARY 29 to CAIMS/Mprime by a sponsor who is responsible for providing the following information: a curriculum vitae a publication list a cover letter explaining the basis of the nomination a maximum of three additional letters of support Unsuccessful nominations which continue to meet the eligibility criteria will be automatically considered for a second year. Prize Selection Committee: The recipient of the prize will be decided by a prize selection committee consisting of four experts, who will serve for two-year terms. Two of them will be appointed by the President of CAIMS and two will be selected by the Mprime Scientific Director. Decisions will be announced in April. THE AWARD The award will consist of a cash prize of $1,000 and a commemorative plaque that will be presented at the CAIMS Annual Meeting. The recipient will be invited to deliver a lecture at the CAIMS Annual Meeting in the year of the award. A travel allowance will be provided. Nominations should be sent to: Dr. Fahima Nekka fahima.nekka@umontreal.ca This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2011.php From akelm at cms.math.ca Tue Feb 21 14:27:52 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Tue Feb 21 14:28:02 2012 Subject: [cmath] Postdoctoral Fellow - AECL, Reactor Physics Methods group Message-ID: <4F43F038.7070905@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: ryerson-ad.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 14150 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120227/eb0e1054/ryerson-ad.pdf From adem at pims.math.ca Mon Mar 5 14:25:21 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Mon Mar 5 14:25:53 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics In-Reply-To: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> References: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> Message-ID: ****************************************************** The 2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics has been awarded to Theodore Kolokolnikov, Dalhousie University ****************************************************** CAIMS and PIMS are pleased to announce that the 2012 CAIMS/PIMS Early Career Award in Applied Mathematics has been awarded to Prof. Theodore Kolokolnikov of Dalhousie University. Prof. Kolokolnikov has been given this award for his highly influential contributions to the study of pattern formation in systems governed by nonlinear differential equations. Prof. Theodore Kolokolnikov is a versatile researcher who has made significant contributions to the study of phenomena modeled by nonlinear differential equations. He uses a wide range of mathematical techniques including asymptotic methods, PDE theory, complex analysis, dynamical systems, special functions, and scientific computation. He combines these diverse tools in novel ways to derive precise, quantifiable predictions about the shape and dynamic behaviour of solutions of differential equations. His work is motivated by and has wide applications to the natural sciences. These include such varied topics as models of laser fusion, patterns in chemical reactions, phytoplankton distribution in oceans, hot spots in microwave heating, models of crime, cell aggregation in chemotaxis, and biological swarming. Prof. Kolokolnikov obtained his PhD from the University of British Columbia in 2004. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Brussels and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He joined Dalhousie University in 2006, where he is currently an Associate Professor. The award consists of a cash prize of $1,000 and a commemorative plaque that will be presented at the CAIMS Annual Meeting in Toronto in June 2012. Prof. Kolokolnikov will deliver a plenary lecture at the meeting as part of the award ceremony. From hadi at cs.uleth.ca Tue Mar 6 11:11:34 2012 From: hadi at cs.uleth.ca (Hadi Kharaghani) Date: Tue Mar 6 11:25:57 2012 Subject: [cmath] AA-3 position, University of Lethbridge Message-ID: <4F563736.8040405@cs.uleth.ca> ACADEMIC ASSISTANT 3 INSTRUCTOR The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Lethbridge invites applications for a two-year term Academic Assistant-3 Instructor position to begin July 1, 2012, subject to budgetary approval. Subject to budgetary circumstances and program demands, an opportunity may exist for conversion to a permanent position. A Ph.D. in mathematics or statistics is required, and any degree in computer science would be an asset. This is a teaching position and so teaching excellence is essential and highly desirable. We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher for this position. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses, primarily at the first and second year levels. The position is open to all qualified applicants, although preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. The University is an inclusive and equitable campus encouraging applications from qualified women and men including persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons. Located in southern Alberta, near the Rocky Mountains, Lethbridge offers a sunny, dry climate that is surprisingly mild for the prairies, excellent cultural and recreational amenities, and attractive economic conditions. Founded in 1967, the University has an enrollment of over 8,000 students. Our focus on liberal education, selected professional programs, smaller classes, co-op placements, and involvement of students in faculty research provides the very best education available. For more information about the University, please visit our web site at www.uleth.ca. Applications including a curriculum vitae, descriptions of relevant teaching experience, and three letters of reference should be e-mailed to: Search Committee Chair, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Dr., Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4. E-mail: chair@cs.uleth.ca phone: (403)329-2470. From adem at pims.math.ca Fri Mar 9 09:54:36 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Fri Mar 9 09:54:51 2012 Subject: [cmath] Australian Winter School- July 2012 - please circulate Message-ID: **An opportunity for Graduate Students and Postdocs in Canada** The 2012 Brisbane Winter School on Geometric Partial Differential Equations The Winter School will be held at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia July 2nd to July 13th. Designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, the programme will focus on recent progress in non-linear partial differential equations and their applications, emphasizing three interlocking themes: *Nonlinear elliptic equations and their applications to geometry and optimal transportation *Geometric flows and applications *Harmonic maps and applications The first week will be comprised of introductory lecture courses, while the second week will focus on key topics in recent research and contemporary applications. These lectures will be presented by world leaders in the area of Geometric Partial Differential Equations, including: Robert McCann (Toronto, Canada), Neil Trudinger (ANU, Australia), Xu-Jia Wang (ANU, Australia). Richard Schoen (Stanford, USA), Gang Tian (Princeton, USA and Beijing, China), Gerhard Huisken (Max Planck, Germany), James Sethian (USA) Ben Andrews (ANU, Australia) Tristan Rivière (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland) Michael Struwe (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland) Min-Chun Hong (UQ, Australia) More details are available at: http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/120702-aaws Eligible postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers from Canadian Universities can apply for PIMS travel support, as well as subsidised local accommodation. Applications should be submitted by March 23rd using the form available at: http://smp.uq.edu.au/content/registration From nassif at math.ubc.ca Fri Mar 9 12:03:12 2012 From: nassif at math.ubc.ca (Nassif Ghoussoub) Date: Fri Mar 9 12:04:43 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fwd: Summer School References: <87E3FA93-E775-4F11-87BD-F05AD9583672@ens-lyon.fr> Message-ID: <6FEA8684-9030-41F6-B488-0065162EFA62@math.ubc.ca> Begin forwarded message: > From: ghys > Subject: Summer School > Date: March 7, 2012 11:10:47 PM PST > To: Wilfrid Gangbo of course , , , , , Nassif Ghoussoub > > Chers coll?gues, Dear colleagues, > > I am (co)-organizing a summer shool for young students (from 16 to 20) next August in Lyon. > > You can find information here : > > http://www.issmys.eu/ > > Would you forward this information around you, especially in Africa ? > > Thanks a lot ! > > Etienne Ghys > > > > > ---------- > Etienne Ghys > Nouvelle adresse : etienne.ghys@ens-lyon.fr > ---------- > > > > > ******************************************************** Nassif Ghoussoub, FRSC Scientific Director, Banff International Research Station Distinguished University Scholar and Professor of Mathematics The University of British Columbia http://www.birs.ca/~nassif/ -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From nkamran at math.mcgill.ca Fri Mar 9 13:20:04 2012 From: nkamran at math.mcgill.ca (Niky Kamran) Date: Fri Mar 9 13:20:09 2012 Subject: [cmath] ICM 2014 nominations Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Chers Collegues, [French summary, English text follows] Le prochain congres international des mathematiciens se tiendra a Seoul en Coree du 13 au 21 aout 2014. L'union mathematique internationale a invite les organisations adherentes nationales a soumettre leurs nominations pour les conferenciersinvites. Le texte ci-dessous est une invitation a la communaute des sciences mathematiques au Canada a soumettre ses nominations. The Adhering Organizations of the International Mathematical Union have been invited to nominate invited plenary and sectional speakers at the International Congress of Mathematicians, which will be held in Seoul, Korea, from August 13 to 21, 2014. The CMS will be working together with CAIMS and the SSC to prepare a list of nominations which will be submitted to the the Chair of the Program Committee for ICM 2014, Carlos Kenig. At this stage, the Research Committee and the International Affairs Committee of the CMS would like to invite the members of the Canadian Mathematical Sciences community for suggestions of names of plenary and sectional speakers. Each nomination should be in the form of a one page summary giving a scientific justification for the nomination. Nomineesshould have had recent contributions that have had or are likely to have a very significant impact on the discipline. The nominations should be sent by March 31st, 2012, to the undersigned, Lia Bronsard, Chair of the Research Committee of the CMS, bronsard@mcmaster.ca, and Niky Kamran, Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the CMS, nkamran@math.mcgill.ca. The list of the ICM 2014 sections is given at . http://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/IMU/AO/2012/IMU_AO_CL_2_2012.pdf When you make nominations for speakers, please specify whether you suggest them as plenary speakers or section speakers. In case of proposals of section speakers please indicate to which sections you would like the persons to be invited. Please note that the IMU maintains a data base of all previous plenary and invited ICM speakers. This can be found on the following Web page: http://www.mathunion.org/activities/icm A general rule with only a few exceptions is that a mathematician is invited at most once to speak. Thank you very much for your participation in this important effort. Best regards, Cordialement, Lia Bronsard, Chair of the Research Committee of the CMS, bronsard@mcmaster.ca Niky Kamran, Chair of the International Affairs Committee of the CMS. nkamran@math.mcgill.ca From jessica_mcdonald at sfu.ca Fri Mar 9 21:47:23 2012 From: jessica_mcdonald at sfu.ca (Jessica McDonald) Date: Mon Mar 12 10:52:00 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS-SFU Summer School for Undergraduates in Algebraic Graph Theory Message-ID: Matt DeVos and Chris Godsil will run a 1-month program (July 2012) for undergraduates in Algebraic Graph Theory. This is an intensive program which features Sage (a free open source mathematics software system) and aims to get students doing some basic research. 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This approach results in a very interesting mixture of talks. GAP 2012 is now the fourth installment in what has become an annual tradition. The history of GAP and more information about this year's conference can be found here: http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~gap/ ***This year's themes are: special holonomy; generalized geometry; and integrable systems.*** Organizers: Marco Gualtieri (Toronto), Spiro Karigiannis (Waterloo), Ruxandra Moraru (Waterloo), Rob Myers (Perimeter), Pedro Vieira (Perimeter), and McKenzie Wang (McMaster). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Principal speakers: ? David Baraglia (Australia National University) ? Robert Bryant (UC Berkeley and MSRI) ? Gil Cavalcanti* (Universiteit Utrecht) ? Mark Haskins (Imperial College London) ? Jacques Hurtubise (McGill University) ? Boris Khesin (University of Toronto) ? Dmitry Korotkin (Concordia University) ? Martin Kruczenski (Purdue University) ? Naichung Conan Leung (Chinese University of Hong Kong) ? Gang Tian (Princeton and Beijing) ? Chuu-Lian Terng (UC Irvine) ? Barton Zwiebach (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) * to be confirmed. Short talks by local-area postdocs: ? Michael Bailey (UQ?M) ? Ronan Conlon (McMaster) ? Razvan Gurau (Perimeter) ? Steve Rayan (Toronto) ? Amit Sever (Perimeter) ? Aaron Smith (Waterloo) REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. TO REGISTER, PLEASE VISIT: http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~gap/ *** Please forward this message to any potential participants. *** We look forward to seeing you in Waterloo. From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 15 11:10:54 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 15 11:10:55 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations / Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Graham Wright Award Message-ID: <4F62067E.1020604@cms.math.ca> The CMS invites nominations for the 2011 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service.The award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and significant contributions to the Canadian mathematical community and, in particular, to the Canadian Mathematical Society. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/dis-nom __ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Graham Wright pour service m?ritoire.Le prix r?compenser les personnes qui contribuent de fa?on importante et soutenue ? la communaut? math?matique candienne et, notamment, ? la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/dis-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 15 11:13:08 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 15 11:13:05 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?NSERC-CMS_Math_in_Moscow_Scholarships_/_B?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ourse_CRSNG-SMC_Math_=E0_Moscou?= Message-ID: <4F620704.5020703@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), with the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), is inviting applications from students for the *Math in Moscow Scholarship Program.* Two scholarships at $9000 each will be awarded to attend the Math in Moscow program at the Independent University of Moscow for the Fall 2012 semester. Canadian undergraduate students registered in a mathematics or computer science program are eligible. The Math in Moscow program provides a fifteen-week-long research experience for students, not only with other talented and highly motivated undergraduates, but also with some of the world's leading mathematicians. Students will be learning and discovering mathematics in an environment similar in spirit to that of an NSERC summer scholarship, but with much broader representation from a world-class international community. This is an excellent preparation for those who intend to pursue graduate studies in mathematics. The deadline for applications is *March 30, 2012*. Full details for submitting an application can be found at: http://cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), avec l'appui du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g?nie (CRSNG), invite les ?tudiants ? pr?senter leurs demandes dans le cadre du *Programme de bourses Math ? Moscou.* Deux bourses de 9 000 $ sera accord?e pour qu'ils suivent ? l'Universit? Ind?pendante de Moscou pour le trimestre d'automne 2012. Les ?tudiantes ou ?tudiants du Canada inscrit(e)s ? un porgramme de math?matiques ou d'informatique sont ?ligibles. Le programme Math ? Moscou procurera aux ?tudiants et aux ?tudiantes une exp?rience de recherche de quinze semaines non seulement avec d'autres futurs math?maticiens talentueux et tr?s motiv?s, mais aussi avec plusieurs math?maticiens et math?maticiennes de renomm?e internationale. Les participants ?tudieront les math?matiques dans un milieu semblable ? celui que procurent les bourses d'?t? du CRSNG, mais aupr?s d'un nombre beaucoup plus ?lev? de repr?sentants de r?putation internationale de la communaut? math?matique. C'est une excellente pr?paration pour ceux et celles qui se destinent ? des ?tudes sup?rieures en math?matiques. L'?ch?ance pour pr?senter sa demande est le *30 mars 2012*. On peut obtenir des d?tails complets pour la pr?sentation d'une demande ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Bourses/Moscou/ -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From haedrich.alexandra at uqam.ca Mon Mar 19 10:33:23 2012 From: haedrich.alexandra at uqam.ca (Alexandra Haedrich) Date: Mon Mar 19 10:37:30 2012 Subject: [cmath] ISM Summer School / Ecole =?iso-8859-1?q?d=27=E9t=E9?= de l'ISM Message-ID: [Le fran?ais suit] ISM Summer School ? May 16-18, 2012, Montr?al, Canada May 16-18, 2012, the Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM) will be holding a summer school for undergraduate and Master?s students interested in continuing their studies at the graduate level. The aim of the school is to present the ISM, its member universities, and its research groups, namely: analysis, algebra and number theory, combinatorics, non-linear dynamics, geometry and topology, financial mathematics, applied mathematics, mathematical physics, probability and statistics. ISM Graduate Program in Mathematics The ISM, a unique consortium of eight Quebec universities, offers a unified graduate program in the mathematical sciences. Through specialized courses and seminars, graduate students quickly become part of inter-university research groups, making the transition from student to researcher perfectly natural. The ISM works closely with the Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), a world-renowned mathematical research centre located in Montreal. Registration All interested students are welcome, and registration is free. Please register at: http://www.math.uqam.ca/ism/ecole/formulaire.php?lang=en Financial Aid Participants may apply for financial aid to cover travel costs to attend the School by sending transcripts, a letter of recommendation and a letter of motivation to the following postal or email address by April 25, 2012: Institut des sciences math?matiques Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-Ville Montr?al (Qu?bec) Canada H3C 3P8 email: ism@uqam.ca It would be helpful in your application if you mention which field of the mathematical sciences is of particular interest to you. For more information: http://www.math.uqam.ca/ism/ecole/index_en.html Ecole d??t? de l?ISM ? 16-18 mai 2012, Montr?al, Canada Le 16-18 mai 2012, l?Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM) organisera une ?cole ? l?intention des ?tudiants au baccalaur?at et au d?but de la ma?trise qui ont l?intention de poursuivre leurs ?tudes aux cycles sup?rieurs. L?objectif de l??cole est de pr?senter l?ISM, ses universit?s membres, et ses groupes de recherche, notamment en analyse, alg?bre et th?orie des nombres, combinatoire, dynamique nonlin?aire, g?om?trie et topologie, math?matiques financi?res, math?matiques appliqu?es, physique math?matique, probabilit?s, et statistique. Programme d??tudes sup?rieures en math?matiques de l?ISM L?Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM), un consortium unique de huit universit?s qu?b?coises, offre un programme unifi? d??tudes sup?rieures en sciences math?matiques. En suivant des cours et des s?minaires sp?cialis?s, les ?tudiants aux cycles sup?rieurs s?int?grent rapidement ? des groupes de recherche interuniversitaires et le passage du monde des ?tudiants ? celui des chercheurs est ainsi parfaitement naturel. L?ISM travaille en ?troite collaboration avec le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), un centre de recherche math?matique de renomm?e internationale situ? ? Montr?al. Inscription Tous les ?tudiants et ?tudiantes int?ress?s sont les bienvenus, et l?inscription est gratuite. Merci de vous inscrire ? l?adresse suivante : http://www.math.uqam.ca/ism/ecole/formulaire.php?lang=fr Aide financi?re Les participants peuvent faire une demande de soutien financier pour payer les frais de voyage en envoyant leurs relev?s de notes, une lettre de recommandation et une lettre de motivation par la poste ou ?lectroniquement avant le 25 avril 2012 ? : Institut des sciences math?matiques Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-Ville Montr?al (Qu?bec) Canada H3C 3P8 courriel: ism@uqam.ca Pri?re de mentionner dans votre demande le domaine ou les domaines des sciences math?matiques qui vous int?ressent particuli?rement. Renseignements : http://www.math.uqam.ca/ism/ecole/index_fr.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120319/08234ee7/attachment.htm From commsp at cms.math.ca Tue Mar 20 08:15:51 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Tue Mar 20 08:16:00 2012 Subject: [cmath] SMS 2014- Appel de projects/Call for proposals Message-ID: <4F6874F7.2040801@cms.math.ca> [English follows] Le Comit? de direction du "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures'' (SMS) invite les ?quipes int?ress?es ? soumettre leur candidature pour l'organisation de l'?cole 2014. Le SMS est une?cole d'?t? de haut niveau en math?matiques pures et appliqu?es qui a lieu annuellement sur le campus de l'Universit? de Montr?al pendant une p?riode de deux semaines au mois de juin ou juillet.? compter de l'ann?e 2011 l'?cole a pour principaux partenaires le Centre de recherches Math?matiques (Montr?al),l'institut Fields (Toronto), le Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver) et le Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley). Elle b?n?ficie ?galement du soutien de l'Institut de Sciences Math?matiques (Montr?al), de l'Universit? de Montr?al ainsi que de celui de la Soci?t? Canadienne de Math?matiques.La s?lection du projet gagnant est la t?che du comit? de direction compos? de: H?l?ne Barcelo (MSRI), David Brydges (UBC et PIMS), Octav Cornea (U de M, directeur du SMS), Andrew Granville (U de M et CRM),Matheus Grasselli (McMaster et Fields) et Dima Jakobson (McGill et CRM). Pour plus d'informations concernant l'?cole et pour d?poser une demande veuillez consulter la page web du SMShttp://www.dms.umontreal.ca/~sms/call_2014f.php . La date limite pour le d?p?t d'une demande et le 1er novembre 2012. ------- The steering board of the "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures'' (SMS) invites applications from potential organizers for the 2014 summer school. The SMS is a high-level summer school in pure and applied mathematics that is taking place annually on the campus of the University of Montreal over a period of two weeks in June or July.Starting from 2011 the school has as main institutional partners the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques (Montr?al), the Fields Institute (Toronto), the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver) and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley). It also receives the support of the Institut des Sciences Math?matiques (Montr?al), the University of Montr?al and the Canadian Mathematical Society. The selection of the winning proposal will be made by the steering board composed of H?l?ne Barcelo (MSRI), David Brydges (UBC and PIMS), Octav Cornea (U de M, director of the SMS), Andrew Granville (U de M), Matheus Grasselli (McMaster and Fields) and Dima Jakobson (McGill and CRM).For more information on the school as well as on how to apply see the SMS web page http://www.dms.umontreal.ca/~sms/call_2014e.php . Applications will be accepted till November 1st, 2012. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 08:33:38 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 22 08:33:44 2012 Subject: [cmath] SMS 2014- Appel de projects/Call for proposals Message-ID: <4F6B1C22.5050908@cms.math.ca> [English follows] Le Comit? de direction du "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures'' (SMS) invite les ?quipes int?ress?es ? soumettre leur candidature pour l'organisation de l'?cole 2014. Le SMS est une?cole d'?t? de haut niveau en math?matiques pures et appliqu?es qui a lieu annuellement sur le campus de l'Universit? de Montr?al pendant une p?riode de deux semaines au mois de juin ou juillet.? compter de l'ann?e 2011 l'?cole a pour principaux partenaires le Centre de recherches Math?matiques (Montr?al),l'institut Fields (Toronto), le Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver) et le Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley). Elle b?n?ficie ?galement du soutien de l'Institut de Sciences Math?matiques (Montr?al), de l'Universit? de Montr?al ainsi que de celui de la Soci?t? Canadienne de Math?matiques.La s?lection du projet gagnant est la t?che du comit? de direction compos? de: H?l?ne Barcelo (MSRI), David Brydges (UBC et PIMS), Octav Cornea (U de M, directeur du SMS), Andrew Granville (U de M et CRM),Matheus Grasselli (McMaster et Fields) et Dima Jakobson (McGill et CRM). Pour plus d'informations concernant l'?cole et pour d?poser une demande veuillez consulter la page web du SMShttp://www.dms.umontreal.ca/~sms/call_2014f.php . La date limite pour le d?p?t d'une demande et le 1er novembre 2012. ------- The steering board of the "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures'' (SMS) invites applications from potential organizers for the 2014 summer school. The SMS is a high-level summer school in pure and applied mathematics that is taking place annually on the campus of the University of Montreal over a period of two weeks in June or July.Starting from 2011 the school has as main institutional partners the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques (Montr?al), the Fields Institute (Toronto), the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver) and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley). It also receives the support of the Institut des Sciences Math?matiques (Montr?al), the University of Montr?al and the Canadian Mathematical Society. The selection of the winning proposal will be made by the steering board composed of H?l?ne Barcelo (MSRI), David Brydges (UBC and PIMS), Octav Cornea (U de M, director of the SMS), Andrew Granville (U de M), Matheus Grasselli (McMaster and Fields) and Dima Jakobson (McGill and CRM).For more information on the school as well as on how to apply see the SMS web page http://www.dms.umontreal.ca/~sms/call_2014e.php . Applications will be accepted till November 1st, 2012. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 14:09:56 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 22 14:10:00 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations / Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Coxeter-James Prize Message-ID: <4F6B6AF4.1000604@cms.math.ca> The CMS invites nominations for the 2012 Coxeter-James Prize. The prize recognizes young mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research.The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/cj-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Coxeter-James 2012. Le prix r?compenser aux jeunes math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique.La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 juin 2012. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cj-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 14:18:42 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 22 14:18:46 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations / Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Krieger-Nelson Prize Message-ID: <4F6B6D02.3090202@cms.math.ca> The CMS invites nominations for the 2013 Krieger-Nelson Prize. The prize recognizes outstanding research by a female mathematician. The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/kn-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Krieger-Nelson 2013. Le Prix rend hommage aux math?maticiennes qui se sont distingu?es par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 juin 2012. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/kn-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 14:24:03 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 22 14:24:06 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations / Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Coxeter-James Prize In-Reply-To: <4F6B6AF4.1000604@cms.math.ca> References: <4F6B6AF4.1000604@cms.math.ca> Message-ID: <4F6B6E43.3090806@cms.math.ca> Correction: > The CMS invites nominations for the *2013 *Coxeter-James Prize. The > prize recognizes young mathematicians who have made outstanding > contributions to mathematical research.The deadline for nominations is > June 30, 2012. > > Complete nomination details are available at: > http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/cj-nom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Coxeter-James > *2013*. Le prix r?compenser aux jeunes math?maticiens qui se sont > distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche > math?matique.La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 > juin 2012. > > On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? > l'adresse suivante: > http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cj-nom Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. On 3/22/2012 2:09 PM, Jessica St-James wrote: > The CMS invites nominations for the 2012 Coxeter-James Prize. The > prize recognizes young mathematicians who have made outstanding > contributions to mathematical research.The > deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012. > > Complete nomination details are available at: > http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/cj-nom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Coxeter-James > 2012. Le prix r?compenser aux jeunes math?maticiens qui se sont > distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche > math?matique.La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 > juin 2012. > > On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? > l'adresse suivante: > http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cj-nom -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 14:27:56 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Mar 22 14:28:00 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations / Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Jeffery-Williams Prize Message-ID: <4F6B6F2C.6010304@cms.math.ca> The CMS invites nominations for the 2013 Jeffery-Williams Prize. The prize recognizes mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/jw-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Jeffery-Williams 2013. Le prix r?compenser aux math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 juin 2012. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cjw-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From akelm at cms.math.ca Thu Mar 22 14:52:54 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Thu Mar 22 14:52:58 2012 Subject: [cmath] Three-Year Term Appointment in Mathematics - Memorial University of Newfoundland Message-ID: <4F6B7506.70904@cms.math.ca> * Date Posted: * March 22, 2012 * Region: * Newfoundland * Institution: * Memorial University of Newfoundland * Discipline: * Mathematics & Statistics * Apply Until: * April 06, 2012 Grenfell is a small (1300 student) liberal arts and science campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Our emphasis is on a small-class environment and teaching excellence in distinctive single, multi- and interdisciplinary programs with four-year Bachelor's degrees in Arts, Fine Arts, Science, and Nursing. We are currently working to increase enrolments, build new degree programs, acquire new infrastructure and enhance our research profile and activities. The campus is located in Corner Brook (population 22,000), a safe and friendly city with excellent recreation and cultural facilities, situated in an area of great natural beauty. The city is some 80 kilometers from Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is 10 kilometers from Marble Mountain, one of Eastern Canada's premier downhill ski resorts. We are presently seeking candidates who are, or who show promise to be, exceptional teachers and scholars and who will become engaged in our community. A PhD and teaching experience at the university level is preferred for this position. Candidates are asked to identify areas of research interest and activity in their letters of application. As well a curriculum vitae and teaching dossier should be submitted. MATHEMATICS VPG-GRSC-2012-001: Applications are sought for a 3-year regular term appointment in Mathematics beginning August 1, 2012 and ending July 31, 2015. Duties will include teaching a variety of courses in support of both a Mathematics stream in an interdisciplinary degree program in General Science (which includes an Honours option) and a Mathematics minor. Duties also include research, academic service and supervision of undergraduate student research. The successful candidate must have a PhD in Mathematics or be near completion. Preference will be given to candidates with a background in discrete/computational Mathematics. Candidates are asked to identify areas of research interests in their letters of applications. All positions are subject to budgetary approval. Deadline for receipt of applications is *April 6, 2012. * A letter of application (which includes information on areas of research interest and activity) along with a curriculum vitae, teaching dossier, and the names of three references should be sent in electronic and/or hard copy form to: Associate Vice-President (Grenfell Campus) Academic, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner Brook, NL A2H 6P9, Phone: (709) 637-6231, Fax: (709) 637-6218, Email: vpoffice@grenfell.mun.ca . All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Memorial University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from qualified women and men, visible minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This employment posting is among those listed in the Employment section of the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Employment -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120322/7a6521cd/attachment.htm From adem at pims.math.ca Mon Mar 26 14:23:20 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Mon Mar 26 14:23:31 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS 2012 Education Prize In-Reply-To: References: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> Message-ID: Mark MacLean from the University of British Columbia is the recipient of the 2012 PIMS Education Prize. This prize, awarded by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, recognizes individuals who have played a major role in encouraging activities which have enhanced public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as those who foster communication among various groups concerned with mathematical education at all levels. Mark MacLean is an outstanding instructor making a major impact on teaching in Mathematics at UBC and beyond. He was one of the original members of the UBC Science One (first year Science) programme and has contributed greatly to its success, with a personal dedication to enhancing the learning environment. In addition to his excellent teaching, MacLean has taken leadership roles in course development, instructor supervision, tutorial centre management, and TA training. He has also chaired UBC committees on Scholarships and Teaching Awards. His energetic outreach activities include leadership in the Euclid Contest and teacher professional development in the area of Aboriginal Education, in collaboration with PIMS. These activities support high school teachers and students throughout the greater Vancouver area and beyond. Together with Veselin Jungic at SFU (previous PIMS Education Prize winner), Mark has developed highly successful curricular material for children (including videos and texts) in the context of Aboriginal culture. The 2012 PIMS Education Prize will be awarded during the annual Changing the Culture conference at Simon Fraser University on May 18, 2012. --------------------------- Director, PIMS tel: (604) 822-3922 www.pims.math.ca From lchang at fields.utoronto.ca Fri Mar 30 16:13:38 2012 From: lchang at fields.utoronto.ca (Luke Chang) Date: Fri Mar 30 16:13:42 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fields Institute Director Search Message-ID: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2012 - Toronto, Ontario THE FIELDS INSTITUTE DIRECTOR SEARCH The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences invites applications or nominations for the position of Director for a three- to five-year term beginning July 1, 2013 (once renewable). The Fields Institute is an independent research institute located on the downtown campus of the University of Toronto. The Institute's mission is to advance research and communication in the mathematical sciences. With 3000 registered annual participants from around the world, its programs bring together researchers and students, commercial and industrial users, and an interested public. See www.fields.utoronto.ca. Candidates should be researchers in the mathematical sciences with high international stature, strong interpersonal and administrative skills, and an interest in developing the activities of the Fields Institute. A letter of application addressing the qualities above, together with a CV and names of three references should be sent to directorsearch@fields.utoronto.ca. Expressions of interest or nominations may also be sent to this address. Applications or nominations will be considered until the position is filled, although the Search Committee will begin discussions in June 2012. Women and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. The members of the Director Search Committee are Susan Friedlander, Konstantin Khanin, Gregory Margulis, Juris Steprans, Mary Thompson and Stephen Watt (Chair). From nassif at math.ubc.ca Sat Mar 31 15:38:08 2012 From: nassif at math.ubc.ca (Nassif Ghoussoub) Date: Sat Mar 31 15:39:50 2012 Subject: [cmath] Response to Federal Budget Message-ID: <76FE5AE6-492C-4405-85D7-A9885E10E003@math.ubc.ca> Dear colleagues, This is a response to the 2012 federal budget by the Canadian Consortium for Research (see below), as distributed by one of its partners, the Chemical Institute of Canada. I have also written here on how this budget affects support for basic research. http://nghoussoub.com/2012/03/31/2012-federal-budget-we-in-canada-have-yet-to-learn-so-it-seems/ Nassif Ghoussoub --------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:32:08 -0400 From: Chemical Institute of Canada / Institut de chimie du Canada To: Subject: CIC's Response to Federal Budget Dear colleague, The Chemical Institute of Canada has issued a press release (found below) in response to yesterday?s Federal Budget. As part of its advocacy program, The Chemical Institute of Canada regularly lobbies the federal government on behalf of its members on issues of research funding and regulations. The press release was drafted in partnership with the Canadian Consortium for Research. We are reaching out to our members to help us in our efforts to disseminate this information by forwarding the press release to anyone in your network with a stake in what this budget will mean for science in Canada. You can also have your voice be heard by telling us what you think of the Federal Budget in a letter to the editor of ACCN, the Canadian Chemical News, sent to magazine@accn.ca. We will publish your letters in the June issue of the magazine which we will put in the hands of key Members of Parliament. Best regards, Roland Andersson CIC Executive Director -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Proposals must address the goal and statement of purpose of the Canadian Mathematical Society: to support the promotion and advancement of the discovery, learning, and application of mathematics. An applicant may be involved in only one proposal per competition as a principal applicant. Proposals must come from CMS members, or, if joint, at least one principal applicant must be a CMS member. The EGC will consider funding one or multi-year proposals to a maximum of $2,500. The EGC tends to favour proposals where CMS funds can be leveraged or where applicants have no other natural funding to which they can apply. Proposals must be received no later than *September 30, 2012*. Successful applicants will be informed in December 2012 and grants will be awarded in January 2013. The application form and further details about the application process are available on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Grants/EGC Please contact the CMS Executive Director with any questions or comments regarding the Endowment Grants at director@cms.math.ca . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Appel de projets : Concours de bourses du fonds de dotation 2012 *La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) est heureuse d'annoncer la tenue du Concours de bourses du fonds de dotation 2010, qui finance des activit?s contribuant ? l'essor global de la communaut? math?matique. Le Comit? d'attribution des bourses du fonds de dotation (CABFD) g?re la r?partition des bourses et ?value les projets. Les projets doivent r?pondre aux objectifs et au mandat de la SMC, soit promouvoir et favoriser la d?couverte et l'apprentissage des math?matiques, et les applications qui en d?coulent. Un demandeur ne peut pr?senter qu'un projet par concours en tant que demandeur principal. Les projets doivent venir de membres de la SMC. S'il s'agit d'un projet conjoint, au moins un des demandeurs principaux doit ?tre membre de la SMC. Le CABFD ?valuera les projets qui s'?talent sur un ou de plusieurs ann?es et accordera un maximum de 2 500 $. Le CABFD accorde g?n?ralement la priorit? aux projets pour lesquels le financement de la SMC sera ?gal? ou pour lesquels la SMC est la seule source de financement naturelle ? laquelle le demandeur a acc?s. Les projets doivent parvenir ? la Soci?t? au plus tard le 30 septembre 2012. Les projets retenus seront annonc?s en d?cembre 2012, et les bourses distribu?es en janvier 2013. Pour vous procurer un formulaire ou pour de plus amples renseignements sur l'appel de projets, passez sur le site de la SMC au : http://cms.math.ca/Grants/EGC/.f Pour toute question ou tout commentaire sur les bourses du fonds de dotation, veuillez communiquer par courriel avec le directeur administratif de la SMC ? directeur@smc.math.ca. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. 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For more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/galoisrep/DLS/ From akelm at cms.math.ca Thu Apr 12 15:27:01 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Thu Apr 12 15:27:06 2012 Subject: [cmath] Manager/Senior Consultant - Carleton University Message-ID: <4F872C85.6020301@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The complete announcement has been posted on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/kn-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que *Ailana Fraser* (l'Universit? de la Colombie-Britannique) est le laur?at du prix Krieger-Nelson 2012. Le prix Krieger-Nelson rend hommage aux math?maticiennes qui se sont distingu?es par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/kn-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Fri Apr 13 09:24:50 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Fri Apr 13 09:24:50 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 Jeffery-Williams Prize / Prix Jeffery-Williams 2012 Message-ID: <4F882922.2090707@cms.math.ca> The CMS is pleased to announce that *Roland Speicher* (Queen's University) is the recipient of the 2012 Jeffery-Williams Prize. The Jeffery Williams Prize was inaugurated to recognize mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The complete announcement has been posted on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/jw-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que *Roland Speicher* (de Queen's University) est le laur?at du prix Jeffery-Williams 2012. Le prix Jeffery-Williams rend hommage aux math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/jw-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Fri Apr 13 09:29:18 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Fri Apr 13 09:29:18 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 Coxeter-James Prize / Coxeter-James 2012 Message-ID: <4F882A2E.5030607@cms.math.ca> The CMS is pleased to announce that *Gregory Smith* (Queen's University) is the recipient of the 2012 Coxeter-James Prize. The Coxeter-James Prize was inaugurated to recognize young mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. The complete announcement has been posted on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/cj-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) a le plaisir d'annoncer que *Gregory Smith* (de Queen's University) est le laur?at du prix Coxeter-James 2012. Le prix Coxeter-James rend hommage aux jeunes math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/cj-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Apr 16 08:48:06 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Apr 16 08:48:10 2012 Subject: [cmath] REMINDER - Adrien Pouliot Award / RAPPEL - Prix Adrien Pouliot Message-ID: <4F8C1506.6050600@cms.math.ca> The CMS invites nominations for the 2012 Adrien Pouliot Award.The award recognizes individuals or teams of individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to mathematics education in Canada. The deadline for nominations is *April 30, 2012.* Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/ed-nom.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Adrien Pouliot 2012.Le prix r?compenser aux personnes ou aux groupes qui ont fait une contribution importante et soutenue ? l'enseignement des math?matiques au Canada. La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le *30 avril 2012.* On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/ed-cand.html -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From akelm at cms.math.ca Fri Apr 20 10:23:30 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Fri Apr 20 10:23:35 2012 Subject: [cmath] Tenured Professor or Associate Professor Position - University of Waterloo Message-ID: <4F917162.1060404@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in Mathematics or closely related field, provide evidence of successful teaching, and have research experience in an area close to the specific research interests of one or more mathematics faculty members. Starting dates and further details of the teaching appointments are available at http://www.brocku.ca/hr/careers/position_detail.php?id=1076 and http://www.brocku.ca/hr/careers/position_detail.php?id=1077 Inquiries and submissions may be sent to: Chair, Department of Mathematics, Brock University E-mail: mathchair@brocku.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This employment posting is among those listed in the Employment section of the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Employment -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Addressing problems from medicine and the biosciences, this workshop provides an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to foster emerging talent in the mathematical field, utilizing mathematical tools for problem solving in an interdisciplinary setting. The workshop will be held at the Fields Institute, Toronto, bringing together Canadian and international talent. Registration has begun, and we invite you to participate in this Canadian initiative bridging industrial and academic disciplines. To register please visit our website: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/inverseprob/IPSW/ Limited financial support is available; to apply for the support, please do so by May 18. For more information please contact: C. Sean Bohun atsean.bohun@uoit.ca %%% C. Sean Bohun Associate Professor of Mathematics Faculty of Science, UOIT email:sean.bohun@uoit.ca web: faculty.uoit.ca/bohun ph: 905.721.8668 ext. 3635 fx: 905.721.3304 -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Wed Apr 25 10:56:19 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Wed Apr 25 10:56:18 2012 Subject: [cmath] Correction: Medical Imaging Workshop - Toronto, ON (August 20-24, 2012) In-Reply-To: <4F980D07.3030509@cms.math.ca> References: <4F980D07.3030509@cms.math.ca> Message-ID: <4F981093.6020408@cms.math.ca> Medical Imaging Workshop (Toronto, ON) April 18, 2012 - The Thematic Program on Inverse Problems and Imaging is hosting an Industrial Problem-Solving Workshop on Medical Imaging at the Fields Institute from August 20-24, 2012. The workshop is generously supported by the Fields Institute and MITACS. The event is an opportunity for mathematicians, academic and industrial experimentalists to collaborate on problems arising in the medical research field focussing on imaging. Addressing problems from medicine and the biosciences, this workshop provides an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to foster emerging talent in the mathematical field, utilizing mathematical tools for problem solving in an interdisciplinary setting. The workshop will be held at the Fields Institute, Toronto, bringing together Canadian and international talent. Registration has begun, and we invite you to participate in this Canadian initiative bridging industrial and academic disciplines. To register please visit our website: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/inverseprob/IPSW/ Limited financial support is available; to apply for the support, please do so by May 18. For more information please contact: C. Sean Bohun atsean.bohun@uoit.ca %%% C. Sean Bohun Associate Professor of Mathematics Faculty of Science, UOIT email:sean.bohun@uoit.ca web: faculty.uoit.ca/bohun ph: 905.721.8668 ext. 3635 fx: 905.721.3304 From ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca Wed Apr 25 11:22:48 2012 From: ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca (Andrea Yeomans) Date: Wed Apr 25 11:22:54 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fields Institute Keyfitz Lecture: Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University) Message-ID: Lecture Announcement: The Nathan and Beatrice Keyfitz Lectures in Mathematics and the Social Sciences Stephen Fienberg (Carnegie Mellon University) May 3, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Room 1160 The Fields Institute is proud to welcome Stephen Fienberg, who will deliver the Nathan and Beatrice Keyfitz Lectures in Mathematics and the Social Sciences. Title: Counting the People On Wednesday February 8, 2012, the world population passed 7 billion people. Or was it October 31, 2011 or March 12, 2012? How do we know the date so precisely? Nathan Keyfitz had a life-long fascination with different aspects of counting, estimation, and forecasting, especially in the context of producing such population figures and in census taking. Most demographers have traditionally viewed census taking as a counting exercise, but there has been a lively debate about combining counting with forms of estimation, and the precision that would result. In this presentation, Professor Fienberg will describe aspects of this debate, including Keyfitz's contributions to and perspectives on it. For more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/keyfitz_lectures/fienberg.htm l From ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca Wed Apr 25 11:28:38 2012 From: ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca (Andrea Yeomans) Date: Wed Apr 25 11:28:43 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fields Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Emmanuel Candes (Stanford University) Message-ID: Lecture Announcement: Distinguished Lecture Series Emmanuel Candes (Stanford University) May 7-9, 2012 The Fields Institute is proud to welcome Emmanuel Candes, who will deliver the Distinguished Lecture Series as part of the Thematic Program on Inverse Problems and Imaging. >From Compressive Sensing to Super-resolution May 7, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. - Bahen Centre for Information Technology, 40 St. George Street, Room 1130 Robust Principal Component Analysis? Some Theory and Some Applications May 8, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. - Fields Institute, Room 230 PhaseLift: Exact Phase Retrieval via Convex Programming May 9, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. - Fields Institute, Room 230 For abstracts and more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/inverseprob/DLS/ From t.kaczynski at usherbrooke.ca Wed Apr 25 11:33:12 2012 From: t.kaczynski at usherbrooke.ca (Tomasz Kaczynski) Date: Wed Apr 25 14:24:14 2012 Subject: [cmath] Volume 2 de CaMUS en ligne Message-ID: <4F981938.5090202@usherbrooke.ca> Bonjour, Le volume 2 de la revue ?tudiante "Cahiers math?matiques de l'Universit? de Sherbrooke" est maintenant disponible pour t?l?chargement au site Web de CaMUS ? l'adresse http://camus.math.usherbrooke.ca/revue/volume2.html Pour ceux et celles qui d?sirent avoir un beau livre dans leur collection, 168 pages dont plusieurs en couleur, un nombre limit? de copies imprim?es du Volume 2 est disponible au D?partement de math?matiques pour le prix de 15$, payable en argent comptant. Il nous reste encore quelques copies du Volume 1, au prix de 10$. Bonne lecture ! Pour le comit? de r?daction de CaMUS, -- Tomasz Kaczynski Departement de mathematiques Universite de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Qc, Canada From paradis at crm.umontreal.ca Thu Apr 26 15:12:01 2012 From: paradis at crm.umontreal.ca (Suzette Paradis) Date: Thu Apr 26 15:12:15 2012 Subject: [cmath] The 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics awarded to Luc Vinet Message-ID: The 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics awarded to Luc Vinet [le fran?ais suit] Montreal, April 26, 2012 - The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) are pleased to announce that the 2012 CAP-CRM Prize In Theoretical And Mathematical Physics is awarded to Luc Vinet, University of Montreal, his outstanding and continued contributions to mathematical physics, mainly based on the study of symmetries, algebraic structures, and special functions. Luc Vinet is one of Canada's leading mathematical and theoretical physicists who has made outstanding contributions in numerous areas. The unifying feature of his research is the innovative use of group theoretical and algebraic methods, the emphasis on exact solutions of physical problems and the originality of his approach. He has made important contributions that have had great impact on both physics and mathematics. His early remarkable work was on gauge field theories in particular on exact invariant solutions of Yang ?Mills equations in Minkowski space. Also early in his career he identified the symmetries and supersymmetries of magnetic monopole systems. He explored various algebraic structures appropriate to describe symmetries in different physical problems. These go well beyond standard Lie groups and algebras. They include polynomial, quantum, super- and parasuper- algebras. He is very well known for his influential work on quantum many body problems and for his application of this work to a proof of the long outstanding Macdonald conjecture on properties of multivariate orthogonal polynomials. His contributions to the symmetry theory of difference and q-difference equations are truly pioneering. Remarkably, Vinet's scientific career was not interrupted by his heavy administrative duties as Director of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, then Provost of McGill University and finally Rector of the Universite de Montreal. He continued to publish highly innovative work during his administrative tenure and is now going through a new burst of creativity. Quite recently, in 2011, he has discovered new families of orthogonal polynomials, associated to reflections. These have already found many applications. In the context of quantum information theory, he has shown how spin chains can be used to design perfect quantum wires. The CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is intended to recognize research excellence in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics. This prize was first introduced in 1995 and has been awarded annually since. Dr. Vinet will be presented with the 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at the 2012 CAP Congress (hosted by the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, from June 11-15) at the end of his plenary talk and will be recognized during the Congress banquet to be held on Thursday, June 14th, 2012. Please refer to the Congress program for the schedule of plenary talks by CAP medal winners. The Canadian Association of Physicists, founded in 1945, is a professional association representing over 1600 individual physicists and physics students in Canada, the U.S. and overseas, as well as a number of Corporate, Institutional, and Departmental Members. In addition to its learned activities, the CAP also undertakes a number of activities intended to encourage students to pursue a career in physics. ________________________________________________________________________________ Le Prix ACP-??CRM de physique th?orique et math?matique 2012 ? Luc Vinet Montr?al, le 26 avril 2012 - L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes (ACP) et le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) sont fiers d'annoncer que le Prix ACP-CRM de physique th?orique et math?matique 2012 sera d?cern? ? Luc Vinet ses contributions exceptionnelles et constantes ? la physique math?matique, principalement sur l'?tude des sym?tries, des structures alg?briques et des fonctions sp?ciales. Luc Vinet est au Canada l'un des grands physiciens math?maticiens et th?oriciens dont la contribution est remarquable dans divers domaines. Les ?l?ments unificateurs de sa recherche sont l'emploi novateur de m?thodes th?oriques et alg?briques en groupe, l'accent plac? sur les solutions exactes aux probl?mes physiques et l'originalit? de son approche. Ses importantes contributions auront une incidence profonde ? la fois en physique et en math?matique. Ses premiers travaux remarquables portent sur les th?ories des champs de jauge, en particulier sur les solutions invariables exactes aux ?quations Yang-Mills dans l'espace de Minkowski. De plus, au d?but de sa carri?re, M. Vinet d?couvrira des sym?tries et des supersym?tries aux syst?mes monopolaires magn?tiques. Il explorera diverses structures alg?briques appropri?es pour d?crire les sym?tries de diff?rents probl?mes physiques, qui vont bien au-del? des groupes de Lie et des alg?bres normales et englobent l'alg?bre des polyn?mes, l'alg?bre quantique, la super-alg?bre et la parasuper-alg?bre. Il acquerra une notori?t? par son oeuvre influente sur les probl?mes quantiques ? N corps et par son application de ces travaux ? prouver la conjecture de Macdonald, non r?solue depuis longtemps, sur les propri?t?s des polyn?mes orthogonaux multivari?s. Les contributions de M. Vinet ? la th?orie de la sym?trie des ?quations de diff?rence et de diff?rence Q sont vraiment d'avant-garde. Fait ?tonnant, sa carri?re scientifique ne sera pas interrompue par ses lourdes t?ches administratives de directeur du Centre de recherches math?matiques, puis de vice-recteur ? l'enseignement et ? la recherche ? l'Universit? McGill et enfin, de recteur de l'Universit? de Montr?al. M. Vinet continuera de publier des travaux hautement novateurs en d?pit de ses fonctions administratives et il conna?t actuellement un nouvel ?lan de cr?ativit?. Il d?couvrira, tout r?cemment en 2011, de nouvelles familles de polyn?mes orthogonaux associ?s ? ses r?flexions, qui trouvent d?j? bien des applications. Dans le contexte de la th?orie de l'information quantique, M. Vinet d?montrera comment les cha?nes de spin peuvent servir ? concevoir des fils quantiques parfaits. Le prix de l'ACP-CRM en physique th?orique et math?matique vise ? souligner l'excellence dans le domaine de la recherche th?orique et math?matique. Ce prix a ?t? cr??e en 1995 et est d?cern?e annuellement depuis. Le prix ACP-CRM en physique th?orique et math?matique 2012 sera octroy?e ? Dr. Vinet durant le congr?s ACP 2012 (qui se tiendra du 11 au 15 juin 2012 ? l'Universit? de Calgary, ? Calgary, Alberta) ? la fin de sa session pl?ni?re et sera honor? au banquet du congr?s du jeudi 14 juin 2012. Veuillez consulter le programme du congr?s de l'ACP pour l'horaire des sessions pl?ni?res des r?cipiendaires des m?dailles. L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes, fond?e en 1945, est une association professionnelle qui repr?sente plus de 1600 physiciens et ?tudiants en physique au Canada, aux ?tats-Unis et outre-mer ainsi qu'un certain nombre de soci?t?s et ?tablissements membres. Outre ses activit?s sp?cialis?es, l'ACP en exerce d'autres qui visent ? inciter les ?tudiants ? faire carri?re en physique. Source : Centre de recherches math?matiques communications@crm.umontreal.ca From paradis at crm.umontreal.ca Thu Apr 26 15:43:02 2012 From: paradis at crm.umontreal.ca (Suzette Paradis) Date: Thu Apr 26 15:43:13 2012 Subject: [cmath] The 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics awarded to Luc Vinet Message-ID: <9DE70A33-B96A-4C50-B1D3-E465A183FD29@crm.umontreal.ca> The 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics awarded to Luc Vinet [le francais suit] Montreal, April 26, 2012 - The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and the Centre de recherches mathematiques (CRM) are pleased to announce that the 2012 CAP-CRM Prize In Theoretical And Mathematical Physics is awarded to Luc Vinet, University of Montreal, his outstanding and continued contributions to mathematical physics, mainly based on the study of symmetries, algebraic structures, and special functions. Luc Vinet is one of Canada's leading mathematical and theoretical physicists who has made outstanding contributions in numerous areas. The unifying feature of his research is the innovative use of group theoretical and algebraic methods, the emphasis on exact solutions of physical problems and the originality of his approach. He has made important contributions that have had great impact on both physics and mathematics. His early remarkable work was on gauge field theories in particular on exact invariant solutions of Yang ?Mills equations in Minkowski space. Also early in his career he identified the symmetries and supersymmetries of magnetic monopole systems. He explored various algebraic structures appropriate to describe symmetries in different physical problems. These go well beyond standard Lie groups and algebras. They include polynomial, quantum, super- and parasuper- algebras. He is very well known for his influential work on quantum many body problems and for his application of this work to a proof of the long outstanding Macdonald conjecture on properties of multivariate orthogonal polynomials. His contributions to the symmetry theory of difference and q-difference equations are truly pioneering. Remarkably, Vinet's scientific career was not interrupted by his heavy administrative duties as Director of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, then Provost of McGill University and finally Rector of the Universite de Montreal. He continued to publish highly innovative work during his administrative tenure and is now going through a new burst of creativity. Quite recently, in 2011, he has discovered new families of orthogonal polynomials, associated to reflections. These have already found many applications. In the context of quantum information theory, he has shown how spin chains can be used to design perfect quantum wires. The CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics is intended to recognize research excellence in the fields of theoretical and mathematical physics. This prize was first introduced in 1995 and has been awarded annually since. Dr. Vinet will be presented with the 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at the 2012 CAP Congress (hosted by the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta, from June 11-15) at the end of his plenary talk and will be recognized during the Congress banquet to be held on Thursday, June 14th, 2012. Please refer to the Congress program for the schedule of plenary talks by CAP medal winners. The Canadian Association of Physicists, founded in 1945, is a professional association representing over 1600 individual physicists and physics students in Canada, the U.S. and overseas, as well as a number of Corporate, Institutional, and Departmental Members. In addition to its learned activities, the CAP also undertakes a number of activities intended to encourage students to pursue a career in physics. ________________________________________________________________________________ Le prix ACP-?CRM de physique theorique et mathematique 2012 a Luc Vinet Montreal, le 26 avril 2012 - L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes (ACP) et le Centre de recherches mathematiques (CRM) sont fiers d'annoncer que le Prix ACP-CRM de physique theorique et mathematique 2012 sera decerne a Luc Vinet ses contributions exceptionnelles et constantes a la physique mathematique, principalement sur l'etude des symetries, des structures algebriques et des fonctions speciales. Luc Vinet est au Canada l'un des grands physiciens mathematiciens et theoriciens dont la contribution est remarquable dans divers domaines. Les elements unificateurs de sa recherche sont l'emploi novateur de methodes theoriques et algebriques en groupe, l'accent place sur les solutions exactes aux problemes physiques et l'originalite de son approche. Ses importantes contributions auront une incidence profonde a la fois en physique et en mathematique. Ses premiers travaux remarquables portent sur les theories des champs de jauge, en particulier sur les solutions invariables exactes aux equations Yang-Mills dans l'espace de Minkowski. De plus, au debut de sa carriere, M. Vinet decouvrira des symetries et des supersymetries aux systemes monopolaires magnetiques. Il explorera diverses structures algebriques appropriees pour decrire les symetries de differents problemes physiques, qui vont bien au-dela des groupes de Lie et des algebres normales et englobent l'algebre des polyn?mes, l'algebre quantique, la super-algebre et la parasuper-algebre. Il acquerra une notoriete par son oeuvre influente sur les problemes quantiques a N corps et par son application de ces travaux a prouver la conjecture de Macdonald, non resolue depuis longtemps, sur les proprietes des polyn?mes orthogonaux multivaries. Les contributions de M. Vinet a la theorie de la symetrie des equations de difference et de difference Q sont vraiment d'avant-garde. Fait etonnant, sa carriere scientifique ne sera pas interrompue par ses lourdes t?ches administratives de directeur du Centre de recherches mathematiques, puis de vice-recteur a l'enseignement et a la recherche a l'Universite McGill et enfin, de recteur de l'Universite de Montreal. M. Vinet continuera de publier des travaux hautement novateurs en depit de ses fonctions administratives et il conna?t actuellement un nouvel elan de creativite. Il decouvrira, tout r?cemment en 2011, de nouvelles familles de polyn?mes orthogonaux associes a ses reflexions, qui trouvent deja bien des applications. Dans le contexte de la theorie de l'information quantique, M. Vinet demontrera comment les cha?nes de spin peuvent servir a concevoir des fils quantiques parfaits. Le prix de l'ACP-CRM en physique theorique et mathematique vise a souligner l'excellence dans le domaine de la recherche theorique et mathematique. Ce prix a ete creee en 1995 et est decernee annuellement depuis. Le prix ACP-CRM en physique theorique et mathematique 2012 sera octroyee a Dr. Vinet durant le congres ACP 2012 (qui se tiendra du 11 au 15 juin 2012 a l'Universite de Calgary, a Calgary, Alberta) a la fin de sa session pleniere et sera honore au banquet du congres du jeudi 14 juin 2012. Veuillez consulter le programme du congres de l'ACP pour l'horaire des sessions plenieres des recipiendaires des medailles. L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes, fondee en 1945, est une association professionnelle qui represente plus de 1600 physiciens et etudiants en physique au Canada, aux Etats-Unis et outre-mer ainsi qu'un certain nombre de societes et etablissements membres. Outre ses activites specialisees, l'ACP en exerce d'autres qui visent a inciter les etudiants a faire carriere en physique. Source : Centre de recherches mathematiques communications@crm.umontreal.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120426/179d06b2/attachment.htm From craig at math.mcmaster.ca Fri Apr 27 14:11:50 2012 From: craig at math.mcmaster.ca (Walter Craig) Date: Fri Apr 27 14:35:27 2012 Subject: [cmath] Report on the 2012 NSERC Discovery Grants Competition for Math/Stats Section 1508 Message-ID: <4F9AE166.4030909@math.mcmaster.ca> Dear Colleagues, The Mathematics NSERC Liaison Committee (MNLC) has just produced a report on our survey of the outcomes of the 2012 NSERC Discovery Grant competition. Our impression is that overall it was a much more orderly and fair outcome than the 2011 Discovery Grant competition, with relatively evenly distributed bin levels, and success rates within reason. The full report is now available on the MNLC website https://nmlc.math.ca/blog/blog/author/nmlcadmin/ This survey is undertaken as a service to the Canadian mathematics and statistics community. Best regards, Walter Craig, on behalf of the MNLC -- Walter Craig FRSC Professor of Mathematics and Canada Research Chair McMaster University Hamilton Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada tel: 905.525.9140, x23422 fax: 905.522.0935 e-mail: craig@math.mcmaster.ca From Eric.Marchand at USherbrooke.ca Tue May 8 06:20:41 2012 From: Eric.Marchand at USherbrooke.ca (=?utf-8?b?w4lyaWM=?= Marchand) Date: Tue May 8 09:35:54 2012 Subject: [cmath] poste en statistique (position in Statistics) - =?utf-8?q?l=27Uni?= =?utf-8?q?versit=C3=A9?= de Sherbrooke Message-ID: <20120508062041.14320xp0zeb72740@www.usherbrooke.ca> Hello, please find attached below a job posting in the D?partement de math?matiques de l'Universit? de Sherbrooke. Please circulate the advertisement or post in an area where others will see them. Thank you for your assistance, ?ric Marchand (Professor, D?partement de math?matiques, Universit? de Sherbrooke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonjour, vous trouverez ci-dessous une description de poste ouvert au D?partement de math?matiques de l'Universit? de Sherbrooke. S.v.p., ? faire suivre et pour diffusion. Merci, ?ric Marchand (Professeur, D?partement de math?matiques, Universit? de Sherbrooke) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Facult? des sciences D?partement de math?matiques Universit? de Sherbrooke Professeure ou Professeur en statistique L'Universit? de Sherbrooke sollicite des candidatures afin de pourvoir ? un poste de professeure ou de professeur en statistique au D?partement de math?matiques de la Facult? des sciences. Il s'agit d'un poste r?gulier ? temps complet au Campus principal de Sherbrooke. Fonctions - Enseignement aux premier, deuxi?me et troisi?me cycles. - Recherche. - Encadrement d'?tudiantes et d'?tudiants aux 2e et 3e cycles. - Participation ? la vie universitaire. - Service ? la collectivit?. Exigences D?tenir un doctorat en statistique ou en math?matiques. D?montrer d'excellentes aptitudes en recherche. Poss?der de solides comp?tences p?dagogiques et manifester un vif int?r?t pour l'enseignement aux trois cycles d'?tudes universitaires. Le domaine de sp?cialisation recherch?e est la statistique. Une capacit? et une volont? d'interaction avec les statisticiens en poste au d?partement sont hautement souhaitables. Une expertise en biostatistique constituerait un atout. La capacit? d'enseigner en fran?ais ou d'atteindre cette capacit? rapidement. Les conditions de travail sont r?gies par les conventions collectives en vigueur. DATE D'ENTR?E EN FONCTION PR?VUE: 1er janvier 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS The University of Sherbrooke invites applications for a tenure-track postition as a full-time professor in the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Science. Duties - Teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. - Carry out independent research. - Supervise both master's and doctoral students. - Participate in service-related activities. - Contribute to the life of the community at large. Requirements Ph.D. in Statistics or Mathematics. Demonstrate excellent research skills. Possess strong teaching skills and a strong interest in teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The area of specialization sought after is Statistics The ability and willingness to interact with statisticians in the Department of Mathematics is highly desirable. An expertise in Biostatistics would be an asset. The ability to teach in French or to rapidly achieve this ability. The working conditions are governed by the collective agreements in force. ANTICIPATED STARTING DATE: January 1st 2013 ________________________________________________________________________ From vrunde at gmail.com Fri May 11 12:00:32 2012 From: vrunde at gmail.com (Volker Runde) Date: Fri May 11 13:55:42 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fwd: Job at Leeds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Matthew Daws Date: Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:41 AM Subject: Job at Leeds To: Matthew Daws Dear colleagues, There is a permanent job available at Leeds, in any area of pure mathematics. I, for obvious reasons, would be very keen to attract well-qualified candidates in Functional Analysis. http://ig29.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_universityofleeds01.asp?newms=jj&id=83340&newlang=1 The job comes from teaching related money, and so you will see from the advert that teaching is highlighted. However, this is _not_ a teaching-only position: "The teaching workload, and time available for research will, however, be normal for this grade." Informally, I understand that the department is keen to hire an excellent mathematician who is good at teaching (but nothing more than "good" is required; but anything less than "good" will not be a hire). Obviously candidates should bear the teaching component in mind when making an application. I wonder if you could bring this to the attention of anyone who might be interested. If you know the names of particular people whom I might be able to approach individually, then also please do let me know. --Matt Daws -- Volker Runde 1628 Tompkins Wynd Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6R 2Y5 Phone: 780 633 9080 (home) and 780 707 5467 (cell) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120511/e5c91e02/attachment.htm From akelm at cms.math.ca Mon May 14 14:22:07 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Mon May 14 14:22:12 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?utf-8?q?Long_Range_Plan_for_Mathematics_and_Statistics?= =?utf-8?q?_/_Plan_=C3=A0_long_terme_pour_les_sciences_math=C3=A9matiques_?= =?utf-8?q?et_statistiques?= Message-ID: <4FB14D4F.9040202@cms.math.ca> /(La version fran?aise suit)/ <#fr> Dear Colleague: The Long Range Plan Steering Committee has completed its consultation draft of the Long Range Plan for Mathematics and Statistics, and is releasing it today to the mathematical and statistical sciences communities for their feedback. You will find it on the front page of the website longrangeplan.ca . We don?t intend this version to be circulated beyond our communities; it is still rough in places and the layout is very approximate. There will be presentations on the LRP at the CMS meeting in Regina (June 2, 12.30pm), the SSC meeting in Guelph (June 3, 4pm) and the CAIMS meeting in Toronto (June 24, 1pm (Board) and June 27, 12 pm (AGM)). Comments on any aspect of the plan are welcome, in the form most convenient to you. You may post comments on our web site, send email to any member of the steering committee or send comments by mail or email to Nancy Reid . The consultation period will run to *July 31, 2012*; after this date we will proceed to prepare and translate into French the final version. In writing the plan we aimed to include material addressed at three different audiences: mathematical and statistical science researchers, NSERC, and non-specialists, and it may help to keep this in mind as you read it. In the final version we will also include some pictures and graphics, and will be very happy if you send us your favourites. Looking forward to your feedback, On behalf of the LRP Steering Committee, Nancy Reid May 14, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cher coll?gue, ch?re coll?gue, Le Comit? directeur du Plan ? long terme (PLT) a termin? l??bauche du plan ? long terme pour les sciences math?matiques et statistiques. Cette ?bauche a ?t? rendue publique aujourd?hui sur la page d?accueil du PLT (http://longrangeplan.ca/fr/) afin de recueillir les commentaires de la communaut? math?matique et statistique. Nous vous demandons de ne pas diffuser cette version au-del? de nos communaut?s de recherche car le document n?est encore qu?? l??tat d??bauche. Des pr?sentations sur le PLT sont pr?vues ? l?occasion des congr?s annuels de la SMC ? R?gina [2 juin, 12h30], de la SSC ? Guelph [3 juin, 16h] et de la SCMAI ? Toronto [24 juin, 13h, CA et 27 juin, 12h, AGA]. Vos commentaires sur le plan sont les bienvenus. Vous pouvez les poster sur le site Web du PTL (http://longrangeplan.ca/fr/), les faire parvenir ? un des membres du Comit? directeur (comit? directeur ) ou les exp?dier par courriel ? Nancy Reid (reid@utstat.toronto.edu ). La p?riode de consultation s??tendra jusqu?au *31 juillet 2012*, apr?s quoi le document sera finalis? et traduit en fran?ais. ? la lecture du document, veuillez garder ? l?esprit que le plan s?adresse ? trois auditoires : les chercheurs en sciences math?matiques et statistiques, le CRSNG et les non-sp?cialistes. La version finale comportera quelques photos et graphiques ; nous serions ravis que vous nous fassiez parvenir vos suggestions ? cet ?gard. Dans l?attente de recevoir vos commentaires, Nancy Reid Au nom du comit? directeur du PLT 14 mai 2012 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120514/aa8afa66/attachment.htm From clare at pims.math.ca Tue May 15 12:58:54 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Tue May 15 14:50:42 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations: CRM.FIELDS.PIMS Prize Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F38113F@MBX2> Call for Nominations: CRM*FIELDS*PIMS Prize The Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences. The candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university. The prize was established as the CRM-Fields prize in 1994. Renamed in 2005, the 2006 and later prizes are awarded jointly by all three institutes. Previous recipients are H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak- Jaegermann, Joel Feldman, Allan Borodin, Martin Barlow, Gordon Slade, Mark Lewis and Stevo Todorcevic. The selection committee formed by the three institutes will select a recipient for the 201 prize on the basis of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the mathematical sciences, with excellence in research as the main selection criterion. A monetary prize will be awarded and the recipient will be asked to present a lecture at each of CRM, the Fields Institute, and PIMS. Nominations should be submitted by November 1, 201 by at least two sponsors of recognized stature, and should include the following elements: three supporting letters, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and up to four preprints. Nominations will remain active for two years. During any academic year, at most one prize will be awarded. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120515/252c11e5/attachment.htm From ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca Tue May 15 16:02:34 2012 From: ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca (Andrea Yeomans) Date: Tue May 15 16:02:39 2012 Subject: [cmath] Avner Magen Memorial Lecture: Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study) Message-ID: Public Lecture Announcement: Avner Magen Memorial Lecture Avi Wigderson (Institute for Advanced Study) May 25, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. Fields Institute, Room 230 The Fields Institute and the University of Toronto Department of Computer Science are proud to welcome Avi Wigderson, who will deliver the Avner Magen Memorial Lecture. Title: Randomness Is the universe inherently deterministic or probabilistic? Perhaps more importantly, can we tell the difference between the two? Humanity has pondered the meaning and utility of randomness for millennia. There is a remarkable variety of ways in which we utilize perfect coin tosses to our advantage: in statistics, cryptography, game theory, algorithms, gambling... Indeed, randomness seems indispensable! Which of these applications survive if the universe had no randomness in it at all? Which of them survive if only poor quality randomness is available, e.g. that arises from "unpredictable" phenomena like the weather or the stock market? A computational theory of randomness, developed in the past three decades, reveals (perhaps counter-intuitively) that very little is lost in such deterministic or weakly random worlds. In the talk I'll explain the main ideas and results of this theory. The talk is aimed at a general audience, and no particular background will be assumed. For more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/public_lectures From clare at pims.math.ca Tue May 15 17:23:29 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Wed May 16 06:04:53 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations: CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Prize / Appel de Candidatures: Prix CRM-FIELDS-PIMS In-Reply-To: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381158@MBX2> References: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381158@MBX2> Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381159@MBX2> RESENT WITH CORRECTIONS Call for Nominations: CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Prize The Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences. The candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university. The prize was established as the CRM-Fields prize in 1994. Renamed in 2005, the 2006 and later prizes are awarded jointly by all three institutes. Previous recipients are H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak- Jaegermann, Joel Feldman, Allan Borodin, Martin Barlow, Gordon Slade, Mark Lewis and Stevo Todorcevic. The selection committee formed by the three institutes will select a recipient for the 2013 prize on the basis of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the mathematical sciences, with excellence in research as the main selection criterion. A monetary prize will be awarded and the recipient will be asked to present a lecture at each of CRM, the Fields Institute, and PIMS. Nominations should be submitted by November 1, 2012 by at least two sponsors of recognized stature, and should include the following elements: three supporting letters, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and up to four preprints. Nominations will remain active for two years. During any academic year, at most one prize will be awarded. Submit files to: nominations@pims.math.ca Only electronic submissions (of a single PDF file) will be accepted. Appel de Candidatures: Prix CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), l'Institut Fields et le Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) sollicitent les candidatures pour le prix conjoint CRM-Fields-PIMS, remis pour souligner des r?alisations exceptionnelles en sciences math?matiques. Les travaux de recherche du r?cipiendaire devront avoir ?t? r?alis?s principalement au Canada ou en affiliation avec une universit? canadienne. Le prix a ?t? cr?? sous l'?tiquette CRM-Fields en 1994. Il a ?t? renomm? CRM-Fields-PIMS en 2005 et est attribu? conjointement par les trois instituts ? partir de 2006. Les r?cipiendaires pr?c?dents ont ?t? H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, Joel Feldman, Allan Borodin, Martin Barlow, Gordon Slade, Mark Lewis et Stevo Todorcevic. Le Comit? de s?lection form? par les trois instituts choisira le laur?at du prix 2013 en s'appuyant sur les contributions exceptionnelles r?alis?es pour l'avancement des sciences math?matiques, avec l'excellence en recherch? comme principal crit?re de s?lection. Un prix en argent sera remis au laur?at ? qui on demandera de bien vouloir pr?senter une conf?rence ? chacun des trois instituts. Les nominations devront ?tre soumises avant le 1er novembre 2012 et parrain?es par au moins deux personnes renomm?es. Elles devraient inclure les ?l?ments suivants: trois lettres d'appui, un curriculum vitae, la liste des publications et jusqu'? quatre pr?publications. Les nominations demeureront actives pendant deux ann?es. Lors d'une ann?e acad?mique, au plus un prix sera attribu?. Soumettre les dossiers ?: nominations@pims.math.ca Seulement les soumissions ?lectroniques (fichier PDF unique) seront accept?es. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Description: The IMA, in collaboration with PIMS, is holding a 10-day workshop on Mathematical Modeling in Industry in Calgary, Canada. The workshop is designed to provide graduate students and qualified advanced undergraduates with firsthand experience in industrial research. Format: Students will work in teams of up to 6 under the guidance of a mentor from industry. The mentor will help guide the students in the modeling process, analysis and computational work associated with a real-world industrial problem. A progress report from each team will be scheduled during the period. In addition, each team will be expected to make an oral final presentation and submit a written report at the end of the 10-day period. How to Apply: Students interested in applying should consult the IMA project descriptions then apply using the IMA application template. __________________________________ Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences The University of British Columbia 200-1933 West Mall | Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Phone: 604 822 6851 | Fax: 604 822 0883 Email: clare@pims.math.ca Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath --------------------- Missed something? Check out mathtube.org today! View lecture videos, slides and more. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Le prix recompense le travail exceptionnel d'un ?tudiant au doctorat en math?matiques. Kennedy recevra son prix et prononcera une conf?rence ? la R?union d'hiver 2012 de la SMC, qui se tiendra Montr?al. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/doc-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From clare at pims.math.ca Mon May 28 15:20:34 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Mon May 28 15:20:39 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS call for proposals In-Reply-To: References: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F3811C7@MBX2> --------------------------------------------------- PIMS Call for Proposals - 2013 and Beyond The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is currently welcoming applications for support of conferences, workshops, summer schools, distinguished visitors, special focus periods, collaborative research groups and related activities in the mathematical sciences, to occur after April 1, 2013. Proposals must be received by October 1, 2012. Please note that PIMS is a participant in "Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013", and proposals for activities that are aligned with that theme are welcomed. For further information and application instructions, please visit: http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific/call-proposals --------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath From paradis at crm.umontreal.ca Tue May 29 10:31:27 2012 From: paradis at crm.umontreal.ca (Suzette Paradis) Date: Tue May 29 10:31:36 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?Call_for_Proposals_-_CRM_=28Centre_de_rec?= =?iso-8859-1?q?herches_math=E9matiques=29_is_soliciting_applications_for_?= =?iso-8859-1?q?scientific_activities?= Message-ID: <08D6311B-1DC5-4380-8730-59A2653A2212@crm.umontreal.ca> [ le fran?ais suit ] crm.math.ca Call for Proposals The CRM (Centre de recherches math?matiques) is soliciting applications for scientific activities taking place at the CRM. The proposals are divided in two categories: the thematic semesters, of a duration of about six months, and the workshops, conferences or schools, whose duration can vary from a couple of days up to two weeks. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Appel ? projets Le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) vous invite ? proposer des projets d?activit?s scienti?ques. Les activit?s scienti?ques se divisent en deux cat?gories: les semestres th?matiques d?une dur?e de six mois environ et les conf?rences, ateliers ou ?coles d?une dur?e de quelques jours ? deux semaines. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/mixed From clare at pims.math.ca Wed May 30 12:36:50 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Wed May 30 12:36:56 2012 Subject: [cmath] University of Lethbridge joins PIMS In-Reply-To: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F3811CC@MBX2> References: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F3811CC@MBX2> Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F3811D1@MBX2> -------------------------------------------- University of Lethbridge joins PIMS The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is pleased to announce that the University of Lethbridge, Alberta has joined the PIMS consortium as a full member. The site has been a PIMS affiliate for many years, and has had significant participation in PIMS activities. With the incorporation of the University of Lethbridge, the PIMS consortium now has nine full members, including all the major research universities in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Washington State. In particular, the University of Lethbridge joins the Universities of Alberta and Calgary to further strengthen PIMS' partnerships in Alberta, where a significant number of PIMS activities take place. --------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu May 31 14:07:28 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu May 31 14:07:34 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 Graham Wright Award recipient / =?iso-8859-1?q?R=E9cipiendai?= =?iso-8859-1?q?re_du_prix_Graham_Wright_2012?= Message-ID: <4FC7B360.9030107@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Bernard Hodgson (Laval) is the recipient of the 2012 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service. The award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and significant contributions to the Canadian mathematical community and, in particular, to the Canadian Mathematical Society. The complete announcement has been posted on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/gw-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle a d?cern? son prix Graham-Wright pour service m?ritoire 2012 ? Bernard Hodgson (Laval). Le prix r?compense les personnes qui contribuent de fa?on importante et soutenue ? la communaut? math?matique canadienne et, notamment, ? la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC: http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/gw-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Fri Jun 1 12:01:43 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Fri Jun 1 12:01:47 2012 Subject: [cmath] Math Team Canada 2012 chosen for IMO / =?windows-1252?q?L=92=C9qu?= =?windows-1252?q?ipe_math=E9matiques_du_Canada_2012_a_=E9t=E9_choisie_pou?= =?windows-1252?q?r_OIM?= Message-ID: <4FC8E767.4070605@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society has chosen six of Canada's best high school mathematics students to represent their country at the 2012 International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The IMO is the student world championship of mathematics and will be held in Mar del Plata from July 8-15. The full media release can be viewed at: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/imo-team ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada a choisi six des meilleurs ?l?ves du secondaire en math?matiques qui repr?senteront le pays ? l'Olympiade internationale de math?matiques (OIM) de 2012. L'OIM, championnat mondial de math?matiques pour ?l?ves du secondaire, se tiendra ? Mar del Plata du 8 au 15 juillet prochains. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/imo-team -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 4 09:32:55 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 4 09:33:01 2012 Subject: [cmath] SSC =?windows-1252?q?=96_2012_Distinguished_Service_Award_/_Prix_?= =?windows-1252?q?pour_services_insignes_2012?= Message-ID: <4FCCB907.8000400@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) June 4, 2012 The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) announced today that the recipient of its 2012 Distinguished Service Award is Rom?n Viveros-Aguilera, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University. The announcement was made at the Society?s Annual Meeting in Guelph, ON. This distinction is awarded to an SSC member who has made substantial contributions to the running or welfare of SSC, over a period of several years. Professor Viveros-Aguilera attended his first SSC conference, the 1984 Annual Meeting at the University of Guelph, when he was a graduate student. He has been a regular member since 1990. Over the intervening years, Professor Viveros-Aguilera has served on a variety of SSC committees, chairing many of them, including Elections, Membership, Awards, Pierre Robillard Award, Education, Statistics Chairs, Publications, Program, and an Ad-hoc Committee on Priorities. He has also served as SSC Local Representative at McMaster and to the Canadian Mathematical Society. For the 1996 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) held in Chicago, Illinois, Professor Viveros-Aguilera represented the SSC on the Program Organizing Committee. He was elected to represent Ontario on the Board of Directors of the Society for two consecutive terms. Currently he represents the SSC on the COPSS Awards Committee. A number of other roles and duties have occupied his time in the SSC. In 2000, he co-founded (with Bovas Abraham, University of Waterloo) the Business and Industrial Statistics Section of the SSC, and served as its founding Secretary for four years. He later served as the Section?s President. Professor Viveros-Aguilera also served as Editor of Liaison, the newsletter of the Society, for the period 2000-4, and as Co-Editor (with Angelo Canty, McMaster University) during June-December 2007. He has been an Associate Editor of Liaison since 2008. Jointly with Angelo Canty, he negotiated the agreement with Wiley for the publication of The Canadian Journal of Statistics. Professor Viveros-Aguilera was the organizer for the Canadian side of the 1st Canada-Mexico Statistics Meeting held at the Center for Research in Mathematics, Guanajuato, Mexico, in February 2008. In 2007, he was elected President of the SSC, serving as President-Elect (2007-2008), President (2008-2009) and Past-President (2009-2010). Teaching statistics and mentoring graduate students have received high priority in his career. He is an enthusiastic teacher of statistics, and received the McMaster Student Union Teaching Award for Arts & Science in 2005. For more information, please visit http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2012 or contact SSC Publications Officer Wendy Lou at pr-officer@ssc.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 juin 2012 La Soci?t? statistique du Canada a annonc? aujourd?hui qu?elle avait d?cern? son Prix pour services insignes 2012 ? Rom?n Viveros-Aguilera, professeur des math?matiques et statistique ? l?Universit? McMaster. L?annonce a ?t? faite dans le cadre du congr?s annuel de la Soci?t?, qui se tient ? Guelph (ON). Cette distinction est d?cern?e ? un membre de la SSC qui a contribu? de fa?on substantielle et pendant plusieurs ann?es au fonctionnement ou ? l?essor de la SSC. C?est ? l?Universit? de Guelph, en 1984, que le professeur Viveros-Aguilera a particip? ? son premier congr?s de la SSC ? titre d??tudiant. Il est membre r?gulier de la Soci?t? depuis 1990. Au fil des ans, il a ?t? membre (et souvent m?me pr?sident) de nombreux comit?s de la SSC, dont les comit?s des ?lections, du recrutement, des prix, du prix Pierre-Robillard, d??ducation, des directeurs de d?partements de statistique, des publications, des congr?s et d?un comit? ad hoc sur les priorit?s. Il a aussi ?t? le repr?sentant local de la SSC ? McMaster et de la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. Lors des JSM de 1996 ? Chicago, le professeur Viveros-Aguilera a repr?sent? la SSC au sein du Comit? scientifique. Il a aussi si?g? au Conseil d?administration de la Soci?t? pendant quatre ans ? titre de repr?sentant r?gional de l?Ontario. Encore aujourd?hui, il repr?sente la SSC au Comit? des prix COPSS. Bien d?autres r?les et responsabilit?s ont occup? le professeur Viveros-Aguilera ? la SSC. En 2000, il s?est associ? ? Bovas Abraham de l?Universit? de Waterloo pour fonder le Groupe de statistique industrielle et de gestion de la SSC, dont il a ?t? le secr?taire fondateur pendant quatre ans, et plus tard le pr?sident. De 2000 ? 2004, le professeur Viveros-Aguilera ?tait r?dacteur en chef de Liaison, le magazine de la Soci?t?, puis cor?dacteur en chef (avec Angelo Canty de McMaster) de juin ? d?cembre 2007. Il continue depuis lors de faire partie du Comit? de r?daction. Avec Angelo Canty, le professeur Viveros-Aguilera a n?goci? avec Wiley l?accord relatif ? la publication de La revue canadienne de statistique. Il a ?t? l?organisateur canadien du 1er congr?s de statistique Canada-Mexique, qui s?est tenu au Centre de recherche en math?matiques de Guanajuato, au Mexique, en f?vrier 2008. En 2007, le professeur Viveros-Aguilera a ?t? ?lu pr?sident de la SSC, servant tour ? tour ? titre de pr?sident d?sign? (2007-2008), de pr?sident (2008-2009) et de pr?sident sortant (2009-2010). L?enseignement et le mentorat comptent parmi ses priorit?s professionnelles. Ses qualit?s p?dagogiques et son enthousiasme lui ont valu en 2005 un prix d?enseignement de l?Association des ?tudiants en arts et sciences de l?Universit? McMaster. Pour plus d?informations, veuillez consulter http://www.ssc.ca/fr/laur?ats-des-prix/laur?ats-des-prix-en-2012 ou contactez la Directrice des publications Wendy Lou ou ? pr-officer@ssc.ca. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 4 09:35:21 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 4 09:35:25 2012 Subject: [cmath] SSC =?windows-1252?q?=96_2012_Gold_Medal_/_M=E9daille_d=92or_2012?= Message-ID: <4FCCB999.1010601@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) June 4, 2012 The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) announced today that the recipient of its 2012 Gold Medal is Professor Robert John Tibshirani of Stanford University. The Gold Medal is the Society?s highest distinction; it is awarded each year to a Canadian statistician for exceptional contributions to the field. Professor Tibshirani?s contributions in the statistical sciences place him in the uppermost echelon of researchers worldwide. He gained international recognition for his contributions to theory and methodology for the analysis of complex datasets, smoothing and regression methodology, the bootstrap, statistical learning and classification, and to application areas that include public health, medicine, genomics, proteomics and traffic safety. Some of his best-known contributions are the Lasso, which uses absolute value penalization in regression and related problems, Generalized Additive Modeling (GAM), and Significance Analysis of Microarrays (SAM). He has co-authored three widely used books: Generalized Additive Models, An Introduction to the Bootstrap, and The Elements of Statistical Learning, which now in its second edition. These books are very widely used not only in statistics but also in other fields, and their material is taught in graduate schools around the world. His exceptional contributions in research have been recognized through various awards and honours. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Statistical Association, and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Professor Tibshirani won the international COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies) Award in 1996, the NSERC Steacie Award in 1997, the CRM-SSC Prize in Statistics in 2000, the University of Waterloo Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 2006, and was an IMS Medallion Lecturer. In 2012, he was elected to be a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Professor Tibshirani received his award at the University of Guelph, ON, where over 500 statisticians are gathered for the Society?s 40th Annual Meeting. For more information, please visit http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2012 or contact SSC Publications Officer Wendy Lou (pr-officer@ssc.ca) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 juin 2012 Robert John Tibshirani, professeur ? l?Universit? Stanford a ?t? annonc? aujourd?hui comme le gagnant de la m?daille d?or 2012 de la Soci?t? statistique du Canada (SSC). La m?daille d?or est la plus haute distinction d?cern?e par la Soci?t? ; elle est remise chaque ann?e ? un statisticien canadien qui s?est d?marqu? par ses contributions exceptionnelles au domaine. Les contributions du Professeur Tibshirani aux sciences statistiques en font l?un des chercheurs les plus ?minemment respect?s au monde. Il a contribu? de mani?re exceptionnelle ? la th?orie et ? la m?thodologie de l?analyse des ensembles de donn?es complexes, ? la m?thodologie du lissage et de la r?gression, ? la m?thodologie du bootstrap, ? l?apprentissage et ? la classification statistiques, ainsi qu?? divers domaines d?application tels que la sant? publique, la m?decine, la g?nomique, la prot?omique, et la s?curit? routi?re. Ses contributions les plus connues incluent le lasso, qui utilise la p?nalisation des valeurs absolues en r?gression et dans les probl?mes connexes, les mod?les additifs g?n?ralis?s (GAM) et l?analyse de significativit? des micro-puces Significance Analysis of Microarrays (SAM). Il est cor?dacteur de trois ouvrages tr?s r?pandus : Generalized Additive Models, An Introduction to the Bootstrap et The Elements of Statistical Learning (r?cemment r??dit?). Ces manuels sont utilis?s dans le monde entier pour l?enseignement sp?cialis? en statistique et dans plusieurs autres disciplines. Les contributions exceptionnelles du Professeur Tibshirani ? la recherche lui ont valu divers prix et honneurs. Il est compagnon de la Soci?t? royale du Canada, compagnon de l?Association des statisticiens am?ricains et compagnon de l?Institut de statistique math?matique (IMS). Il s?est vu d?cerner le prix international du comit? COPSS (Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies) en 1996, le prix Steacie du CRSNG en 1997, et le prix CRM-SSC en statistique en 2000. En 2006, il a re?u le prix Distinguished Alumni Acheivement de l?Universit? de Waterloo et a servi comme IMS Medallion Lecturer. En 2012, le Professeur Tibshirani a ?t? ?lu membre de l?Acad?mie nationale des sciences am?ricaines. La m?daille d?or lui a ?t? d?cern?e dans le cadre du 40e congr?s annuel de la Soci?t? ? Guelph (ON), o? plus de 500 statisticiens sont r?unis. Pour plus d?informations, veuillez consulter http://www.ssc.ca/fr/laur?ats-des-prix/laur?ats-des-prix-en-2012 ou contactez la Directrice des publications Wendy Lou ou ? pr-officer@ssc.ca. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 4 09:37:18 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 4 09:37:21 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 Honorary Membership / Membre honoraire 2012 Message-ID: <4FCCBA0E.1070606@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) June 4, 2012 James O. Ramsay, Emeritus Professor at McGill University, has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC). This distinction, which was announced this morning at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Guelph, ON, recognizes Professor Ramsay's exceptional contributions to the development of statistical sciences in Canada. Professor Ramsay has had a long and distinguished career as a researcher. He is internationally acclaimed as the founder of Functional Data Analysis. He has contributed widely to the development of the field and to its dissemination through numerous publications and software libraries. His bestselling books with Bernard Silverman, entitled Functional Data Analysis (1997, 2005) and Applied Functional Data Analysis (2002) are highly influential; the monograph Functional Data Analysis in Matlab and R (2009), co-authored by Giles Hooker and Spencer Graves, has enjoyed the same runaway success. Professor Ramsay has also made highly influential contributions to multidimensional scaling and nonparametric statistics, in addition to solving a range of problems in psychometrics and much more. In recognition of his work, Professor Ramsay was awarded the 1998 Gold Medal of the SSC. Together with Nancy Heckman, he was also the recipient of The Canadian Journal of Statistics Best Paper Award in 2000. Members of the SSC have often had a chance to hear him speak at their annual meetings, and they have appreciated his involvement in the Society in various capacities, most notably as President (2002--3). Professor Ramsay is a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. He also served, among many leadership roles, as President of the Psychometric Society (1981--2), and as Chair of his academic department (1986--9). For more information, please visit http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2012 or contact SSC Publications Officer Wendy Lou at pr-officer@ssc.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 juin 2012 James O. Ramsay, professeur ?m?rite ? l'Universit? McGill, s'est vu d?cerner le titre de membre honoraire de la Soci?t? statistique du Canada (SSC). La distinction, annonc?e ce matin dans le cadre du congr?s annuel de la Soci?t? ? Guelph (ON), salue les contributions exceptionnelles du professeur Ramsay au d?veloppement des sciences statistiques au Canada. Professeur Ramsay a men? une carri?re longue et brillante en recherche. Il est universellement reconnu comme le fondateur de l'analyse des donn?es fonctionnelles. Il a largement contribu? au d?veloppement du domaine et ? sa diffusion par ses nombreuses publications et l'?laboration de logith?ques. Les ouvrages qu'il a r?dig?s avec Bernard Silverman, intitul?s Functional Data Analysis (1997, 2005) et Applied Functional Data Analysis (2002) sont des best-sellers tr?s influents ; la monographie Functional Data Analysis in Matlab and R (2009), cosign?e par Giles Hooker et Spencer Graves, a aussi connu un succ?s monstre. Professeur Ramsay a ?galement contribu? de fa?on tr?s importante ? la th?orie de l'?chelonnage multivari? et ? la statistique non param?trique, en plus d'avoir r?solu diverses probl?matiques en psychom?trie et plus encore. En reconnaissance de ses travaux, Professeur Ramsay s'est vu attribuer la m?daille d'or de la SSC en 1998. Avec Nancy Heckman, il a ?galement re?u le prix du meilleur article de La revue canadienne de statistique en 2000. Les membres de la SSC ont souvent eu l'occasion de l'entendre lors de leur congr?s annuel et lui sont reconnaissants pour son engagement envers la Soci?t? ? divers titres, notamment en tant que pr?sident (2002--3). Compagnon de la Soci?t? canadienne de psychologie, Jim a aussi ?t? pr?sident de la Soci?t? de psychom?trie (1981--2) et directeur de son d?partement (1986--9), entre autres. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter http://www.ssc.ca/fr/laur?ats-des-prix/laur?ats-des-prix-en-2012 ou contactez la Directrice des publications Wendy Lou ou ? pr-officer@ssc.ca. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 4 09:42:25 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 4 09:42:31 2012 Subject: [cmath] SSC =?windows-1252?q?=96_2012_Impact_Award_/_Prix_pour_impact_201?= =?windows-1252?q?2?= Message-ID: <4FCCBB41.4000104@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) June 4, 2012 At its Annual Meeting held in Guelph, ON, the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) announced today that David Binder is the 2012 recipient of the Award for Impact of Applied and Collaborative Work. The award recognizes outstanding contributions by SSC members in collaborative research and applied work, the importance of which derives primarily from its relatively recent impact on a subject area outside of the statistical sciences, on an area of application, or on an organization. Dr. Binder?s affiliation with Statistics Canada began in 1971 as a Survey Methodologist. Over the years, he moved up the ranks at Statistics Canada, culminating his career as the Director General of the Methodology Branch, before accepting a position for a few months as Senior Advisor to an Assistant Chief Statistician at Statistics Canada. He was also very active in several statistical societies, including the SSC, where he served as President and as Executive Director. After his retirement in 2004, Dr. Binder continued to work at Statistics Canada on a part-time basis, mostly to pursue his research interests that were also of interest to Statistics Canada, and to provide technical advice on various statistical issues. Dr. Binder devoted much of his career to developing methods to make valid statistical inferences where the data were obtained from a survey (or surveys) with a complex sampling design. The subtleties of the impact of the survey design on such inferences are generally not well understood by those without more advanced statistical expertise. However, with the incorporation of a number of suitable methods into several commercial statistical analysis software packages, the methods have become more accessible to researchers from many disciplines. Dr. Binder?s statistical leadership and research contributions have been recognized with Elected Membership in the International Statistical Institute (1985), Fellowship in the American Statistical Association (1991), and with the Distinguished Service Award of the SSC (2011). He is acknowledged internationally as a world leader in the area of analysis of data from complex surveys. On June 3, 2012, Dr, Binder passed away peacefully in Ottawa. There will be a special session to honour the memory of Dr. Binder at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society, to be held May 26-29 in Edmonton, Alberta. For more information, please visit http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2012 or contact the SSC Publications Officer Wendy Lou at pr-officer@ssc.ca . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 juin 2012 Lors de son congr?s annuel ? Guelph, ON, la Soci?t? statistique du Canada a annonc? aujourd?hui que David Binder est le r?cipiendaire 2012 de son prix pour l?impact du travail collaboratif et appliqu?. Ce prix salue les contributions exceptionnelles de membres de la SSC ? des travaux de recherche de nature appliqu?e r?alis?s en collaboration, dont l?importance d?coule principalement de son impact relativement r?cent sur un organisme ou dans un domaine du savoir autre que la statistique. Dr. Binder a entam? sa carri?re ? Statistique Canada en 1971 ? titre de technicien d?enqu?te. Il a gravi les ?chelons un ? un et a ?ventuellement ?t? promu Directeur g?n?ral de la Direction de la m?thodologie, et ensuite principal conseiller d?un des statisticiens en chef adjoints pendant quelques mois. Retrait? en 2004, David a continu? de travailler ? temps partiel pour Statistique Canada, o? il a fait de la recherche et a ?t? appel? ? fournir des avis techniques sur diverses questions statistiques. Dr. Binder a consacr? l?essentiel de sa carri?re ? mettre au point des m?thodes qui permettent de faire des inf?rences statistiques valables ? partir de donn?es d?enqu?tes issues de plans d??chantillonnage complexes. Les subtilit?s de l?impact du plan d?enqu?te sur ces inf?rences sont g?n?ralement difficiles ? saisir quand on ne dispose pas de l?expertise requise. Maintenant que plusieurs de ces m?thodes ont ?t? int?gr?es ? divers progiciels d?analyse statistique commerciaux, elles sont davantage ? la port?e des chercheurs d'autres disciplines. Le leadership et les contributions du Dr. Binder lui ont valu d??tre coopt? membre de l?Institut international de statistique en 1985 et ?lev? d?s 1991 au rang de compagnon de l?Association des statisticiens am?ricains (ASA) ; il a en outre re?u le Prix pour services insignes de la SSC en 2011. Il est reconnu mondialement comme un chef de file de l?analyse de donn?es issues d?enqu?tes complexes. David Binder est d?c?d? paisiblement le 3 juin ? Ottawa. Une s?ance sp?ciale honorant sa m?moire aura lieu lors du prochain congr?s annuel de la SSC, qui se tiendra du 26 au 29 mai 2013 ? Edmonton (Alberta). Pour plus d?informations, veuillez consulter http://www.ssc.ca/fr/laur?ats-des-prix/laur?ats-des-prix-en-2012 , ou contacter la Directrice des publications Wendy Lou ? pr-officer@ssc.ca . -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 4 09:44:46 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 4 09:44:58 2012 Subject: [cmath] 2012 Lise Manchester Award / Prix Lise-Manchester 2012 Message-ID: <4FCCBBCE.2070905@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) June 4, 2012 The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) announced today that the recipients of its 2012 Lise Manchester Award are Geoffrey Fong, David Hammond and Mary Thompson, Professors at University of Waterloo. The announcement was made at the Society's Annual Meeting in Guelph, ON. This biennial award is given by the SSC in commemoration of the late Dr. Lise Manchester's abiding interest in using statistical methods to study matters of relevance to society. The award recognizes excellence in statistical research that considers problems of public interest and is potentially useful for formation of Canadian public policy. This year's award is given to Professors Fong, Hammond and Thompson, for their work on the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project. Tobacco use is the world's most prevalent cause of death and disease, and is projected by the World Health Organization to kill one billion people in the 21st Century. The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project) was created in 2002 by an international consortium of researchers, led by Geoffrey Fong and centered at the University of Waterloo, to conduct the first-ever longitudinal cohort study of tobacco use. The objective of the ITC Project is to evaluate the impact of tobacco control policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), the first health treaty, which was adopted in 2003 to directly combat the tobacco epidemic and has been ratified by more than 170 countries. In Canada, Professor Fong and his colleague David Hammond have played major roles in evidence-based policymaking in tobacco control in promoting health warnings and smoke-free laws. Professors Fong and Hammond have written reports for Justice Canada and Health Canada regarding the evidence base in support of stronger health warnings and on the elimination of "light/mild" cigarettes. These efforts have contributed to policy advancements and legislation. Mary Thompson is the Director of the ITC Data Management Centre in Waterloo, which is responsible for sampling designs, data collection, processing and management, as well as a substantial portion of the analysis of data. In testimony before the Health Standing Committee of Canada's House of Commons in December 2010, Professor Fong presented ITC Canada Survey data showing that all indicators of health warning label effectiveness had declined over the previous seven years. His evidence was considered highly influential in the government's decision to reinstate regulations for new and larger graphic warnings on tobacco products. Geoffrey Fong is Professor in the Department of Psychology and in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, and Senior Investigator at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. He held faculty positions at Northwestern University and Princeton University before coming to the University of Waterloo in 1988. As Founder and Chief Principal Investigator of the ITC Project, he spends considerable time traveling to ITC countries, international organizations, and policy forums to work with governments, advocates, and other stakeholders, using ITC findings, to accelerate and strengthen existing tobacco control policies. Among Dr. Fong's awards are the 2009 Top Canadian Achievement in Health Research (with David Hammond and Mary Thompson) from CIHR and the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the 2011 CIHR Knowledge Dissemination Award, and a five-year Prevention Scientist Award from the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (2011-16). David Hammond is Associate Professor in the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. Professor Hammond's current research includes tobacco control policy in the areas of health communication, packaging, and product regulation, as well as nutritional labeling and obesity prevention. He received the 2010 Premier Young Researcher Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and will be receiving the 2013 Jarvik-Russel Young Investigator Award from the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, honoring members early in their careers who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of nicotine and tobacco research. Professor Hammond is often called upon for media interviews and for expert testimony. Mary Thompson is Distinguished Professor Emerita in Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. Professor Thompson began working with the ITC Project at its inception in 2002, and is currently Director of the ITC Data Management Centre, housed at Waterloo. She has been responsible for the sampling designs for the cohort surveys, has been heavily involved in the data analysis underlying the policy recommendations, and oversees the management of the databases. Professor Thompson is a member of Statistics Canada's Advisory Committee on Statistical Methods (1995-present). In 2003, Dr. Thompson was the recipient of the Statistical Society of Canada's Gold Medal for distinguished contributions to the field, and also served as President. In 2006, she was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. In 2004, Professor Thompson was one of the first three faculty members at Waterloo to receive the honorific title of University Professor. And in 2007, Professor Thompson received her most treasured award---the University of Waterloo Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision. For more information, please visit http://www.ssc.ca/en/award-winners/award-winners-2012 or contact the SSC Publications Officer Wendy Lou at pr-officer@ssc.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4 juin 2012 La Soci?t? statistique du Canada a annonc? aujourd'hui qu'elle avait d?cern? son Prix Lise Manchester 2012 ? Geoffrey Fong, David Hammond and Mary Thompson professeurs ? l'Universit? Waterloo. L'annonce a ?t? faite dans le cadre du congr?s annuel de la Soci?t?, qui se tient ? Guelph (ON). Ce prix bi-annuel est offert par la Soci?t? statistique du Canada pour rappeler l'int?r?t marqu? que feu Dr Lise Manchester portait ? l'?tude de sujets de soci?t? au moyen de m?thodes statistiques. Le prix souligne l'excellence de travaux de recherche statistique portant sur des probl?mes d'int?r?t g?n?ral et susceptibles d'influencer l'?laboration des politiques publiques au Canada. Le prix est accord? cette ann?e aux professeurs Fong, Hammond et Thompson pour leurs travaux dans le cadre du projet d'?valuation des politiques internationales de contr?le du tabac (ICT). Le tabac est la principale cause de d?c?s et de maladie au monde; l'Organisation mondiale de la sant? estime qu'il fera un milliard de victimes au 21e si?cle. Le projet ICT a ?t? lanc? en 2002 par un groupe de chercheurs international en vue de r?aliser la toute premi?re ?tude de cohorte longitudinale sur le tabagisme ; le groupe est dirig? par Geoffrey Fong depuis l'Universit? de Waterloo. L'objectif du projet ICT est d'?valuer l'impact des politiques de lutte contre le tabagisme de la Convention cadre pour la lutte antitabac de l'OMS (CCLAT), adopt?e en 2003 pour lutter contre l'?pid?mie du tabagisme et ratifi?e ? ce jour par plus de 170 pays. Au Canada, le professeur Fong et son coll?gue David Hammond ont jou? un r?le majeur dans l'?laboration de politiques de lutte contre le tabagisme fond?es sur l'utilisation de mises en garde et la promulgation de lois antitabac. Les m?moires que Fong et Hammond ont pr?sent?s ? Justice Canada et ? Sant? Canada ont d?montr?, preuves ? l'appui, l'utilit? de mises en garde accrues et la n?cessit? d'?liminer les appellations ? cigarettes l?g?res/douces ?. Leurs travaux ont contribu? ? faire progresser les politiques et les lois. Mary Thompson dirige le Centre de traitement des donn?es de l'ICT; situ? ? Waterloo, ce centre est responsable des plans d'?chantillonnage, de la collecte, du traitement et de la gestion des donn?es, ainsi que d'une grande partie de leur analyse. Lors de sa comparution devant le Comit? permanent de la sant? de la Chambre des communes en d?cembre 2010, le professeur Fong a fait appel au volet canadien du projet ICT pour d?montrer que tous les indicateurs d'efficacit? des ?tiquettes de mise en garde ?taient en baisse depuis sept ans. Son t?moignage a largement influenc? la d?cision du gouvernement de r?tablir une r?glementation imposant de nouvelles ?tiquettes imag?es et plus visibles sur les produits du tabac. Geoffrey Fong est professeur au D?partement de psychologie et ? l'?cole de sant? publique et des syst?mes de sant? de l'Universit? de Waterloo; il est aussi chercheur principal ? l'Institut ontarien de recherche sur le cancer. Il a occup? des postes de professeur ? Northwestern University et ? Princeton avant de venir ? l'Universit? de Waterloo en 1988. ? titre de fondateur et de chercheur principal responsable du projet ICT, il consacre beaucoup de temps ? visiter les pays partenaires de l'ICT, les organisations internationales et les forums sur la politique pour travailler avec les gouvernements, les organisations antitabac et autres, afin d'accro?tre et de renforcer les politiques actuelles de lutte contre le tabagisme sur la base des conclusions de l'ICT. Il a vu ses efforts r?compens?s notamment par un Prix des plus grandes r?alisations du Canada dans la recherche en sant? en 2009 (avec David Hammond et Mary Thompson), d?cern? par les IRSC et le Journal de l'Association m?dicale canadienne, le Prix de l'application des connaissances des IRSC 2011 et une bourse de recherche de cinq ans en mati?re de l'Institut de recherche de la Soci?t? canadienne du cancer (2011-2016). David Hammond est professeur agr?g? ? l'?cole de sant? publique et des syst?mes de sant? de l'Universit? de Waterloo. Ses travaux actuels portent notamment sur la politique antitabac telle qu'elle s'applique ? la communication en mati?re de sant?, l'emballage et la r?glementation des produits, ainsi que sur l'?tiquetage nutritionnel et la pr?vention de l'ob?sit?. Il effectue aussi des ?tudes sur la r?duction des risques et d'autres questions de politique de sant?. Il s'est vu d?cerner le Prix 2010 du meilleur jeune chercheur du Canada par les Instituts de recherche en sant? du Canada et a re?u, de concert avec Geoffrey Fong et Mary Thompson, un Prix IRSC-JAMC des plus grandes r?alisations du Canada en mati?re de recherche en sant? dans le cadre du projet ICT ; il recevra en 2013 le Jarvik-Russell Young Investigator Award de la Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, un prix qui honore un jeune chercheur ayant contribu? de mani?re exceptionnelle ? la recherche sur la nicotine et le tabac. Le professeur Hammond est souvent appel? ? intervenir dans les m?dias ou ? titre d'expert t?moin; il a jou? un r?le de soutien essential. Mary Thompson est professeure ?m?rite en statistique et en actuariat ? l'Universit? de Waterloo. Elle s'est associ?e au projet ICT d?s sa cr?ation en 2002 et dirige actuellement le Centre de traitement des donn?es de l'ICT ? Waterloo. Elle est responsable des plans d'?chantillonnage des enqu?tes de cohortes et a particip? tr?s activement aux analyses de donn?es qui sous-tendent les recommandations de politique, en plus de superviser la gestion des bases de donn?es. Elle a ?t? pr?sidente (1993-1994) du Groupe des m?thodes d'enqu?te de la Soci?t? statistique du Canada et membre du Comit? consultatif sur les m?thodes statistiques de Statistique Canada (1995-pr?sent). En 2003, elle a re?u la m?daille d'or de la Soci?t? statistique du Canada pour ses contributions ? la science, en plus d'?tre pr?sidente de la Soci?t?. En 2006, elle a ?t? ?lue ? la Soci?t? royale du Canada. En 2004, elle a ?t? l'un des trois premiers professeurs de Waterloo ? recevoir le titre honorifique de Professeur d'universit?. Enfin, en 2007, elle a re?u le prix qu'elle ch?rit le plus, le Prix d'excellence de l'Universit? de Waterloo pour la supervision d'?tudiants des cycles sup?rieurs. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter http://www.ssc.ca/fr/laur?ats-des-prix/laur?ats-des-prix-en-2012 ou contactez la Directrice des publications Wendy Lou ou ? pr-officer@ssc.ca. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From paradis at crm.umontreal.ca Mon Jun 4 11:55:29 2012 From: paradis at crm.umontreal.ca (Suzette Paradis) Date: Mon Jun 4 11:55:39 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for nominations/ Appel a candidatures Prix Andre-Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize Message-ID: <125ED4BC-37F5-48C5-BC9C-0F069114F271@crm.umontreal.ca> [ le fran?ais suit ] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: ANDR?-AISENSTADT MATHEMATICS PRIZE Montreal, June 4, 2012 - The Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) solicits nominations for the Andr?-Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize awarded to recognize talented young Canadian mathematicians. This Prize celebrates outstanding research achievement by a young Canadian mathematician and consists of a monetary prize and a medal. The recipient is chosen by CRM?s international scientific advisory committee. The prize is generally awarded yearly, although in a given year the decision may be made not to award it. At the time of consideration, candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, and no more than seven years from their Ph.D. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture at CRM, at a time mutually agreed upon, and to write a brief article on his or her work for publication in the CRM?s Bulletin. Nominations must be submitted by October 1, 2012, to the Director of the CRM, by at least two sponsors who are responsible for providing the following information: ? a curriculum vitae, ? a list of publications, ? a cover letter explaining the basis of the nomination, ? up to four reprints, ? and a maximum of four letters of support. Unsuccessful nominations remain active for two further years if not withdrawn and if the rule regarding the completion of the Ph.D. within seven years is still satisfied. The nominations can be updated if desired. Since its creation in 1991, the Andr?-Aisensadt Prize has been awarded to the following (the affiliations are the current ones at the time of the award): Niky Kamran (McGill), Ian Putnam (Victoria), Michael Ward (UBC), Nigel Higson (Penn State), Adrian S. Lewis (Waterloo), Lisa Jeffrey (McGill), Henri Darmon (McGill), Boris Khesin (Toronto), John Toth (McGill), Changfeng Gui (Connecticut), Eckhard Meinrenken (Toronto), Jinyi Chen (UBC), Alexander Brudnyi (Calgary), Vinayak Vatsal (UBC), Ravi Vakil (Stanford), Iosif Polterovich (Montr?al), Tai-Peng Tsai (UBC), Gregory G. Smith (Queen?s), Alexander E. Holroyd (UBC), Jozsef Solymosi (UBC), Jonathan Taylor (Montr?al), Valentin Blomer (Toronto), Omer Angel (UBC), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Marco Gualtieri (Toronto) and Young-Heon Kim (UBC). Please submit nominations either electronically or by ordinary mail to: Director Centre de recherches math?matiques Universit? de Montr?al PO Box 6128, Stn Centre-ville Montr?al, QC H3C 3J7 Canada 1 514 343-2254 director@crm.umontreal.ca For more information, please visit: http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/prix/prixAndreAisenstadt/prix_attributionAA_an.shtml _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ APPEL ? CANDIDATURES : PRIX DE MATH?MATIQUES ANDR?-AISENSTADT Montr?al, le 4 juin 2012 - Le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) lance un nouvel appel ? candidatures pour le Prix de math?matiques Andr?-Aisenstadt visant ? reconna?tre le talent de jeunes math?maticiens canadiens. Ce Prix, comprenant une bourse en argent ainsi qu?une m?daille, souligne des r?sultats exceptionnels de recherche r?alis?s par un jeune math?maticien ou math?maticienne canadien. Le laur?at est choisi par le Comit? scientifique international du CRM. Le prix est normalement accord? annuellement bien qu?il puisse survenir une ann?e o? l?on d?cide de ne pas l?attribuer. Les candidats doivent ?tre citoyens canadiens ou r?sidents permanents du Canada et avoir termin? leur doctorat depuis sept ans ou moins. Le laur?at est invit? ? prononcer une conf?rence au CRM et ? pr?senter un r?sum? de ses travaux pour publication dans le Bulletin du CRM. Les candidatures doivent ?tre parrain?es par au moins deux personnes et pr?sent?es avant le 1er octobre 2012 au Directeur du CRM. Les dossiers devront inclure les documents suivants : ? un curriculum vitae, ? une liste des publications, ? une lettre justificative, ? au plus quatre tir?s ? part, ? un maximum de quatre lettres de r?f?rence. ? moins que les candidats ne d?cident de les retirer, les candidatures non retenues sont automatiquement remises en concours durant les deux ann?es suivantes, ? condition que la r?gle concernant l?obtention du doctorat depuis sept ans ou moins soit toujours satisfaite. Des mises ? jour des dossiers peuvent ?tre effectu?es. Les laur?ats du Prix de math?matiques Andr?-Aisenstadt depuis sa cr?ation en 1991 ont ?t? les suivants (les affiliations sont celles en vigueur au moment de l?attribution du prix) : Niky Kamran (McGill), Ian Putnam (Victoria), Michael Ward (UBC), Nigel Higson (Penn State), Adrian S. Lewis (Waterloo), Lisa Jeffrey (McGill), Henri Darmon (McGill), Boris Khesin (Toronto), John Toth (McGill), Changfeng Gui (Connecticut), Eckhard Meinrenken (Toronto), Jinyi Chen (UBC), Alexander Brudnyi (Calgary), Vinayak Vatsal (UBC), Ravi Vakil (Stanford), Iosif Polterovich (Montr?al), Tai-Peng Tsai (UBC), Gregory G. Smith (Queen?s), Alexander E. Holroyd (UBC), Jozsef Solymosi (UBC), Jonathan Taylor (Montr?al), Valentin Blomer (Toronto), Omer Angel (UBC), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Marco Gualtieri (Toronto) et Young-Heon Kim (UBC). Pri?re de soumettre les dossiers soit ?lectroniquement soit par la poste au : Directeur Centre de recherches math?matiques Universit? de Montr?al C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville Montr?al, QC H3C 3J7 Canada 1 514 343-2254 directeur@crm.umontreal.ca Pour plus d?informations, veuillez consulter http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/prix/prixAndreAisenstadt/prix_attributionAA_fr.shtml - -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is a service department. The Department offers lower level courses such as elementary algebra as well as upper level courses in differential equations and linear algebra. *QUALIFICATIONS/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:* * A Ph.D. from an accredited North American University in Mathematics with at least 30 semester hours beyond a bachelor degree. * Demonstrated ability to instruct in English. * Demonstrated ability to teach at the university level. Please go to theSearch Profile for information about the institution, compensation package, and application information. The University is assisted in the United States by*Maya Ranchod Kirkhope,*Senior Consultant withAcademic Search, Inc. Confidential discussions about this opportunity may be arranged by contacting her at maya.kirkhope@academic-search.com or by phone +1-703-380-9195. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Le Prix rend hommage aux math?maticiennes qui se sont distingu?es par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/kn-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 11 10:02:59 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 11 10:03:13 2012 Subject: [cmath] Reminder - Call for Nominations / Rappel - Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Jeffery-Williams Prize Message-ID: <4FD5FA93.3040605@cms.math.ca> *Reminder: the deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012.* The CMS invites nominations for the 2013 Jeffery-Williams Prize. The prize recognizes mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/jw-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Rappel: la date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 juin 2012.* La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Jeffery-Williams 2013. Le prix r?compenser aux math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cjw-nom -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jun 11 10:03:53 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jun 11 10:04:02 2012 Subject: [cmath] Reminder - Call for Nominations / Rappel - Appel de mises en candidature: Prix Coxeter-James Prize Message-ID: <4FD5FAC9.3040902@cms.math.ca> *Reminder: the deadline for nominations is June 30, 2012* The CMS invites nominations for the 2013 Coxeter-James Prize. The prize recognizes young mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/cj-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Rappel: la date limite pour des mises en candidature est le 30 juin 2012.* La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Coxeter-James 2013. Le prix r?compenser aux jeunes math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leur contribution ? la recherche math?matique. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/cj-nom Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Fri Jun 22 12:14:32 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Fri Jun 22 12:14:17 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?NSERC-CMS_Math_in_Moscow_Scholarships_/_B?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ourse_CRSNG/SMC_Math_=E0_Moscou?= Message-ID: <4FE499E8.5050506@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), with the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), is inviting applications from students for the Math in Moscow Scholarship Program. One scholarship of $9,000 will be awarded to attend the Math in Moscow program at the Independent University of Moscow for the Winter 2013 semester. Canadian undergraduate students registered in a mathematics or computer science program are eligible. The Math in Moscow program provides a fifteen-week-long research experience for students, not only with other talented and highly motivated undergraduates, but also with some of the world's leading mathematicians. Students will be learning and discovering mathematics in an environment similar in spirit to that of an NSERC summer scholarship, but with much broader representation from a world-class international community. This is an excellent preparation for those who intend to pursue graduate studies in mathematics. The deadline for applications is *September 30, 2012*. Full details for submitting an application can be found at: http://cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), avec l'appui du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g?nie (CRSNG), invite les ?tudiants ? pr?senter leurs demandes dans le cadre du Programme de bourses Math ? Moscou. Une bourse de 9 000 $ sera accord?e pour qu'ils suivent ? l'Universit? Ind?pendante de Moscou pour le trimestre d'hiver 2013. Les ?tudiantes ou ?tudiants du Canada inscrit(e)s ? un porgramme de math?matiques ou d'informatique sont ?ligibles. Le programme Math ? Moscou procurera aux ?tudiants et aux ?tudiantes une exp?rience de recherche de quinze semaines non seulement avec d'autres futurs math?maticiens talentueux et tr?s motiv?s, mais aussi avec plusieurs math?maticiens et math?maticiennes de renomm?e internationale. Les participants ?tudieront les math?matiques dans un milieu semblable ? celui que procurent les bourses d'?t? du CRSNG, mais aupr?s d'un nombre beaucoup plus ?lev? de repr?sentants de r?putation internationale de la communaut? math?matique. C'est une excellente pr?paration pour ceux et celles qui se destinent ? des ?tudes sup?rieures en math?matiques. L'?ch?ance pour pr?senter sa demande est le *30 septembre 2012*. On peut obtenir des d?tails complets pour la pr?sentation d'une demande ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Bourses/Moscou/ -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From adem at pims.math.ca Fri Jun 22 17:18:07 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Fri Jun 22 17:18:53 2012 Subject: [cmath] IMA event - Canadian students encouraged to apply Message-ID: Our partners at the IMA in Minneapolis are organizing an interesting event on mathematical entrepreneurship for graduate students. Canadian students are encouraged to apply, see below for details. PIMS =========== Dear Colleague, The IMA is offering a workshop Fostering Mathematical Entrepreneurship for graduate students. The idea of the 2-day workshop is to provide graduate students an experience that will give them the confidence to create a start-up. Students will meet entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, and learn how companies are started, and what it takes to start them. They will be mentored by entrepreneurs and venture capitalists on creating business plans, and on pitching them. More information is available here http://ima.umn.edu/2011-2012/SW8.1-3.12/ The deadline for application is June 30. We will let successful applicants know by the first week of July. I hope you will encourage your students to apply. We still have a few openings. Thanks, Best regards, Fadil Santosa Director, IMA http://ima.umn.edu From ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca Tue Jun 26 14:58:06 2012 From: ayeomans at fields.utoronto.ca (Andrea Yeomans) Date: Tue Jun 26 14:58:10 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fields Institute Public Lecture: Steve Keen (University of Western Sydney) Message-ID: Public Lecture Announcement: Why the Crisis is Not Over Steve Keen (University of Western Sydney) July 5, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. Fields Institute, 222 College Street Most post-WWII recessions have lasted less than a year; this crisis has been going on for five. Conventional "Neoclassical" economists didn't see it coming, can't understand why it hasn't gone away, and their preferred cure of austerity seems to be making it worse. To understand where it came from, why it hasn't gone away, and what might work to end it, you have to understand the dynamics of private debt. Steve Keen's models, inspired by Hyman Minsky's "Financial Instability Hypothesis", anticipated the crisis and explain why it won't go away until private debt levels are drastically reduced. Steve Keen was one of the handful of economists to realize that a serious economic crisis was imminent, and to publicly warn of it from as early as December 2005. This, and his pioneering work on modeling debt-deflation, resulted in him winning the Revere Award from the Real World Economics Review for being the economist "who first and most clearly anticipated and gave public warning of the Global Financial Collapse and whose work is most likely to prevent another GFC in the future." For more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/public_lectures From ism at cahier.si.uqam.ca Tue Jun 26 15:49:33 2012 From: ism at cahier.si.uqam.ca (ISM) Date: Tue Jun 26 15:51:13 2012 Subject: [cmath] La revue Accromath - =?iso-8859-1?q?laur=E9ate?= du Prix Anatole Decerf / Accromath awarded the Anatole Decerf Prize Message-ID: - ENGLISH FOLLOWS - ? toute la communaut? math?matique canadienne, Nous avons le plaisir de vous informer que la revue Accromath, produite conjointement par l?Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM) et le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), est laur?ate du prix Anatole-Decerf 2012. Attribu? tous les deux ans par la Soci?t? math?matique de France, ce prix prestigieux r?compense des travaux d?enseignement ou de vulgarisation de la p?dagogie des math?matiques. C?est la premi?re fois que ce prix est d?cern? ? une ?quipe travaillant hors de France. En enrichissant le bagage math?matique des enseignantes et des enseignants, Accromath les aide ? communiquer ? leurs ?l?ves une r?alit? plus vivante, plus humaine, plus belle et plus riche de ce que sont les math?matiques, en faisant comprendre comment les math?matiques sont au centre des recherches et des d?couvertes les plus passionnantes du 21e si?cle. Les membres du jury pour le prix Anatole-Decerf ont soulign? la haute qualit? scientifique et p?dagogique de la revue. Mme France Caron a re?u le prix au nom de l??quipe ?ditoriale de la revue lors d?une c?r?monie tenue ? l?Institut Henri-Poincar? le 15 juin dernier. Pour de plus amples d?tails concernant la revue, y compris l?ensemble de la collection, voir http://www.accromath.ca/ . Nous f?licitons les membres de l??quipe ?ditoriale et les remercions de leur d?vouement. Avec nos meilleurs sentiments, Christian Genest, PhD, PStat Directeur de l?ISM Fran?ois Lalonde, PhD, FSRC Directeur du CRM _________________________________________________ To the Canadian Mathematical Community, We are delighted to inform you that Accromath, a magazine co-produced by the Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM) and the Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), has won the 2012 Anatole Decerf Prize. Awarded every two years by the Soci?t? math?matique de France (SMF), this prestigious prize rewards teaching or popularization works in math education. It is the first time that this prize has been awarded outside of France. By enriching teachers? mathematical baggage, Accromath helps them transmit to their students a more lively, human, beautiful and rich reality of mathematics, illustrating how they play a crucial role in some of the most exciting research and discoveries of the 21st century. 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With best regards, Dominique Duval and Damien Pous ***** You may leave the ISSAC-ANNOUNCE list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ISSAC-ANNOUNCE" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG or by visiting http://listserv.acm.org/archives/ISSAC-ANNOUNCE.html. From clare at pims.math.ca Wed Jun 27 18:59:37 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Thu Jun 28 09:11:53 2012 Subject: [cmath] The 2012 PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F3812C0@MBX2> ---------------------------------------------------- The 2012 PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture Richard Montgomery, University of California, Santa Cruz will deliver a talk entitled, "An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body Problem." The lecture will take place on July 25, 2012 at the Fields Institute as part of the conference on "Geometry, Symmetry, Dynamics, and Control: The Legacy of Jerry Marsden." Richard Montgomery received undergraduate degrees in both mathematics and physics from Sonoma State in Northern California. He completed his PhD under Jerry Marsden at Berkeley in 1986, after which he held a Moore Instructorship at MIT for two years, followed by two years of postdoctoral studies at University of California, Berkeley. Montgomery's research fields are geometric mechanics, celestial mechanics, control theory and differential geometry and is perhaps best known for his rediscovery - with Alain Chenciner - of Cris Moore's figure eight solution to the three-body problem, which led to numerous new 'choreography' solutions. He also established the existence of the first-known abnormal minimizer in sub-Riemannian geometry, and is known for investigations using gauge-theoretic ideas of how a falling cat lands on its feet. He has written one book on sub-Riemannian geometry. The PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture Series is dedicated to the memory of Jerrold E Marsden (1942-2010), a world-renowned Canadian applied mathematician. Marsden was the Carl F Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems at Caltech, and prior to that he was at the University of California, Berkeley, for many years. He did extensive research in the areas of geometric mechanics, dynamical systems and control theory. He was one of the original founders in the early 1970s of reduction theory for mechanical systems with symmetry, which remains an active and much studied area of research today. July 25, 2012 2:00 pm Fields Institute Room 230 ---------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To be successful in this role, you will have a PhD, an outstanding research record and proven teaching ability. This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated. Appointment will be made at a level appropriate to the successful applicant's qualifications, experience and in accordance with classification standards for each level. Your application must address the selection criteria. Click here to apply Closing date: Friday 31 August 2012, 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This employment posting is among those listed in the Employment section of the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Employment -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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TIMC is particularly interested in graduate student and postdoctoral participation by Canadian mathematicians, and some presentations at the special session may lead to intern research opportunities with TIMC. Participants in this special session may be offered some travel and accommodation funding. Anyone interested in making a presentation at this supplementary special session should send a proposal (in pdf files) to CMS.NumberTheory.2012@gmail.com by August 30th, 2012 which should consist of: * An abstract of their intended presentation put in the context of their research interests (no more than 100 words); * A brief CV (no more than two pages); and * A brief supporting letter from a research supervisor or research mentor, which must be sent separately with the candidate's name on the subject line). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * *Occasion privil?gi?e pour les jeunes th?oriciens des nombres canadiens* /R?UNION D'HIVER DE LA SMC, DU 8 AU 10 D?CEMBRE 2012, MONTR?AL, QU?BEC/ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), en partenariat avec la Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing (TIMC), compte ajouter une s?ance suppl?mentaire sur la th?orie des nombres au cours de sa r?union d'hiver 2012, le jeudi 6 d?cembre et le vendredi 7 d?cembre 2012. Des pr?sentations sur tous les volets de la th?orie des nombres seront les bienvenues. La TIMC s'int?resse tout particuli?rement ? la participation d'?tudiants de deuxi?me cycle et de math?maticiens canadiens postdoctoraux. Certaines pr?sentations au cours de la s?ance sp?ciale pourraient ouvrir la voie ? des occasions de recherche en stage ? la TIMC. Les participants ? cette s?ance sp?ciale pourraient recevoir une indemnit? quelconque pour les frais de d?placement et d'h?bergement. Toute personne int?ress?e ? donner une pr?sentation au cours de cette s?ance sp?ciale suppl?mentaire doit transmettre une proposition (en format PDF) ? l'adresse ?lectronique CMS.NumberTheory.2012@gmail.com, au plus tard le 30 ao?t 2012. La proposition devrait comprendre ce qui suit : * Un r?sum? de la pr?sentation qu'on compte donner, d?crite dans le contexte de ses int?r?ts de recherche particuliers (pas plus de 100 mots); * Un bref CV (deux pages tout au plus); * Une courte lettre d'accompagnement d'un superviseur de recherche ou d'un mentor en recherche, document qu'il faut transmettre s?par?ment dans un message ?lectronique et qui doit contenir, dans la ligne de mention ? objet ?, le nom du candidat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120713/58c0871c/attachment.htm From lchang at fields.utoronto.ca Thu Jul 19 17:05:38 2012 From: lchang at fields.utoronto.ca (Luke Chang) Date: Fri Jul 20 09:37:01 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture and Reflections on Jerry Marsden's Life and Work, July 25 at Fields Message-ID: Jerry Marsden was one of the founders of the Fields Institute and its first Director. Our Focus Program on Geometry, Mechanics and Dynamics -- the Legacy of Jerry Marsden, July 2012, marks the beginning of the Fields Institute's Twentieth Anniversary Year. On Wednesday, July 25, the Fields Institute will be hosting the PIMS Marsden Memorial Lecture by Richard Montgomery, 'An Octahedral Gem Hidden in Newton's Three Body Problem'. Following the lecture the program will include a session to celebrate Jerry Marsden's contributions to Fields and to reflect on his life and work. Speakers at this event include: Anthony Bloch, University of Michigan David Ebin*, Stony Brook University Arthur Fischer, University of California, Santa Cruz Darryl Holm, Imperial College London Henry Jacobs,California Institute of Technology Jair Koiller, Fundacao Getulio Vargas Alison Marsden, UC, San Diego Wendy McKay, California Institute of Technology Richard Montgomery, UC Santa Cruz Tudor Ratiu, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Shawn C. Shadden, Illinois Institute of Technology William Shadwick, Omega Analysis Limited * to be confirmed For additional information see: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/Marsden/reflections. html From commsp at cms.math.ca Mon Jul 23 14:27:15 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Mon Jul 23 14:27:29 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?windows-1252?q?Math_Team_Canada_2012_Wins_Olympiad_Gol?= =?windows-1252?q?d=2C_Silver_and_Bronze_/_L=92=E9quipe_math=E9matiques_du?= =?windows-1252?q?_Canada_2012_gagn=E9s_olympiade_or=2C_argent_et_bronze?= Message-ID: <500D9783.1010400@cms.math.ca> (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) * Math Team Canada 2012 Wins Olympiad Gold, Silver and Bronze* /Unprecedented performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad/ /Photo: Kim Willia//ms, Banff Centre/ Front Row (leaders and trainers) L-R: David Arthur, Ralph Furmaniak, Lindsey Shorser, Alex Fink Back Row (team) L-R: Calvin Deng, Alex Song, Daniel Spivak, Matthew Brennan, Kevin Zhou, James Rickards * * *OTTAWA, Ontario* ? Six Canadian high school students are celebrating their success as they return home from the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Each of the six students earned a medal for Canada after competing against over 500 students at the world?s most challenging high school level mathematics competition. The students received their medals at the IMO closing ceremonies on Sunday, July 15. Gold medals were awarded to Calvin Deng (Cary, NC resident), Alex Song (Waterloo), and Matthew Brennan (Toronto). James Rickards (Ottawa) was awarded a silver medal and Daniel Spivak (Toronto) and Kevin Zhou (Toronto) were awarded bronze medals. The team?s success ranks Canada as 5th in the world out of 100 competing countries. ?Math Team Canada?s fifth place ranking is the best standing Canada has received since we began participating at the IMO in 1981,? said Keith Taylor, President of the Canadian Mathematical Society. ?I am extremely proud of our team for the long hours of studying and the dedication that earned them this extraordinary standing.? ?The contest was extremely challenging this year and the fact that we managed to do so well is a true testament to the students? hard work and talent, and an absolutely remarkable achievement,? said Jacob Tsimerman, Leader of Math Team Canada 2012. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *L??quipe math?matiques du Canada 2012 gagn?s olympiade or, argent et bronze* /Rendement sans pr?c?dent ? l?Olympiade internationale de math?matiques/ /Photo: Kim Willia//ms, Banff Centre/ Premi?re ligne G-D: David Arthur, Ralph Furmaniak, Lindsey Shorser, Alex Fink Deuxi?me ligne G-D: Calvin Deng, Alex Song, Daniel Spivak, Matthew Brennan, Kevin Zhou, James Rickards * * *OTTAWA, Ontario* ?Six ?tudiants canadiens du secondaire c?l?brent leur r?ussite en rentrant au pays, apr?s avoir particip? ? la 53e Olympiade internationale de math?matiques (OIM) ? Mar del Plata, en Argentine. Chacun des six ?tudiants a remport? une m?daille pour le Canada apr?s avoir affront? plus de 500 ?tudiants dans le cadre du concours de math?matiques pour ?tudiants du secondaire le plus exigeant au monde. Les ?tudiants ont re?u leur m?daille au cours des c?r?monies de cl?ture de l?OIM le dimanche 15 juillet. Des m?dailles d?or ont ?t? remises ? Calvin Deng (r?sident de Cary, en Caroline du Nord), ? Alex Song (Waterloo) et ? Matthew Brennan (Toronto). James Rickards (Ottawa) a re?u une m?daille d?argent et Daniel Spivak (Toronto) et Kevin Zhou (Toronto) une m?daille de bronze. Gr?ce au succ?s de l??quipe, le Canada se classe au 5e rang dans le monde parmi les 100 pays participants. ? Cette cinqui?me place pour l??quipe math?matiques du Canada est la meilleure position jamais obtenue pour le Canada depuis que nous avons commenc? ? participer ? l?OIM en 1981, a indiqu? Keith Taylor, pr?sident de la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. Je suis extr?mement fier de notre ?quipe compte tenu des longues heures que les membres ont consacr?es ? ?tudier et pour leur d?vouement, qui leur a permis d?obtenir ce classement extraordinaire. ? ? Le concours ?tait extr?mement difficile cette ann?e, et que nous ayons si bien r?ussi est indicateur du travail ardu et du talent des ?tudiants. Il s?agit d?une formidable r?ussite ?, de dire Jacob Tsimerman, chef de l??quipe math?matiques du Canada 2012. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From drodgers at umich.edu Mon Jul 23 15:18:59 2012 From: drodgers at umich.edu (David Rodgers) Date: Mon Jul 23 15:19:12 2012 Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_=5Bcmath=5D_Math_Team_Canada_2012_Wins_Olympiad_Gold?= =?windows-1252?Q?=2C_Silver_and_Bronze_=2F_L=92=E9quipe_math=E9matiques_du_Canada_2?= =?windows-1252?Q?012_gagn=E9s_olympiade_or=2C_argent_et_bronze?= Message-ID: <-5952714314906577130@unknownmsgid> Tippy skippy! Kudos to all . David Sent from my iPhone On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:55 PM, Jessica St-James wrote: (Le fran?ais suit l'anglais) * Math Team Canada 2012 Wins Olympiad Gold, Silver and Bronze* /Unprecedented performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad/ /Photo: Kim Willia//ms, Banff Centre/ Front Row (leaders and trainers) L-R: David Arthur, Ralph Furmaniak, Lindsey Shorser, Alex Fink Back Row (team) L-R: Calvin Deng, Alex Song, Daniel Spivak, Matthew Brennan, Kevin Zhou, James Rickards * * *OTTAWA, Ontario* ? Six Canadian high school students are celebrating their success as they return home from the 53rd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Each of the six students earned a medal for Canada after competing against over 500 students at the world?s most challenging high school level mathematics competition. The students received their medals at the IMO closing ceremonies on Sunday, July 15. Gold medals were awarded to Calvin Deng (Cary, NC resident), Alex Song (Waterloo), and Matthew Brennan (Toronto). James Rickards (Ottawa) was awarded a silver medal and Daniel Spivak (Toronto) and Kevin Zhou (Toronto) were awarded bronze medals. The team?s success ranks Canada as 5th in the world out of 100 competing countries. ?Math Team Canada?s fifth place ranking is the best standing Canada has received since we began participating at the IMO in 1981,? said Keith Taylor, President of the Canadian Mathematical Society. ?I am extremely proud of our team for the long hours of studying and the dedication that earned them this extraordinary standing.? ?The contest was extremely challenging this year and the fact that we managed to do so well is a true testament to the students? hard work and talent, and an absolutely remarkable achievement,? said Jacob Tsimerman, Leader of Math Team Canada 2012. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *L??quipe math?matiques du Canada 2012 gagn?s olympiade or, argent et bronze* /Rendement sans pr?c?dent ? l?Olympiade internationale de math?matiques/ /Photo: Kim Willia//ms, Banff Centre/ Premi?re ligne G-D: David Arthur, Ralph Furmaniak, Lindsey Shorser, Alex Fink Deuxi?me ligne G-D: Calvin Deng, Alex Song, Daniel Spivak, Matthew Brennan, Kevin Zhou, James Rickards * * *OTTAWA, Ontario* ?Six ?tudiants canadiens du secondaire c?l?brent leur r?ussite en rentrant au pays, apr?s avoir particip? ? la 53e Olympiade internationale de math?matiques (OIM) ? Mar del Plata, en Argentine. Chacun des six ?tudiants a remport? une m?daille pour le Canada apr?s avoir affront? plus de 500 ?tudiants dans le cadre du concours de math?matiques pour ?tudiants du secondaire le plus exigeant au monde. Les ?tudiants ont re?u leur m?daille au cours des c?r?monies de cl?ture de l?OIM le dimanche 15 juillet. Des m?dailles d?or ont ?t? remises ? Calvin Deng (r?sident de Cary, en Caroline du Nord), ? Alex Song (Waterloo) et ? Matthew Brennan (Toronto). James Rickards (Ottawa) a re?u une m?daille d?argent et Daniel Spivak (Toronto) et Kevin Zhou (Toronto) une m?daille de bronze. Gr?ce au succ?s de l??quipe, le Canada se classe au 5e rang dans le monde parmi les 100 pays participants. ? Cette cinqui?me place pour l??quipe math?matiques du Canada est la meilleure position jamais obtenue pour le Canada depuis que nous avons commenc? ? participer ? l?OIM en 1981, a indiqu? Keith Taylor, pr?sident de la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. Je suis extr?mement fier de notre ?quipe compte tenu des longues heures que les membres ont consacr?es ? ?tudier et pour leur d?vouement, qui leur a permis d?obtenir ce classement extraordinaire. ? ? Le concours ?tait extr?mement difficile cette ann?e, et que nous ayons si bien r?ussi est indicateur du travail ardu et du talent des ?tudiants. Il s?agit d?une formidable r?ussite ?, de dire Jacob Tsimerman, chef de l??quipe math?matiques du Canada 2012. -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ Please consider the environment. [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Consid?rez svp l'environnement. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120723/bccabd8f/attachment.htm From lchang at fields.utoronto.ca Wed Jul 25 13:46:10 2012 From: lchang at fields.utoronto.ca (Luke Chang) Date: Wed Jul 25 13:46:15 2012 Subject: [cmath] Fields Institute Distinguished Lecture Series: Assaf Naor Message-ID: Lecture Announcement: Distinguished Lecture Series Assaf Naor (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU) August 28-30, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. The Fields Institute, Room 230 The Fields Institute is proud to welcome Assaf Naor, who will deliver the Distinguished Lecture Series as part of the Focus Program on Whitney Problems. Professor Naor will discuss the Lipschitz Extension Problem. For more information, please visit www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/whitneyproblems/DLS/ From aconway at fields.utoronto.ca Thu Aug 2 16:33:02 2012 From: aconway at fields.utoronto.ca (Alison Conway) Date: Thu Aug 2 16:33:06 2012 Subject: [cmath] CMATH _L Postdoctoral Fellowships 2013-14 at the Fields Institute In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ======================== Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada Postdoctoral Fellowships ======================== Applications are invited for postdoctoral fellowship positions with the Thematic Program on Calabi-Yau Varieties: Arithmetic, Geometry and Physics during the 2013-14 academic year. The fellowships provide for a period of engagement in research and participation in the activities of the Institute. In addition to regular postdoctoral support, one visitor for each six-month program will be awarded the Institute's prestigious Jerrold E. Marsden Postdoctoral Fellowship. Applicants seeking postdoctoral fellowships funded by other agencies (such as NSERC or international fellowships) are encouraged to request the Fields Institute as their proposed location of tenure, and should apply to the Institute for a letter of invitation. Eligibility: Qualified candidates who will have recently completed a PhD in a related area of the mathematical sciences are encouraged to apply. Deadline: December 15, 2012 although late applications may be considered. Application Information: Please consult www.fields.utoronto.ca/proposals/postdoc.html The Fields Institute is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from women, members of First Nations or visible minorities, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the diversity of ideas. Sincerely, Alison Conway _________________________________________ Alison Conway | Manager of Scientific Programs 416-348-9710 | Fields Institute ext.3026 | Research in Mathematical Science 222 College St., Toronto, ON M5T 3J1 _________________________________________ From commsp at cms.math.ca Tue Aug 7 11:12:39 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Tue Aug 7 11:12:23 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?Calvin_Deng_Awarded_Sun_Life_Cup_/_Calvin?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Deng_re=E7oit_la_coupe_de_la_Financi=E8re_Sun_Life?= Message-ID: <50213067.8050607@cms.math.ca> *OTTAWA, Ontario*-- The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and Sun Life Financial jointly presented Sun Life Financial Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) winner Calvin Deng with the Sun Life Financial Cup in Calgary, Alberta. Deng, a Canadian-born student attending North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, placed first in the CMO with a perfect score of 35 points. The full media release can be viewed at: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/cmocup ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * OTTAWA (Ontario)* -- La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) et la Financi?re Sun Life ont remis conjointement au gagnant de l'Olympiade math?matique du Canada (OMC) Financi?re Sun Life, Calvin Deng, la Coupe de la Financi?re Sun Life, ? Calgary, en Alberta.Monsieur Deng, un ?tudiant n? au Canada et fr?quentant la North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, s'est class? premier ? l'OMC en obtenant une note parfaite de 35 points. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/cmocup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120807/3da24970/attachment.htm From clare at pims.math.ca Tue Aug 7 14:51:03 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Tue Aug 7 14:54:38 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call for Nominations: CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Prize / Appel de Candidatures: Prix CRM-FIELDS-PIMS In-Reply-To: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381159@MBX2> References: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381158@MBX2> <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381159@MBX2> Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F38136D@MBX2> Call for Nominations: CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Prize The Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invite nominations for the joint CRM-Fields-PIMS prize, awarded in recognition of exceptional research achievement in the mathematical sciences. The candidate's research should have been conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university. The prize was established as the CRM-Fields prize in 1994. Renamed in 2005, the 2006 and later prizes are awarded jointly by all three institutes. Previous recipients are H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak- Jaegermann, Joel Feldman, Allan Borodin, Martin Barlow, Gordon Slade, Mark Lewis and Stevo Todorcevic. The selection committee formed by the three institutes will select a recipient for the 2013 prize on the basis of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the mathematical sciences, with excellence in research as the main selection criterion. A monetary prize will be awarded and the recipient will be asked to present a lecture at each of CRM, the Fields Institute, and PIMS. Nominations should be submitted by November 1, 2012 by at least two sponsors of recognized stature, and should include the following elements: three supporting letters, curriculum vitae, list of publications, and up to four preprints. Nominations will remain active for two years. During any academic year, at most one prize will be awarded. Submit files to: nominations@pims.math.ca Only electronic submissions (of a single PDF file) will be accepted. Appel de Candidatures: Prix CRM-FIELDS-PIMS Le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), l'Institut Fields et le Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) sollicitent les candidatures pour le prix conjoint CRM-Fields-PIMS, remis pour souligner des r?alisations exceptionnelles en sciences math?matiques. Les travaux de recherche du r?cipiendaire devront avoir ?t? r?alis?s principalement au Canada ou en affiliation avec une universit? canadienne. Le prix a ?t? cr?? sous l'?tiquette CRM-Fields en 1994. Il a ?t? renomm? CRM-Fields-PIMS en 2005 et est attribu? conjointement par les trois instituts ? partir de 2006. Les r?cipiendaires pr?c?dents ont ?t? H.S.M. Coxeter, George A. Elliott, James Arthur, Robert Moody, Stephen A. Cook, Israel Michael Sigal, William T. Tutte, John Friedlander, John McKay, Edwin Perkins, Donald Dawson, David Boyd, Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann, Joel Feldman, Allan Borodin, Martin Barlow, Gordon Slade, Mark Lewis et Stevo Todorcevic. Le Comit? de s?lection form? par les trois instituts choisira le laur?at du prix 2013 en s'appuyant sur les contributions exceptionnelles r?alis?es pour l'avancement des sciences math?matiques, avec l'excellence en recherch? comme principal crit?re de s?lection. Un prix en argent sera remis au laur?at ? qui on demandera de bien vouloir pr?senter une conf?rence ? chacun des trois instituts. Les nominations devront ?tre soumises avant le 1er novembre 2012 et parrain?es par au moins deux personnes renomm?es. Elles devraient inclure les ?l?ments suivants: trois lettres d'appui, un curriculum vitae, la liste des publications et jusqu'? quatre pr?publications. Les nominations demeureront actives pendant deux ann?es. Lors d'une ann?e acad?mique, au plus un prix sera attribu?. Soumettre les dossiers ?: nominations@pims.math.ca Seulement les soumissions ?lectroniques (fichier PDF unique) seront accept?es. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120807/8923e782/attachment.htm From clare at pims.math.ca Thu Aug 9 18:26:03 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Thu Aug 9 18:29:12 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS / CNRS Call for Applications 2013 - 2014 Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381394@MBX2> ---------------------------------------------------- PIMS / CNRS Call for Applications 2013 - 2014 The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) are calling for applications from French researchers to spend the academic year 2013-14 at one of PIMS member universities and to participate in PIMS research activities. The applicants should be "fonctionnaires titulaires" either at the CNRS or at a French university, and priority will be given to junior researchers ("charg?(e)es de recherches" or "ma?tres de conferences"). Applications should be sent to Sinnou David, Directeur adjoint scientifique, INSMI (CNRS), at david@math.jussieu.fr and to Alejandro Adem, Director of PIMS, at director@pims.math.ca, by December 1, 2012. They should include a vitae and a list of publications with a description of the research project to be done during the academic year and the names of the PIMS researchers which would be involved in the project. Results will be announced by the spring of 2013. In the case of university faculty, once the application has been accepted, the actual appointment is subject to the person receiving a "d?tachement au CNRS" from his/her home institution. For one year, the CNRS will send successful applicants to the PIMS university where the research is to be carried out, on the understanding that they will be given adequate working conditions and be treated like local faculty (except for teaching). We encourage researchers at PIMS universities to contact their French counterparts and encourage them to apply. The extent of local support will be a crucial factor in judging the applications. ---------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120809/7f4ca5f4/attachment.htm From clare at pims.math.ca Thu Aug 9 18:29:48 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Thu Aug 9 18:29:54 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2013 - 2014: Call for Nominations Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A398F381395@MBX2> ---------------------------------------------------- PIMS Postdoctoral Fellowships 2013 - 2014: Call for Nominations The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) invites nominations of outstanding young researchers in the mathematical sciences for postdoctoral fellowships for the year 2013-2014. Candidates must be nominated by at least one scientist or by a department (or departments) affiliated with PIMS. The fellowships are intended to supplement support provided by the sponsor and are tenable at any of its Canadian member universities: the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, the University of Regina, the University of Saskatchewan, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria, as well as at the PIMS affiliate, the University of Northern British Columbia. For the 2013-2014 competition, held in January of 2013, the amount of the award will be $20,000 and the sponsor(s) is required to provide additional funds to finance a minimum total stipend of $40,000. Rankings of candidates are made by the PIMS PDF Review Panel based on the qualifications of the candidate, potential for participation in PIMS programs and potential involvement with PIMS partners. PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows will be expected to participate in all PIMS activities related to the fellow's area of expertise and will be encouraged to spend time at more than one site. To ensure that PIMS Postdoctoral Fellows are able to participate fully in institute activities, they may not teach more than two single-term courses per year. Nominees must have a Ph.D. or equivalent (or expect to receive a Ph.D.) by December 31, 2013 and be within three years of their Ph.D. at the time of the nomination (i.e., the candidate must have received her or his Ph.D. on or after January 1, 2010). The fellowship may be taken up at any time between September 1, 2013 and January 1, 2014. The fellowship is for one year and is renewable for at most one additional year. Deadline for complete nominations/applications: DECEMBER 1, 2012 For further information and application procedures, visit: www.pims.math.ca/scientific/postdoctoral. ---------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The effective date of appointment is July 1 2013. Interested individuals should apply using the MathJobs site (http://www.mathjobs.org). Applications should include a curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and up to three reprints/preprints. In addition, at least three reference letters should be submitted. Inquiries may be addressed to combopt@math.uwaterloo.ca or to Alfred Menezes, Chair, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1. Closing date for receipt of applications is * December 7, 2012. * All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. 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The complete announcement has been posted on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/ap-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada a le plaisir d'annoncer que Melania Alvarez (UBC et PIMS), est le laur?ate 2012 du prix Adrien Pouliot pour sa contribution exceptionnelle ? l'enseignement des math?matiques du Canada. Malgorzata recevra son prix et donnera une allocution lors de la r?union d'hiver 2012 de la SMC, ? Montr?al. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/ap-award -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120810/ad1bed77/attachment.htm From commsp at cms.math.ca Thu Aug 16 13:57:38 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Thu Aug 16 13:57:35 2012 Subject: [cmath] Call For Nominations: 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award / Appel de candidatures: Prix d'excellence en enseignement 2013 Message-ID: <502D3492.2020404@cms.math.ca> /(Le fran?ais suit l'anglais)/ The Canadian Mathematical Society is inviting nominations for the 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award. The CMS encourages you, as someone with an interest in the Canadian mathematical community, to consider nominating an associate for this award. The Excellence in Teaching Award is the only national award specifically for post-secondary mathematics teaching. The Award focuses on the recipient's proven excellence as a teacher as exemplified by unusual effectiveness in the classroom and commitment and dedication to teaching and to students. The CMS is proud to partner with Nelson Education to present this award. As Canada's largest educational publisher, Nelson delivers an unrivalled learning advantage to enable the success of Canadian students and educators. The deadline for nominations is *November 15, 2012*. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/et-nom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) lance une invitation de mise en candidature pour le Prix d'excellence en enseignement 2013. La SMC vous invite, en votre qualit? de pr?sident de votre facult?, ? envisager de proposer la candidature d'un coll?gue pour ce prix. Le Prix d'excellence en enseignement est le seul prix national s'adressant tout particuli?rement ? l'enseignement des math?matiques au niveau postsecondaire. Le prix souligne l'excellence d?montr?e du laur?at comme enseignant, comme le t?moigne son efficacit? inhabituelle en salle de classe et son engagement ? l'enseignement et aux ?tudiants. La SMC est fi?re de former un partenariat avec Nelson Education afin de remettre ce prix. ? titre d'une des plus importantes maisons d'?dition de mat?riel d'enseignement au Canada, Nelson offre un avantage sans pareil en mati?re d'enseignement afin d'assurer le succ?s des ?tudiants et des enseignants canadiens. La date d'?ch?ance pour les candidatures est le *15 novembre 2012*. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Prix/et-nom Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us![Twitter] [Facebook] Suivez-nous! -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From akelm at cms.math.ca Fri Aug 17 10:38:44 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Fri Aug 17 10:38:52 2012 Subject: [cmath] Supervisor, Data Services - Regional Municipality of York Message-ID: <502E5774.10704@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a workshop based on computational criminology, an emerging field that takes the growing need for improved ways to use mathematics and computational techniques in understanding crime patterns and in developing methods for predicting and forecasting crime. The workshop will have mathematicians and a group of PhD students and Post-Docs interested in the field as the core group with a small number of theoretical criminologists working in the field. It will include presentations by mathematicians, special activities designed for the PhD students/Postdocs as well think-tank sessions for the mathematicians and criminologists. The location of ICURS (Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies) on the SFU campus with their expertise and database on urban criminology is an additional attractive feature of this event. **** For details and registration information please see http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/120919-phtwcc From akelm at cms.math.ca Fri Aug 31 11:16:14 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Fri Aug 31 11:16:20 2012 Subject: [cmath] Assistant Professor - Applied Mathematics - University of Alberta Message-ID: <5040D53E.2050401@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This is a research fellowship, allowing the recipient to devote most of his or her time to research under the supervision of a professor from one of the ISM member universities. If fellows wish to teach, they may request to be offered teaching assignments for which they will receive an additional salary. The CRM is a national research center in the mathematical sciences. It includes nine research laboratories, and every year it organizes a wide range of events attracting participants from around the world. The CRM's 2013 thematic semesters (part of the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 program) will focus on Interdisciplinary approaches in biodiversity and evolution, and on Models and methods in ecology, epidemiology and public health. The 2014 Winter-Spring thematic semester will be on Lie theory and its applications. The ISM is a consortium composed of eight Qu?bec universities (Concordia, Laval, McGill, Sherbrooke, Universit? de Montr?al, UQAM, UQTR and Bishop's University). It coordinates the resources of the member universities and organizes a wide variety of activities for graduate students. Applications are welcome in all fields of research in which the CRM and the ISM are actively involved, namely : actuarial and financial mathematics, algebra and number theory, analysis, applied mathematics, category theory, combinatorics, geometry and topology, mathematical methods in medical imaging, mathematical physics, nonlinear dynamics, probability, quantum computing and statistics. *Applications must arrive at the CRM by Saturday, December 1st, 2012. * The following documents are required: 1. online application form 2. curriculum vitae (PDF format) 3. research project (PDF format) 4. the names of at least two (2) and at most five (5) people who know your work well and could write letters of recommendation in support of your application. For further information and to apply please go to : http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/~crmism/index_en.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bourses postdoctorales CRM-ISM 2013-2014 /Pour faciliter la lecture, le genre masculin est utilis? sans discrimination dans ce texte./ Le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM) et l'Institut des sciences math?matiques (ISM) sollicitent des candidatures dans le cadre de leur programme conjoint de bourses postdoctorales d?butant en septembre 2013. La bourse postdoctorale CRM-ISM s'adresse ? des chercheurs prometteurs ayant obtenu leur doctorat en math?matiques apr?s le 1^er d?cembre 2008. D'une valeur de 40 000 $ CAN par ann?e, renouvelable pour une deuxi?me ann?e, la bourse permet ? son b?n?ficiaire de consacrer la majeure partie de son temps ? ses travaux de recherche sous la supervision d'un professeur appartenant ? l'une des universit?s membres de l'ISM. Le montant de la bourse ne comprend aucune t?che d'enseignement. Si le boursier le d?sire, il pourra enseigner durant son stage et ainsi recevoir une r?mun?ration suppl?mentaire. Le CRM est un centre national de recherches en sciences math?matiques. Il regroupe neuf laboratoires de recherche et organise chaque ann?e un large ?ventail d'activit?s scientifiques faisant appel ? une participation internationale. Veuillez noter que la programmation th?matique du CRM en 2013 dans le cadre du programme Math?matiques de la plan?te terre 2013 portera sur les approches interdisciplinaires en biodiversit? et ?volution, et sur les mod?les et m?thodes en ?cologie, ?pid?miologie et sant? publique. Le semestre th?matique hiver-printemps 2014 portera sur la th?orie de Lie et ses applications. L'ISM est un consortium form? de huit universit?s qu?b?coises (Concordia, Laval, McGill, Sherbrooke, Universit? de Montr?al, UQAM, UQTR et Universit? Bishop's). Il coordonne un grand ensemble de ressources des universit?s membres et organise de nombreuses activit?s pour les ?tudiants de cycles sup?rieurs. Nous acceptons des demandes dans tous les domaines de recherche du CRM et de l'ISM, ? savoir : alg?bre et th?orie des nombres, analyse, combinatoire, dynamique non-lin?aire, g?om?trie et topologie, informatique quantique, math?matiques actuarielles et financi?res, math?matiques appliqu?es, m?thodes math?matiques en imagerie m?dicale, physique math?matique, probabilit?s, statistique et th?orie des cat?gories. *Les candidatures doivent parvenir au CRM au plus tard le samedi 1er d?cembre 2012. * Les candidats sont pri?s de joindre les pi?ces suivantes: 1. formulaire de candidature ?lectronique 2. curriculum vitae (format PDF) 3. projet de recherche (format PDF) 4. le nom d'au moins deux (2) et d'au plus cinq (5) personnes connaissant bien votre travail de recherche qui r?digeront une lettre de r?f?rence pour appuyer votre demande. 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Present day applications include extensive use of operator theory in eigenvalue problems, signal theory, and differential equations on semi-infinite intervals, just to name a few. Advances in theory and application of finite matrices have been in inverse, and their extension, to generalized positive matrices, diagonally dominant matrices, and in use of finite differences and finite elements in partial differential equations, again just to name a few. Perturbation theory and eigenvalue problem are of interest to numerical analysts, statisticians, physical scientists, and engineers. We invite authors focusing on the recent advances, both abstract and pure. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: * Inverse positive matrices including M-matrices * Applications of operator theory * Matrix perturbation theory and pseudospectra * Matrix functions and generalized eigenvalue problems * Inverse problems including scattering * Matrices over quaternions For details regarding submissions, Guest Editors, etc.,please visit http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jam/si/949178/cfp/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120831/e27dcf3a/attachment.htm From rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca Tue Sep 4 08:21:42 2012 From: rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca (Christiane Rousseau) Date: Tue Sep 4 08:21:54 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?MPE2013_Competition/_Comp=E9tition_MPE201?= =?iso-8859-1?q?3?= Message-ID: Le fran?ais suit... We call for you help in announcing the competition of museum-quality virtual exhibits (modules) around Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 (www.mpe2013.org). The website for the competition is www.mpe2013.org/competition The purpose of the competition is to create a permanent Open Source exhibition of virtual modules related to some aspects of Mathematics of Planet Earth. This exhibition will raise the public awareness in the role of mathematics to understand our planet (geophysics, climates, how it supports life, how it is organized by humans), and to help protecting the planet and its resources for future generations. Already several museums have committed to present the winning modules in 2013 and others are contacted. We hope to have many physical exhibitions and museum installations built, also after 2013. The deadline for the competition has been moved to December 20 2012, in order to allow for more advertising. The exhibition will be launched at the Headquarters of UNESCO in Paris on March 5-8 2013, and the prize winners will be honored on that date. We thank you in advance for advertising this competition to all those that are likely to be interested in participating: students, schools, colleagues from other disciplines. **************************** Nous faisons appel ? votre aide pour annoncer la comp?tition de modules virtuels (?l?ments de mus?es scientifiques) autour de Math?matiques de la plan?te Terre 2013: www.mpt2013.org. Le site web de la comp?tition est www.mpe2013.org/competition Le but de la comp?tition est de cr?er une exposition permanente Open Source de modules virtuels sur le th?me des Math?matiques de la plan?te Terre. L'exposition va contribuer ? faire appr?cier au public le r?le des math?matiques dans la compr?hension de notre plan?te (g?ophysique, climats, milieu de vie, organisation de la plan?te par l'homme) et des enjeux plan?taires (prot?ger la plan?te et ses ressources pour les g?n?rations futures). D?j?, plusieurs mus?es de par le monde se sont engag?s ? pr?senter les modules gagnants, et d'autres sont contact?s. Nous esp?rons que plusieurs expositions physiques seront construites en 2013 et apr?s. La date limite de la comp?tition a ?t? d?plac?e au 20 D?cembre 2012, pour permettre une plus grande participation. L'exposition sera inaugur?e au Quartier g?n?ral de l'UNESCO ? Paris les 5-8 mars 2013, et les gagnants de la comp?tition seront honor?s ? cette occasion. Nous vous remercions d'avance d'annoncer cette comp?tition ? tous ceux qui sont susceptibles de participer, incluant les ?tudiants, les ?coles, et les coll?gues d'autres disciplines scientifiques. Christiane Rousseau D?partement de math?matiques et de statistique Universit? de Montr?al C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville Montr?al, Qc, H3C 3J7, Canada T?l: 514 343-7729, T?lec: 514 343-5700 rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120904/e6daa1a5/attachment.htm From akelm at cms.math.ca Tue Sep 4 10:57:33 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Tue Sep 4 10:57:37 2012 Subject: [cmath] Tenure-Track Position in Number Theory / Arithmetic Geometry - McGill University Message-ID: <504616DD.1090903@cms.math.ca> Department of Mathematics and Statistics The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University invites applications for a tenure-track position in number theory/arithmetic geometry. While appointments are expected to be made at the Assistant Professor level, more senior applicants would be considered. Candidates must have a doctoral degree at the date of appointment and a strong background in mathematics. They are expected to have demonstrated the capacity for independent research of excellent quality. Selection criteria include research accomplishments, as well as potential contributions to the Department's educational programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applications should be made through MathJobs.Org (Position ID: McGill-NUMTH) and must include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research outline, a teaching statement which includes an account of teaching experience, and at least four references (with one addressing the teaching record). Candidates are also encouraged to provide web links for up to three selected reprints or preprints, or to upload them to MathJobs.Org . Candidates must ensure that letters of reference are submitted (preferably through mathjobs.org , though in exceptional circumstances they may be mailed to Professor H. Darmon, Number Theory Search Committee, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada). To ensure full consideration, complete applications including letters of reference should be received by *November 15, * but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification. 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The Math in Moscow program provides a fifteen-week-long research experience for students, not only with other talented and highly motivated undergraduates, but also with some of the world's leading mathematicians. Students will be learning and discovering mathematics in an environment similar in spirit to that of an NSERC summer scholarship, but with much broader representation from a world-class international community. This is an excellent preparation for those who intend to pursue graduate studies in mathematics. The deadline for applications is*September 30, 2012*. Full details for submitting an application can be found at: http://cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), avec l'appui du Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g?nie (CRSNG), invite les ?tudiants ? pr?senter leurs demandes dans le cadre du Programme de bourses Math ? Moscou. Une bourse de 9 000 $ sera accord?e pour qu'ils suivent ? l'Universit?Ind?pendante de Moscou pour le trimestre d'hiver 2013. Les ?tudiantes ou ?tudiants du Canada inscrit(e)s ? un porgramme de math?matiques ou d'informatique sont ?ligibles. Le programme Math ? Moscou procurera aux ?tudiants et aux ?tudiantes une exp?rience de recherche de quinze semaines non seulement avec d'autres futurs math?maticiens talentueux et tr?s motiv?s, mais aussi avec plusieurs math?maticiens et math?maticiennes de renomm?e internationale. Les participants ?tudieront les math?matiques dans un milieu semblable ? celui que procurent les bourses d'?t? du CRSNG, mais aupr?s d'un nombre beaucoup plus ?lev? de repr?sentants de r?putation internationale de la communaut? math?matique. C'est une excellente pr?paration pour ceux et celles qui se destinent ? des ?tudes sup?rieures en math?matiques. L'?ch?ance pour pr?senter sa demande est*le 30 septembre 2012. *On peut obtenir des d?tails complets pour la pr?sentation d'une demande ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Bourses/Moscou/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120904/1c615943/attachment.htm From commsp at cms.math.ca Tue Sep 4 13:22:12 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Tue Sep 4 13:22:10 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?CMS_Math_Competition_Grants_/_Subventions?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_pour_les_concours_de_math=E9matiques_de_la_SMC?= Message-ID: <504638C4.8000507@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is now accepting applications for the 2013 CMS Math Competition Grants. The Math Competition Grants are open to contests of different kinds at the elementary and secondary school levels. The deadline for applications is*November 15, 2012.* Full application details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Competitions/grants ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) accepte maintenant des demandes de subventions pour les concours de math?matiques de la SMC 2013. Les subventions pour les concours de math?matiques s'appliquent ? divers concours organis?s au niveau primaire et secondaire. La date limite pour les demandes est le *15 novembre 2012.* On peut obtenir des d?tails complets pour la pr?sentation d'une demande ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Concours/grants -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Proposals must address the goal and statement of purpose of the Canadian Mathematical Society: to support the promotion and advancement of the discovery, learning, and application of mathematics. An applicant may be involved in only one proposal per competition as a principal applicant. Proposals must come from CMS members, or, if joint, at least one principal applicant must be a CMS member. The EGC will consider funding one or multi-year proposals to a maximum of $2,500. The EGC tends to favour proposals where CMS funds can be leveraged or where applicants have no other natural funding to which they can apply. Proposals must be received no later than *September 30, 2012*. Successful applicants will be informed in December 2012 and grants will be awarded in January 2013. The application form and further details about the application process are available on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Grants/EGC Please contact the CMS Executive Director with any questions or comments regarding the Endowment Grants at director@cms.math.ca. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **RAPPEL : La date limite pour les projets du Concours de bourses du fonds de dotation de la SMC est le 30 septembre.** Appel de projets : Concours de bourses du fonds de dotation 2012 La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) est heureuse d'annoncer la tenue du Concours de bourses du fonds de dotation 2012, qui finance des activit?s contribuant ? l'essor global de la communaut? math?matique. Le Comit? d'attribution des bourses du fonds de dotation (CABFD) g?re la r?partition des bourses et ?value les projets. Les projets doivent r?pondre aux objectifs et au mandat de la SMC, soit promouvoir et favoriser la d?couverte et l'apprentissage des math?matiques, et les applications qui en d?coulent. Un demandeur ne peut pr?senter qu'un projet par concours en tant que demandeur principal. Les projets doivent venir de membres de la SMC. S'il s'agit d'un projet conjoint, au moins un des demandeurs principaux doit ?tre membre de la SMC. Le CABFD ?valuera les projets qui s'?talent sur un ou de plusieurs ann?es et accordera un maximum de 2 500 $. Le CABFD accorde g?n?ralement la priorit? aux projets pour lesquels le financement de la SMC sera ?gal? ou pour lesquels la SMC est la seule source de financement naturelle ? laquelle le demandeur a acc?s. Les projets doivent parvenir ? la Soci?t? au plus tard *le 30 septembre 2012.* Les projets retenus seront annonc?s en d?cembre 2012, et les bourses distribu?es en janvier 2013. 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ISSAC 2013 is the 38th meeting in the series. The conference traditionally presents a range of invited speakers, tutorials, poster sessions and software demonstrations with a centre-piece of contributed research papers. ISSAC 2013 will be hosted by Northeastern University in Boston, USA. ISSAC 2013 invites the submission of original research contributions to be considered for publication and presentation at the conference. All areas of computer algebra and symbolic mathematical computation are of interest. These include, but are not limited to: Algorithmic aspects: * Exact and symbolic linear, polynomial and differential algebra. * Symbolic-numeric, homotopy, perturbation and series methods. * Computational algebraic geometry, group theory and number theory. * Computer arithmetic. * Summation, recurrence equations, integration, solution of ODEs & PDEs. * Symbolic methods in other areas of pure and applied mathematics. * Complexity of algebraic algorithms and algebraic complexity Software aspects: * Design of symbolic computation packages and systems. * Language design and type systems for symbolic computation. * Data representation. * Considerations for modern hardware. * Algorithm implementation and performance tuning. * Mathematical user interfaces. Application aspects: * Applications that stretch the current limits of computer algebra algorithms or systems, use computer algebra in new areas or new ways, or apply it in situations with broad impact. Submission Instructions ----------------------- Papers must present original research and not duplicate work published or submitted for consideration elsewhere. Papers must be in English and should not exceed 8 pages in the ACM sig-alternate.cls style, found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Papers may have an appendix that may be read by the reviewers and PC members at their discretion. Final papers must be complete and self-contained within the 8-page limit, and extended abstracts are not allowed. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper. Submission is via EasyChair, at the web site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issac2013 Important Dates: ---------------- Paper submission: Monday, January 14, 2013 Acceptance notification: Monday, March 18, 2013 Final copy due: Wed, April 17, 2013 Conference Organization ----------------------- General Chairs: Michael Monagan, Simon Fraser University Gene Cooperman, Northeastern University Treasurer: Daniel S. Roche, US Naval Academy Program Committee Chair: Mark Giesbrecht, University of Waterloo, Canada ***** You may leave the ISSAC-ANNOUNCE list at any time by sending a "SIGNOFF ISSAC-ANNOUNCE" command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG or by visiting http://listserv.acm.org/archives/ISSAC-ANNOUNCE.html. From akelm at cms.math.ca Mon Sep 10 10:39:41 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Mon Sep 10 10:39:45 2012 Subject: [cmath] Position in Mathematics or Statistics - Quest University Canada Message-ID: <504DFBAD.2060407@cms.math.ca> Mathematics or Statistics Quest University Canada, in Squamish, BC, seeks a full-time faculty member in mathematics or statistics. Rank and field of specialization is open; salary commensurate with experience. Candidates must be willing and able to teach a course that reaches out to all incoming students, as well as upper-level courses in the candidate's field of interest and interdisciplinary courses with colleagues from across the University. Broad, discipline-crossover candidates might consider our advertised interdisciplinary position. 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They are expected to have demonstrated the capacity for independent research of excellent quality. Selection criteria include research accomplishments, as well as potential contributions to the Department's educational programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applications should be made through www.MathJobs.Org (Position ID: McGill-ALGBR) and must include a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research outline, a teaching statement which includes an account of teaching experience, and at least four references (with one addressing the teaching record). Candidates are also encouraged to provide web links for up to three selected reprints or preprints, or to upload them to MathJobs.Org . Candidates must ensure that letters of reference are submitted (preferably through mathjobs.org , though in exceptional circumstances they may be mailed to Professor D. Wise, Algebra Search Committee, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada). To ensure full consideration, complete applications including letters of reference should be received by *December 1, * but later applications will be considered until the position is filled. McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification. 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In particular, the system enables remote interactive participation by students of Fields partner universities in graduate courses given at the Institute. To find out about upcoming FieldsLive events, please visit our website: www.fields.utoronto.ca From clare at pims.math.ca Thu Sep 20 17:40:17 2012 From: clare at pims.math.ca (Kiernan, Clare) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:44:40 2012 Subject: [cmath] The 2012 PIMS Hugh Morris Lecture Message-ID: <5E1D708ED96964418652DB118E32237A399C07D0B6@MBX2> ---------------------------------------------------- The 2012 PIMS Hugh Morris Lecture Henri Darmon, McGill University, will deliver a talk entitled, "Numbers and Shapes." The lecture will take place on November 1, 2012 at the University of Calgary. Henri Darmon specializes in number theory, working on Hilbert's 12th problem and its relation with the Birch-Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. He is currently a James McGill Professor of Mathematics at McGill University. He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2003 and in 2008, awarded the Royal Society of Canada's John L. Synge Award. The Hugh Morris Lecture Series has been generously endowed by Dr. Hugh Morris, former Chair of the PIMS Board of Directors, and long-time friend of the mathematical sciences. The Series attracts the world's top mathematical scientists, who deliver presentations on current research topics to PIMS sites in Western Canada and Washington State. Dr. Morris served on the PIMS Board for over ten years. He has more than 40 years of experience in the mineral industry, including a term as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Imperial Metals, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Morris has demonstrated special interest in national and international scientific and professional associations and has been a member of NSERC's Council and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lithoprobe Project. 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The Department of Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, offers an innovative mathematics major in Mathematics for Education which features a common core with all mathematics majors, in the first three semesters, along with a breadth of upper year mathematics courses and three courses designed for future teachers, but open to all mathematics majors (in Geometry, History of Math, and Research in Mathematics Education). A number of these majors are in concurrent programs with the Faculty of Education while others are preparing for Consecutive Education. In addition, the Graduate Program in Mathematics and Statistics offers a course-based MA in Mathematics for Teachers, with courses targeted at current teachers at high school or college. The Graduate Programs in Education and in Mathematics and Statistics jointly offer a group of courses focused on mathematics education as a Graduate Diploma in Mathematics Education. Applicants are invited to visit the Faculty of Education?s website at www.edu.yorku.ca and the Mathematics and Statistics Department?s website at http://www1.math.yorku.ca/new/ Candidates should have completed a Master?s degree in Mathematics or Statistics and have completed a doctorate in Mathematics Education with evidence of an established or ability to establish a strong program of scholarly research in Mathematics Education. The candidate will also have knowledge of mathematics content and pedagogy as reflected in the Ontario curriculum. The successful candidate should show excellence or the promise of excellence in teaching and will teach courses and develop curriculum in the undergraduate and graduate programs in both the Faculty of Education and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and be able to contribute to professional development programming. The successful candidate must be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. A commitment to offer leadership in the Mathematics for Education program will be essential. Contributions that build upon ongoing collaborations in the area of mathematics education within the University and beyond will be an asset. All positions at York University are subject to budgetary approval. The appointment will commence July 1, 2013. Applicants should submit a detailed letter of application describing their qualifications and research in Mathematics Education in relation to the advertised position and to the context described above, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and one or two samples of recent scholarly writing. Applicants are asked to arrange for three scholarly references to be submitted by the deadline to the address below or via e-mail to edudean@edu.yorku.ca clearly marked as ?support for position in Math Education?. 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It also boasts a dedicated videoconferencing room and a spacious lounge and an array of classrooms throughout the building are available for PIMS seminars and workshops. The $75 million ESB is home to Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Statistics, PIMS, and the Dean?s Office of the Faculty of Science. It is the largest panelized wood building and the largest application of cross laminated timber in North America. The building uses over 1,300 tons of British Columbia sourced and engineered cross-laminated timber (CLT). The ESB was made possible by generous investments from the BC Government, partners in the minerals industry, UBC Science alum Ross Beaty, and the Canada Wood Council. PIMS looks forward to welcoming all members of the mathematical sciences community to our new site! Alejandro Adem Director, PIMS http://www.pims.math.ca New address: PIMS - UBC Site Office | University of British Columbia | 4176-2207 Main Mall | Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 | Canada A slideshow with photos is available at http://www.pims.math.ca/news/pims-ubc-relocates-state-art-facility -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20120925/3dc18aed/attachment.htm From akelm at cms.math.ca Wed Sep 26 15:28:18 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Wed Sep 26 15:28:29 2012 Subject: [cmath] Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow in Representation Theory of Quantum Groups - University of Sydney (Australia) Message-ID: <50635752.4080606@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Candidates for the award will have shown an enthusiasm for enhancing the learning environment and displaying novel ways of teaching mathematics. They will also have supporting evidence of providing an opportunity for students to experience mathematics in a significant way. Candidates must have served as a role model for other teachers and had an inspirational influence on students and/or colleagues. Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by others. A complete nomination package consists of: ? A nomination letter of no more than 1000 words demonstrating alignment with the award ? A recent curriculum vitae ? Three (3) letters from arm?s length referees Nominations for the 2013 Margaret Sinclair Memorial Award must be received electronically by the Fields Institute by December 1, 2012. The judges for the 2013 competition are Michele Cooper (Holy Cross Catholic School, ON), Fr?d?ric Gourdeau (Universit? Laval, QC) and Elaine Simmt (University of Alberta, AB). For more information, please visit http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours/sinclairaward.html. About Margaret Sinclair Margaret Sinclair passed away on her 62nd birthday, February 21, 2012 after a brave struggle with a rare form of cancer. Until then she was a tenured professor in the Faculty of Education, Graduate Program in Education, York University. During her remarkable career she taught at the elementary, secondary and university level. A vibrant and creative woman, Margaret followed an untraditional path to her impressive accomplishments in life. While raising five children, Margaret earned a bachelor?s degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo, and a masters degree in the Mathematics for Teachers program from York University. In 2001, at age 51, while still a mathematics department head and then a vice-principal, Margaret completed her PhD in education at the University of Toronto. Although she was driven by mathematics, Margaret?s passion was learning and sharing her knowledge and expertise with others through teaching, research and writing. She loved educating prospective teachers, using innovative ways to inspire them and their students. Margaret Sinclair was posthumously inducted as a Fields Institute Fellow in June 2012. From adem at pims.math.ca Fri Oct 5 06:40:42 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Fri Oct 5 06:40:26 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS/CNRS applications - due on December 1 Message-ID: PIMS / CNRS Call for Applications 2012 - 2013 The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) are calling for applications from French researchers to spend the academic year 2013-14 at one of PIMS member universities and to participate in PIMS research activities. The applicants should be "fonctionnaires titulaires" either at the CNRS or at a French university, and priority will be given to junior researchers ("charg(e)es de recherches" or "maitres de conferences"). Applications should be sent to Sinnou David, Directeur adjoint scientifique, INSMI (CNRS), and to Alejandro Adem, Director of PIMS, by December 1, 2012. They should include a CV and a list of publications, together with a description of the research project to be done during the academic year, and the names of the PIMS researchers which would be involved in the project. Results will be announced by the spring of 2013. In the case of university faculty, once the application has been accepted, the actual appointment is subject to the person receiving a "detachement au CNRS" from his/her home institution. Successful applicants will be sent for one year by the CNRS to the PIMS university where the research is to be carried out, on the understanding that they will be given adequate working conditions, and be treated like local faculty (except for teaching). We encourage researchers at PIMS universities to contact their French counterparts and encourage them to apply. The extent of local support will be a crucial factor in judging the applications. Sinnou David, Directeur adjoint scientifique, INSMI (CNRS) Email: david@math.jussieu.fr Alejandro Adem, Director, PIMS (UMI 3069, CNRS) Email: director@pims.math.ca Please direct any technical questions to Do-Rim Joo, Executive Assistant Email: reception@pims.math.ca Please see http://www.pims.math.ca/essential-information/opportunities for more information. From amacleod at fields.utoronto.ca Fri Oct 5 11:28:16 2012 From: amacleod at fields.utoronto.ca (Andrea MacLeod) Date: Fri Oct 5 11:28:22 2012 Subject: [cmath] The Inaugural Fields Medal Symposium Public Opening Message-ID: The Inaugural Fields Medal Symposium Public Opening Monday, October 15, 2012 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto The inaugural Fields Medal Symposium will be hosted by the Fields Institute in Toronto, October 15-18, 2012. The inaugural Symposium is entitled "Fundamentals of the Langlands program" and honours 2010 Fields Medallist Ngo Bao Chau. Each year, the Symposium will celebrate the work of one of the recent Fields Medallists. The goals of the Symposium are to bring together brilliant researchers to help take the area to new frontiers, to raise public awareness of Mathematics and the Fields Medal, and to inspire the next generation. Program of the Public Opening: Opening Remarks by Ingrid Daubechies, President of the International Mathematical Union, His Excellency Le Sy Vuong Ha, Ambassador of Vietnam to Canada, and the Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities, Government of Ontario. Two public lectures by James Arthur, University of Toronto, on The Langlands Program: Number Theory, Geometry, and the Fundamental Lemma, and by Ngo Bao Chau, University of Chicago, on the Fundamental Lemma. Admission to the Public Opening is free, but advance tickets are required. To register for tickets, please visit http://fmsopening.eventbrite.ca. For more information, visit: www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/fieldsmedalsym/12-13/opening.html From adem at pims.math.ca Wed Oct 10 13:10:07 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Wed Oct 10 13:10:23 2012 Subject: [cmath] PIMS Event - Turing Celebration Lecture by L.Valiant at UVic In-Reply-To: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> References: <14953_1263952494_1263952494_alpine.DEB.2.00.1001191734320.17941@alejandro-laptop> Message-ID: Alan Turing Celebration Lecture University of Victoria/PIMS October 10,2012 - 3:15pm at 124 Eng/CS Building Leslie Valiant, Harvard University "Biological Evolution as a Form of Learning" This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the "father of computer science," Alan Turing. His legacy is recognized with the Turing Award, the "Nobel prize" of computer science. The Department of Computer Science at UVic and PIMS are honoured to host 2010 Turing Award winner Leslie Valiant, who has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of computation, communication and learning. His other achievements include the Nevanlinna Prize (1986) and the Knuth Prize (1997), Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. --------------------------- Director, PIMS tel: (604) 822-3922 www.pims.math.ca From akelm at cms.math.ca Mon Oct 15 10:29:24 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Mon Oct 15 10:29:29 2012 Subject: [cmath] Full-Time and Visiting Positions in Mathematics - American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Message-ID: <507C1DC4.5050407@cms.math.ca> Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the American University of Sharjah The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the American University of Sharjah invites applications for the following positions in Mathematics at the Assistant or Associate Professor levels beginning August 2013: 1. One full-time position in mathematics. Applicants with strong research potential in all areas of pure, applied and financial mathematics will be considered. 2. Two visiting positions in mathematics for the academic year 2013/14. All areas of pure, applied and financial mathematics and statistics will be considered. Candidates are required to have a Ph.D. in mathematics. Evidence of potential in research, excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels of the curriculum, and strong communication skills in English, are expected. Experience in American-style higher education is an advantage. Applicants should submit a cover letter, an AMS cover sheet (www.ams.org ), a curriculum vitae, a research statement, a teaching statement, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation (one of which addresses teaching) to be sent. All applications should be submitted via e-mail to Dean Mark Rush at cashr@aus.edu . Complete applications should be received by *December 1, 2012 * to receive full consideration. The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at AUS offers a master of science in Mathematics, an undergraduate major in Mathematics, a minor in Applied and Computational Mathematics, and a minor in Actuarial Mathematics. It provides courses in service to almost every academic program campus-wide. The department currently consists of twenty-eight full time faculty members who are actively engaged in original research in different areas of mathematics and statistics. The teaching load is nine credit hours per semester. American University of Sharjah (AUS) was founded in 1997 by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qassimi, Member of the Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, who envisioned the university as a leading educational institution in the Gulf region. AUS is an independent, not-for-profit coeducational institution. Consciously based upon American institutions of higher education, AUS is thoroughly grounded in Arab culture and is part of a larger process of the revitalization of intellectual life in the Middle East. AUS is a leading comprehensive university in the Gulf, serving some 5,500 students of 82 nationalities. AUS is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and licensed in the United States by the Department of Education of the State of Delaware. The university is also licensed by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and all undergraduate and graduate programs have been awarded either full or initial accreditation. AUS offers 25 majors and 48 minors at the undergraduate level, and 13 master's degrees programs. 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The deadline for nominations is *January 31, 2013.* Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/dp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) sollicite des mises en candidature pour le *Prix de doctorat 201**3*. Le prix r?compenser le travail exceptionnel d'un ?tudiant au doctorat en math?matiques ayant obtenu un dipl?me d'une universit? canadienne entre le 1er janvier et le 31 d?cembre de l'ann?e pr?c?dente. Le laur?at du Prix de doctorat de la SMC aura droit ? une bourse de 500 $. De plus, la SMC lui offrira l'adh?sion gratuite ? la Soci?t? pendant deux ans et lui remettra un certificat encadr? et une subvention pour frais de d?placements lui permettant d'assister ? la r?union d'hiver SMC 2013 o? il recevra son prix et pr?sentera une conf?rence. La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le *31 janvier 2013*. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/info/dp -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us! 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He has published more than 60 research articles as well as two books, and has delivered over 250 invited talks throughout the world. In 1992 he received the U.S. National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. He has held visiting positions at the IAS in Princeton, the ETH-Zurich, the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, the University of Paris VII and XIII and Princeton University. "Dr. Adem has guided PIMS in new directions, added major institutions to our membership and developed many international initiatives" says Dr. Brian Russell, Chair of the PIMS Board. "He works very well with NSERC and the Alberta government (two of our major funders). I felt it was crucial to retain Dr. Adem's strong presence as Director and am very pleased that he is serving a second term. I look forward to many more exciting initiatives and to continuing our relationship in my role as Chair of the PIMS Board." Dr. Adem has a wealth of international scientific and administrative experience. He has served as Chair of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and as co-chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley. He sits on the Board of Directors for AARMS and BIRS as well as on the Council of the AMS. He has served on the steering committees for the Long Range Plan for the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences in Canada, for the 2011 ICIAM Conference and for the 2013 Mathematical Congress of the Americas. He played a leading role in organizing the first joint meetings between the Canadian and Mexican mathematical societies, and has been instrumental in the development of the Pacific Rim Mathematical Association (PRIMA). As Director of the CNRS' Unite Mixte Internationale at PIMS (established in 2007) he has also fostered academic connections between Canada and France. Dr. Adem said, "It is a great honour for me to continue as Director of PIMS. This is a world-class institute and I will continue to build on PIMS' outstanding record of success thanks to the tireless efforts of the mathematical sciences community in Canada and beyond. I am extremely grateful to the PIMS staff and the Board of Directors for their support." ---------------------------------------------------- Clare Kiernan Communications Manager Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Web: www.pims.math.ca | Twitter: @pimsmath -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The G. de B. Robinson Award was inaugurated to recognize the publication of excellent papers in the Canadian Journal of Mathematics and theCanadian Mathematical Bulletin and to encourage the submission of the highest quality papers to these journals. The complete announcement is available at: http://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2012/gdeb-award ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC est heureuse d'annoncer qu'elle d?cerne son prix G. de B. Robinson 2012 ? Teodor Banica (Toulouse),Serban Belinschi (Queen's), Mireille Capitaine (CNRS), et Beno?t Collins (Ottawa) pour leur article "Free Bessel Laws," publi? dans le Journal canadien de math?matiques (63:1 2011, 3-37;http://dx.doi.org/10.4153/CJM-2010-060-6). Le prix G. de B. Robinson rend hommage aux math?maticiens qui se sont distingu?s par l'excellence de leurs articles parus dans le Journal canadien de math?matiques et le Bulletin canadien de math?matiques et vise ? encourager la pr?sentation d'articles de premi?re qualit? pour ces revues. L'annonce compl?te a ?t? signal?e sur le site web de la SMC ? : http://cms.math.ca/Communiques/2012/gdeb-award -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us! 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For further criteria and information, please see the Killam PDF website: http://killamtrusts.dal.ca/apply/postdoctoralfellows/ *Application deadline: December 17, 2012. * Candidates in Mathematics or Statistics: Please send your application to Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee c/o Dr. Karl Dilcher, Chair Department of Mathematics and Statistics Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2 Canada E-mail: chair@mathstat.dal.ca * 2. AARMS (Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowships * *Description: * AARMS postdoctoral fellowships are awarded, on the recommendation of its Scientific Review Panel, to beginning researchers who received their Ph.D. no more than four years before applying. Applications will be considered from those who anticipate receiving their Ph.D. before the proposed start time of the fellowship; however, the Ph.D. must be in hand before actually beginning the fellowship. AARMS will provide $17,500 per year for the fellowship and the supervisor is responsible for organizing matching funds of at least this amount. *Application deadline: Mid-December, 2012. * *Application procedure: * Applications can be made by the candidate through an online system which will open for applications on November 12, 2012. Please contact your proposed supervisor directly so that the supervisor can draft a budget and provide a letter of support. 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Name: Lecturer position.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 102709 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121026/8a373b62/Lecturerposition.pdf From akelm at cms.math.ca Mon Nov 5 14:10:48 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Mon Nov 5 14:10:59 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?The_Canadian_Statistical_Sciences_Institu?= =?iso-8859-1?q?te_=28CANSSI=29_is_launched!_/_L=27Institut_canadien_des_s?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ciences_statistiques_=28CANSSI=29_est_lanc=E9!?= Message-ID: <50980F38.4040705@cms.math.ca> From: Christian L?ger (La version fran?aise suit) The Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI) is launched! The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) is pleased to announce that, with the formation of the initial Board of Directors and seed funding of $50K from the SSC development fund, the *Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute* (*CANSSI*, pronounced "can-see") is now launched. CANSSI will be a national virtual institute offering the leadership and infrastructure necessary to increase and further develop statistical sciences research in Canada and promote the discipline. Building on the international stature of the Canadian statistical community, CANSSI will seek to develop all areas of the statistical sciences, including interdisciplinary research where statistical innovation is essential to the development of other disciplines. Through national networks of researchers, CANSSI will tackle the big research questions in statistics of importance to science and the public interest, and will establish links with other disciplines and organizations that are heavy users and producers of data. The SSC is particularly pleased that *Mary Thompson*, FRSC, Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Waterloo, has agreed to be the initial *Scientific Director* *of CANSSI*. She will also serve on the Board of Directors. With her distinguished career as a researcher and as an administrator, Mary will do an excellent job of steering CANSSI during this important developmental stage. The initial *Board of Directors* *of CANSSI, *containing a wealth of experience in leadership and including recipients of numerous national and international research awards, is well equipped to launch this new institute in the statistical sciences. It consists of: a) five (regional) Associate Directors---Hugh Chipman (Atlantic Provinces), Christian Genest (Qu?bec), Nancy Reid (Ontario), Alexandre Leblanc (Manitoba/Saskatchewan) and Will Welch (Alberta/B.C.); b) five representatives of statistical sciences organizations in other countries or representatives of disciplines or sectors where statistics is applied ---Rosemary Bender (Assistant Chief Statistician, Informatics and Methodology Field, Statistics Canada), Arvind Gupta (Scientific Director, MITACS), Michael Kramer (Professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill; former Scientific Director, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, CIHR ), Richard Smith (Director, SAMSI: Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) and Francis Zwiers (Director, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium); and c) the Directors of the three Canadian mathematical sciences institutes --- Alejandro Adem (PIMS: Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences), Edward Bierstone (Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences) and Fran?ois Lalonde (CRM: Centre de recherches math?matiques). CANSSI is the result of a large-scale process of reflection within the Canadian statistical sciences community, conducted in tandem with the Long Range Planning Exercise for the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, initiated by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). As an outcome of the Long Range Planning discussions, the Directors of the three mathematical sciences institutes are committed to working with the statistical sciences community on the CANSSI initiative, with the inclusion of funding for CANSSI projects and activities in the next cycle of NSERC proposals. CANSSI will be part of the Canadian network of thematic and collaborative resources envisaged in the Long Range Plan, and will seek to increase the recognition of the importance of the statistical sciences in Canada. Having a national institute will allow the statistical sciences community to pursue its own directions and seek additional funding opportunities. In October, the Board of Directors of the SSC decided to allocate seed money to CANSSI from its development fund, in recognition of the importance of this initiative to the Canadian statistical sciences community. This will allow CANSSI to function until it obtains anticipated funding for infrastructure from institutional memberships (beginning in May 2013). Stay tuned for further announcements on initial activities of CANSSI! John Brewster and Christian L?ger Past President and President of the Statistical Society of Canada L'Institut canadien des sciences statistiques (CANSSI) est lanc?! La Soci?t? statistique du Canada (SSC) est fi?re d'annoncer que, gr?ce ? un financement de d?marrage de 50K$ de son Fonds de d?veloppement ainsi que la formation de son premier Conseil d'administration, l'*Institut canadien de sciences statistiques *est maintenant lanc?. L'institut sera connu sous son acronyme anglais *CANSSI* (Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute). CANSSI sera un institut national virtuel qui fournira le leadership et l'infrastructure n?cessaires ? l'accroissement et ? l'approfondissement de la recherche en sciences statistiques au Canada tout en faisant la promotion de la discipline. En s'appuyant sur la reconnaissance internationale de la communaut? statistique canadienne, CANSSI visera ? d?velopper tous les domaines des sciences statistiques, notamment la recherche interdisciplinaire dans les disciplines dont le d?veloppement d?pend de l'innovation statistique. Par l'entremise de r?seaux nationaux de chercheurs, CANSSI s'attaquera aux grandes questions de recherche en statistique importantes pour la science et l'int?r?t public et ?tablira des liens avec les autres disciplines et organisations qui utilisent et produisent beaucoup de donn?es. La SSC est particuli?rement fi?re que *Mary Thompson*, MSRC, professeure distingu?e ?m?rite ? l'Universit? de Waterloo, ait accept? d'agir ? titre de premi?re *directrice scientifique de CANSSI*. Elle si?gera ?galement sur son Conseil d'administration. De par sa brillante carri?re ? titre de chercheuse et d'administratrice, Mary sera ? m?me de tr?s bien mener CANSSI durant cette ?tape cruciale de son d?veloppement. Le premier Conseil d'administration de CANSSI, qui cumule une riche exp?rience en leadership et comprend les b?n?ficiaires de nombreux prix de recherche nationaux et internationaux, est bien pr?par? pour lancer ce nouvel institut en sciences statistiques. Il regroupe : 1) cinq directeurs associ?s (r?gionaux) -- Hugh Chipman (provinces atlantiques), Christian Genest (Qu?bec), Nancy Reid (Ontario), Alexandre Leblanc (Manitoba/Saskatchewan) et Will Welch (Alberta/C.-B.); b) cinq repr?sentants d'organisations ?trang?res de sciences statistiques ou de disciplines ou secteurs dans lesquels s'applique la statistique -- Rosemary Bender (statisticienne en chef adjointe, Informatique et m?thodologie, Statistique Canada), Arvind Gupta (directeur scientifique, MITACS), Michael Kramer (professeur de p?diatrie et d'?pid?miologie et biostatistique, McGill; ancien directeur scientifique, Institut du d?veloppement et de la sant? des enfants et des adolescents, IRSC), Richard Smith (directeur, SAMSI : Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute) et Francis Zwiers (directeur, Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium); et c) les directeurs des trois instituts canadiens de sciences math?matiques -- Alejandro Adem (PIMS : Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences), Edward Bierstone (Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences) et Fran?ois Lalonde (CRM : Centre de recherches math?matiques). CANSSI est le r?sultat d'un vaste processus de r?flexion au sein de la communaut? canadienne des sciences statistiques, men? en parall?le ? l'Exercice de planification ? long terme pour les sciences math?matiques et statistiques initi? par le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g?nie du Canada (CRSNG). Au terme des discussions de planification ? long terme, les directeurs des trois instituts se sont engag?s ? travailler avec la communaut? des sciences statistiques sur le projet CANSSI, en acceptant notamment d'inclure du financement pour les projets et les activit?s du CANSSI dans leur prochaine demande de financement au CRSNG. CANSSI prendra sa place dans le r?seau canadien de ressources th?matiques et collaboratives envisag? dans la planification ? long terme et travaillera ? augmenter la reconnaissance de l'importance des sciences statistiques au Canada. En ayant son propre institut national, la communaut? statistique pourra poursuivre ses propres orientations et solliciter des sources additionnelles de financement. En octobre, le Conseil d'administration de la SSC a vot? pour l'octroi d'un financement de d?marrage ? CANSSI ? m?me son Fonds de d?veloppement puisqu'il reconna?t l'importance de cette initiative pour la communaut? canadienne de sciences statistiques. Ceci permettra ? CANSSI de fonctionner jusqu'? ce qu'il obtienne, tel que pr?vu, des fonds d'infrastructure de la part de membres institutionnels (? partir de mai 2013). Demeurez ? l'aff?t, d'autres annonces sur les premi?res activit?s de CANSSI suivront sous peu! John Brewster et Christian L?ger Pr?sident-sortant et Pr?sident de la Soci?t? statistique du Canada -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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An objective is to use the methods proposed for solving real life problems by analyzing the relevant data. Also, the use of recent advances in different fields will be promoted such as for example, new optimization and statistical methods, data warehouse, data mining and knowledge systems, computing-aided decision supports and neural computing. Particular attention will be given to interesting applications in engineering, productions and services (maintenance, reliability, planning and control, quality control, finance, insurance, management and administration, inventory and logistics, marketing, environment, human resources, biotechnology, medicine, ...). The publications of the conference include: 1. The Book of Abstracts in Electronic and in Paper form 2. Electronic Proceedings in CD and in the web in a permanent website 3. Publications in International Journals For more information and Abstract/Paper submission and Special Session Proposals please visit the conference website at: http://www.asmda.es and submit your contributions to secretariat@asmda.es Kind regards, Prof. Raimondo Manca University of Rome "La Sapienza" Italy Prof. Christos H. Skiadas Technical University of Crete, Greece Prof. Vladimir Zaiats Escola Polit?cnica Superior, Universitat de Vic, Spain ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Background: Since 1981, ASMDA aims to serve as the interface between Stochastic Modeling and Data Analysis and their real life applications particularly in Business, Finance and Insurance, Management, Production and Reliability, Biology and Medicine. Our main objective is to publish papers, both theoretical or practical, presenting new results having potential for solving real-life problems. Another important objective is to present new methods for solving these problems by analyzing the relevant data. Also, the use of recent advances in different fields, will be promoted such as for example, new optimization and statistical methods, data warehouse, data mining and knowledge systems, computing-aided decision supports and neural computing. The role played by ASMDA as interface between theory and practice means that the symposia are of great interest for both the academic and business worlds. The high standards of the meetings are guaranteed by strong international scientific committees and by a permanent world-wide ASMDA Committee. The preceding international ASMDA Symposia were organized in Brussels (1981, 1983, 1985), Belgium, in Nancy (1988), France, in Granada (1991), Spain, in Chania (1993), Greece, in Dublin (1995), Ireland, in Anacapri (1997), Italy, in Lisboa (1999), Portugal, in Compi?gne (2001), France and in Brest (2005), France, in Chania (2007), Greece, in Vilnius (2009) Lithuania and in Rome (2011) Italy. In general, the proceeding volumes were published by international scientific publishers or local publishers. The Conference 2013 will focus on new trends in theory, applications and software of Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis. ASMDA 2013 will take place in Mataro near Barcelona, Spain. Particular interest will be given to interesting applications in engineering, productions and services (maintenance, reliability, planning and control, quality control, finance, insurance, management and administration, inventory and logistics, marketing, environment, human resources, biotechnology, medicine, ...). Methodological approaches * Poisson, Markov, semi-Markov processes, * Point processes, * Martingales, Stochastic calculus, * Random evolutions, * Decision and Controlled Processes, * Diffusion and Poisson approximations, * Asymptotic models and Weak Convergences, * Statistical inference for Stochastic processes , * Hidden Markov and semi-Markov processes, * Fitting models for data, * Reliability and survival analysis, * Bayesian inference, * Functional data analysis, * Discriminant and Regression Analysis, * Mixture model and Probabilistic approach to Clustering, * Analysis of complex data (incomplete, censored, missing, spatio-temporal, imprecise, fuzzy,...), * Theories of uncertainty, * Graphical models and Bayesian networks, * Multidimensional Scaling and Multi-way Data Analysis, * Sensory Analysis, * Classification and Documentation, * Data and Text Mining, * Chaotic and Stochastic processes, * Analysis of Chaotic processes. Special techniques and algorithms: * Neural Networks, * Genetic and Fuzzy Algorithms, * Support Vector Machine, * Monte Carlo Methods * Chaotic Simulation. The Symposium includes three types of presentations* * Key Note Speakers on the main topics of the Symposium selected by the Scientific Program Committee; * Contributed papers proposed by authors; * Invited specialized sessions proposed by the Scientific Program Committee**. *Poster presentations are accepted ** Special sessions proposals from people working in a special topic of the ASMDA field are also accepted Software exhibitions are planned If you don't like to receive messages regarding the ASMDA Conference, please click here: Remove -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121106/da0e3ae8/attachment.htm From commsp at cms.math.ca Wed Nov 7 10:55:57 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Wed Nov 7 10:55:48 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?Reminder=3A_CMS_Math_Competition_Grants_/?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_Rappel=3A_Subventions_pour_les_concours_de_math=E9matique?= =?iso-8859-1?q?s_de_la_SMC?= Message-ID: <509A848D.40704@cms.math.ca> The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is now accepting applications for the 2013 CMS Math Competition Grants. The Math Competition Grants are open to contests of different kinds at the elementary and secondary school levels. The deadline for applications is*November 15, 2012.* Full application details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Competitions/grants ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC) accepte maintenant des demandes de subventions pour les concours de math?matiques de la SMC 2013. Les subventions pour les concours de math?matiques s'appliquent ? divers concours organis?s au niveau primaire et secondaire. La date limite pour les demandes est le *15 novembre 2012.* On peut obtenir des d?tails complets pour la pr?sentation d'une demande ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Concours/grants -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us! [Twitter] [Facebook] Suivez-nous! -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From commsp at cms.math.ca Wed Nov 7 11:33:32 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Wed Nov 7 11:33:23 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?S=E9minaire_de_Math=E9matiques_Sup=E9rieu?= =?iso-8859-1?q?res_2013?= Message-ID: <509A8D5C.8020703@cms.math.ca> [Le fran?ais suit] We invite applications for the 52nd edition of the "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures 2013''. This summer school, directed mainly at advanced graduate students and beginning researchers, will be held from June 24 to July 5, 2013 on the campus of the University of Montreal. The topic this year is "Physics and Mathematics of Link Homology". SPEAKERS: Mina Aganagic (Berkeley), Dror Bar-Natan (Toronto), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Anton Kapustin (Caltech), Aaron Lauda (USC), Marcos Mari?o (Geneva), Alexei Oblomkov (Amherst), Peter Ozsvath (Princeton), Ramadevi Pichai (Bombay), Jake Rasmussen (Cambridge), Marko Stos(ic' (Lisbon), Cumrun Vafa* (Harvard), Ben Webster (Northeastern), Edward Witten* (IAS) * To be confirmed TO APPLY: Interested students should apply before March 15th, 2013 via the website at http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/sms/ - Financial support is available. The S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures is an annual summer school in the Mathematical Sciences organized jointly by the Centre de Recherches Math?matiques (Montr?al), The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley), the Fields Institute (Toronto) and the Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver). It receives additional support from the Institut des Sciences Math?matiques (Montr?al), from the Universit? de Montr?al, the Canadian Mathematical Society and The Simons Foundation. The 2013 edition has also the support of the Geometry and Topology Group (Montr?al). For more information please see http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/sms/ Scientific organizing Committee: Sergei Gukov (Caltech), Mikhail Khovanov (Columbia), Johannes Walcher (McGill) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nous vous invitons ? soumettre votre candidature pour participer au "S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures 2013", une ?cole d'?t? qui aura lieu du 24 juin au 5 juillet 2013 sur le campus de l'Universit? de Montr?al. L'?cole s'adresse principalement aux ?tudiant(e)s en fin de 3?me cycle et aux jeunes chercheurs, encourag?(e)s ? faire une demande en suivant les instructions indiqu?es ci-dessous. Le th?me de la 52?me ?dition du SMS sera la ?Physique et Math?matiques de l'Homologie des Entrelacs ?. CONF?RENCIERS: Mina Aganagic (Berkeley), Dror Bar-Natan (Toronto), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Anton Kapustin (Caltech), Aaron Lauda (USC), Marcos Mari?o (Geneva), Alexei Oblomkov (Amherst), Peter Ozsvath (Princeton), Ramadevi Pichai (Bombay), Jake Rasmussen (Cambridge), Marko Stos(ic' (Lisbon), Cumrun Vafa* (Harvard), Ben Webster (Northeastern), Edward Witten* (IAS) *? Confirmer POUR FAIRE UNE DEMANDE: Les ?tudiant(e)s int?ress?(e)s sont pri?(e)s de faire une demande avant la date limite du 15 mars 2013 sur le site http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/sms - Une aide financi?re est disponible. Le ? S?minaire de Math?matiques Sup?rieures ? est une ?cole d'?t? annuelle organis?e conjointement par le Centre de Recherches Math?matiques (Montr?al), le Fields Institute (Toronto), le Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley) et le Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Vancouver). 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The award focuses on the recipient's proven excellence as a teacher at the undergraduate level as exemplified by unusual effectiveness in the classroom and/or commitment and dedication to teaching and to students. The deadline for applications is *November 15, 2012*. Full nomination details are available on the CMS website: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/et ------------------------------------------------------------------------ La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix d'excellence en enseignement 2013. Le prix tient surtout ? r?compenser l'excellence reconnue d'un enseignant ou d'une enseignante au niveau postsecondaire telle qu'illustr?e par son efficacit? exceptionnelle en classe ou son engagement et son d?vouement envers l'enseignement et les ?tudiants. La date limite pour des mises en candidature est le *15 novembre 2012*. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature sur le site de la SMC: http://cms.math.ca/Prix/info/et -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us! 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The award will consist of a cash prize of $1,000 and a commemorative plaque that will be presented at the CAIMS Annual Meeting. The prize recipient will be invited to deliver a plenary lecture at the CAIMS Annual Meeting in the year of the award. Nominations must be submitted by January 31, 2013 to: nominations@pims.math.ca. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. For nomination procedures and further information, please see http://www.pims.math.ca/pims-glance/prizes-awards. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Alexakis a obtenu un baccalaur?at en math?matiques de l'Universit? d'Ath?nes en 1999 et un doctorat de l'Universit? de Princeton en 2005 sous la supervision de Charles Fefferman. Il a re?u une bourse de recherche Clay ainsi que une bourse Sloan. Il s'est joint au d?partement de math?matiques de l'Universit? de Toronto en 2008. Ses travaux sont en analyse et en physique math?matique. Seul ou avec des collaborateurs, il a obtenu des r?sultats frappants dans au moins trois directions diff?rentes. Sa contribution la plus importante est d'avoir r?solu une conjecture de Deser et Schwimmer concernant la structure des invariants conformes globaux. Ce travail est paru sous la forme d'une monographie de recherche dans la prestigieuse collection Annals of Mathematics Studies de l'Universit? de Princeton. Avec Klainerman et Ionescu, il a contribu? d'une fa?on fondamentale ? l'?tude des propri?t?s des solutions de Kerr des ?quations de Einstein. Finalement, avec Mazzeo, il a obtenu des r?sultats profonds concernant les surfaces minimales avec une ?nergie de Wilmore born?e. Cr?? en 1991, le Prix de math?matiques Andr?-Aisenstadt souligne l'excellence de la recherche en math?matiques pures ou appliqu?es effectu?e par de jeunes math?maticiens canadiens. Il comprend une bourse ainsi qu'une m?daille. Les laur?ats du Prix de math?matiques Andr?-Aisenstadt depuis sa cr?ation en 1991 ont ?t? les suivants (les affiliations sont celles en vigueur au moment de l'attribution du prix) : Niky Kamran (McGill), Ian Putnam (Victoria), Michael Ward (UBC), Nigel Higson (Penn State), Adrian S. Lewis (Waterloo), Lisa Jeffrey (McGill), Henri Darmon (McGill), Boris Khesin (Toronto), John Toth (McGill), Changfeng Gui (Connecticut), Eckhard Meinrenken (Toronto), Jinyi Chen (UBC), Alexander Brudnyi (Calgary), Vinayak Vatsal (UBC), Ravi Vakil (Stanford), Iosif Polterovich (Montr?al), Tai-Peng Tsai (UBC), Gregory G. Smith (Queen's), Alexander E. Holroyd (UBC), Jozsef Solymosi (UBC), Jonathan Taylor (Montr?al), Valentin Blomer (Toronto), Omer Angel (UBC), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Marco Gualtieri (Toronto) et Young-Heon Kim (UBC). _______________________________________________ The 2013 Andr?-Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize awarded to Spyros Alexakis Montr?al, November 14, 2012 - The International Scientific Advisory Committee of the Centre de recherches math?matiques is happy to announce that Spyros Alexakis from the University of Toronto is the 2013 Andr?-Aisenstadt Prize recipient. Dr. Alexakis obtained a bachelor in arts degree from the University of Athens in 1999 and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2005 under the supervision of Charles Fefferman. He held a Clay Research Fellowship as well as a Sloan Fellowship. He joined the Mathematics Department of the University of Toronto in 2008. He works in analysis and mathematical physics. Alone and with collaborators he obtained striking results in at least three different directions. His main contribution is a solution to a conjecture of Deser and Schwimmer regarding the structure of global conformal invariants. This work was published as a research monograph in the prestigious Annals of Mathematics Studies of Princeton University. Secondly, together with Klainerman and Ionescu, he made important progress in the understanding of the Kerr solutions to Einstein's equations. Finally, jointly with Mazzeo, he obtained deep results concerning minimal surfaces with bounded Wilmore energy. Created in 1991, the Andr? Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize celebratee outstanding research achievement by a young Canadian mathematicians in pure or applied mathematics. The Prize consists of a monetary prize and a medal. Since its creation, the Andr?-Aisensadt Prize has been awarded to the following (the affiliations are the current ones at the time of the award): Niky Kamran (McGill), Ian Putnam (Victoria), Michael Ward (UBC), Nigel Higson (Penn State), Adrian S. Lewis (Waterloo), Lisa Jeffrey (McGill), Henri Darmon (McGill), Boris Khesin (Toronto), John Toth (McGill), Changfeng Gui (Connecticut), Eckhard Meinrenken (Toronto), Jinyi Chen (UBC), Alexander Brudnyi (Calgary), Vinayak Vatsal (UBC), Ravi Vakil (Stanford), Iosif Polterovich (Montr?al), Tai-Peng Tsai (UBC), Gregory G. Smith (Queen's), Alexander E. Holroyd (UBC), Jozsef Solymosi (UBC), Jonathan Taylor (Montr?al), Valentin Blomer (Toronto), Omer Angel (UBC), Joel Kamnitzer (Toronto), Marco Gualtieri (Toronto) and Young-Heon Kim (UBC). Source : Centre de recherches math?matiques communications@crm.umontreal.ca http://www.crm.math.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It reflects the dynamism, strength and diversity of aspirations of the different segments of the mathematical and statistical sciences communities in Canada. In addition to NSERC, which funded the exercise and provided essential support, key partners in this process include the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS), the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society (CAIMS), the Statistical Society of Canada (SSC), the Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), the Fields Institute, the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), and the Banff International Research Station (BIRS). You are cordially invited to the official launch of the Long Range Plan for the Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, which will take place in Montreal on Saturday December 8, 2012, as part of the Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society. The event will take place from 12h30 to 14h00 in the Salon St Francois of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The invited guests include Suzanne Fortier, President of NSERC, Isabelle Blain, Vice-President for Grants and Scholarships, the Presidents of the CMS, CAIMS, SSC and the Directors of the CRM, the Fields Institute, PIMS, BIRS, and CANSSI. Program: 1. Welcome and introductions by Jacques Hurtubise, Past-President of the CMS 2. Presentation of the Plan by Nancy Reid, Chair of the LRP Committee 3. Address by Suzanne Fortier, President of NSERC 4. Questions and Discussion 5. Refreshments Nancy Reid, Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee Chers Collegues, ? la demande du CRSNG, les communaut?s math?matique et statistique canadiennes se sont livr?es ? un exercice approfondi de planification ? long terme, dont l?objectif ?tait d??tablir des priorit?s et des orientations pour le d?veloppement de ces disciplines au Canada au cours des cinq ? dix prochaines ann?es. Le Plan ? long terme (http://longrangeplan.ca/fr/) est le r?sultat de plus de deux ans de travaux et de consultations ?tendues. Il refl?te le dynamisme, la force et la diversit? des aspirations des diverses composantes des communaut?s math?matiques et statistiques canadiennes. Outre le CRSNG, qui a financ? cet exercice et y a apport? un soutien essentiel, les partenaires cl?s de cette entreprise ont ?t? la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada (SMC), la Soci?t? canadienne de math?matiques appliqu?es et industrielles (SCMAI), la Soci?t? statistique du Canada (SSC), le Centre de recherches math?matiques (CRM), l?Institut Fields, l?Institut des sciences math?matiques du Pacifique (PIMS) et la Station de recherche internationale de Banff (BIRS). Vous ?tes cordialement invit?s au lancement officiel du Plan ? long terme pour les sciences math?matiques et statistiques, qui se tiendra a Montreal le samedi 8 decembre dans le cadre de la r?union d?hiver de la Soci?t? math?matique du Canada. L'evenement se tiendra de 12h30 a 14h00 au salon St Francois de l'hotel Reine Elizabeth, en pr?sence de Mme Suzanne Fortier, pr?sidente du CRSNG, des pr?sidents de la SMC, de la SCMAI et de la SSC, ainsi que des directeurs du CRM, du Fields, de PIMS, de BIRS et de CANSSI. Programme : 1. Mot de bienvenue et pr?sentations par Jacques Hurtubise, pr?sident sortant de la SMC 2. Pr?sentation du Plan par Nancy Reid, pr?sidente du Comit? de PLT 3. Discours de Suzanne Fortier, pr?sidente du CRSNG 4. Discussions 5. Rafra?chissements Nancy Reid, Presidente du comite de Planification a Long Terme. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The teaching load is 4 semester-long courses. We seek a candidate who has demonstrated excellence in teaching at an undergraduate level, preferably as a full-time instructor. The ideal candidate will also contribute to the active research life of the department, engaging students in advanced aspects of mathematics through discussions or projects, and interacting with the present faculty in mathematical scholarship. Submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, a summary of the ongoing research projects, and a letter discussing your teaching philosophy, classroom strategies and pedagogical initiatives. Arrange for three letters of recommendation (at least one of which specifically addresses your teaching accomplishments, and at least two of which address your research program in broad terms) /through MathJobs.org . / The deadline for the receipt of the applications is *February 15, 2013*; late applications may be considered at the discretion of the search committee. Colby is a highly selective top tier liberal arts college situated in central Maine. The college is located approximately three hours' drive north of Boston, four hours' drive south of Quebec City, and five hours' drive southeast of Montreal. The area is known for its natural beauty and its ready access to lakes, forests, the ocean, skiing, and other recreational activities. Waterville and the area boast a lively cultural scene as well. For more information about the department, visit www.colby.edu/math/MathematicsStatistics.php Colby is committed to equality and diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage inquiries from candidates who will contribute to the cultural and ethnic diversity of our college. Colby College does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, or age in employment or in our educational programs. 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ISSAC 2013 will be hosted by Northeastern University in Boston, USA. ISSAC 2013 invites the submission of original research contributions to be considered for publication and presentation at the conference. All areas of computer algebra and symbolic mathematical computation are of interest. These include, but are not limited to: Algorithmic aspects: * Exact and symbolic linear, polynomial and differential algebra. * Symbolic-numeric, homotopy, perturbation and series methods. * Computational algebraic geometry, group theory and number theory. * Computer arithmetic. * Summation, recurrence equations, integration, solution of ODEs & PDEs. * Symbolic methods in other areas of pure and applied mathematics. * Complexity of algebraic algorithms and algebraic complexity Software aspects: * Design of symbolic computation packages and systems. * Language design and type systems for symbolic computation. * Data representation. * Considerations for modern hardware. * Algorithm implementation and performance tuning. * Mathematical user interfaces. Application aspects: * Applications that stretch the current limits of computer algebra algorithms or systems, use computer algebra in new areas or new ways, or apply it in situations with broad impact. Submission Instructions ----------------------- Papers must present original research and not duplicate work published or submitted for consideration elsewhere. Papers must be in English and should not exceed 8 pages in the ACM sig-alternate.cls style, found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates (submissions may be made in article style, with a limit of 18 pages). Papers may have an appendix that may be read by the reviewers and PC members at their discretion. Final papers must be complete and self-contained within the 8-page limit, and extended abstracts are not allowed. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper. Submission is via EasyChair, at the web site https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=issac2013 Important Dates: ---------------- Paper submission: Monday, January 14, 2013 Acceptance notification: Monday, March 18, 2013 Final copy due: Wed, April 17, 2013 Conference Organization ----------------------- General Chairs: Michael Monagan, Simon Fraser University Gene Cooperman, Northeastern University Treasurer: Daniel S. Roche, US Naval Academy Program Committee Chair: Mark Giesbrecht, University of Waterloo, Canada Program committee: Hirokazu Anai (Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan) Xavier Dahan (Kyushu University, Japan) James Davenport (University of Bath, UK) Jean-Guillaume Dumas (Universite Joseph Fourier, France) Joachim von zur Gathen (B-IT/Universitaet Bonn, Germany) Mark van Hoeij (Florida State University, USA) Erich Kaltofen (North Carolina State University, USA) Manuel Kauers (RISC, Linz, Austria) Anton Leykin (Georgia Tech, USA) Steve Linton (University of St. Andrews, UK) Elizabeth Mansfield (University of Kent, UK) Tomas Recio (Universidad de Cantabria, Spain) Bruno Salvy (INRIA, France) Hans Schoenemann (Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany) Eric Schost (Western University, Canada) Allan Steel (University of Sydney, Australia) Barry Trager (IBM Research, USA) Lihong Zhi (Academia Sinica, Beijing, China) Paul Zimmermann (INRIA, Nancy, France) Proceedings Editor: Manuel Kauers (RISC, Linz, Austria) Local Arrangement Chair: Gene Cooperman (Northeastern University, USA) Tutorial Chair: David Saunders (University of Delaware, USA) Software Presentations Chair: Joris van der Hoeven (Ecole Polytechnique, France) Poster Chair: Alin Bostan (INRIA Saclay Ile-de-France, France) Treasurer: Daniel Roche (US Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA) Publicity Chair: Jeremy Johnson (Drexel University, USA) Webmaster: Andy Novocin (Delaware, USA) From akelm at cms.math.ca Tue Nov 27 14:21:12 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Tue Nov 27 14:21:19 2012 Subject: [cmath] Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity - Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) Message-ID: <50B512A8.1020900@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: mi-pdf.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 82364 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121127/f0095959/mi-pdf.pdf From ikotsire at uwaterloo.ca Sun Dec 2 23:21:28 2012 From: ikotsire at uwaterloo.ca (ikotsire) Date: Sun Dec 2 23:21:36 2012 Subject: [cmath] AMMCS-2013, August 26-30, 2013, Waterloo ON, Canada Message-ID: Dear Colleague, The International Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (AMMCS-2013) will take place in Waterloo, ON, Canada, August 26-30, 2013. We would like to invite you to attend and contribute. Call for proposals of special sessions/minisymposia and abstract submission are now open. AMMCS-2013 Plenary Speakers: Peter Carr (Morgan Stanley) Emily Carter (Princeton University) Ronald Coifman (Yale University) Marty Golubitsky (Ohio State University) Lili Kari (Western University) Andrew Majda (New York University) George Papanicolaou (Stanford University) Panos Pardalos (University of Florida) Michael Sigal (University of Toronto) Godfried Toussaint (NYUAD/MIT/McGill) Refereed conference proceedings will be published by Springer and selected papers, presented at the conference, will be invited to several journal special issues. We look forward to welcoming you in Waterloo. Ilias Kotsireas and Roderick Melnik, AMMCS-2013 General Chairs conference website: http://www.ammcs2013.wlu.ca conference e-mail: ammcs2013@wlu.ca From adem at pims.math.ca Mon Dec 3 11:27:02 2012 From: adem at pims.math.ca (Alejandro Adem) Date: Mon Dec 3 11:27:09 2012 Subject: [cmath] Prix CRM/Fields/PIMS - CRM/Fields/PIMS Prize 2013 References: <4992B5C8-79FC-4AD5-92D6-8065947210F9@dms.umontreal.ca> Message-ID: <162B166A-39D9-4926-BDED-EECD09D546F1@pims.math.ca> ***PRIX CRM/FIELDS/PIMS 2013 - CRM/FIELDS/PIMS PRIZE 2013*** Bruce Reed, professeur de l'Universit? McGill, est le laur?at 2013 du prix CRM/Fields/PIMS. Ce prix a pour but de souligner des r?alisations exceptionnelles en sciences math?matiques. Une r?compense de $10,000 sera remise au laur?at qui sera ?galement invit? ? pr?senter une conf?rence publique sur ses travaux ? chacun des trois instituts. Le Professeur Reed a fait ses ?tudes ? l'Universit? McGill en math?matiques et en informatique. Apr?s avoir effectu? des stages postdoctoraux et occup? des postes de professeur en Europe, au Canada et aux ?tats-Unis, il s'est joint ? l'Universit? McGill en 2001. Il d?tient une Chaire de recherche du Canada en th?orie des graphes et a ?t? ?lu membre de la Soci?t? Royale du Canada en 2009. Le Professeur Reed a jou? un r?le de premier plan dans les recherches en math?matiques discr?tes et en informatique th?orique. Il a ?t? tout particuli?rement remarqu? pour ses travaux sur la th?orie des graphes dont les plus importantes contributions concernent les structures al?atoires, les mineurs des graphes ainsi que la coloration des graphes. En d?cernant le prix au Professeur Reed, le Comit? de s?lection a voulu souligner "ses contributions exceptionnelles ? des probl?mes complexes et importants sur les mineurs des graphes, la coloration des graphes, la th?orie algorithmique des graphes, les graphes al?atoires, et l'analyse probabiliste des algorithmes". ----- Prof. Bruce Reed has been awarded the CRM/Fields/PIMS Prize for 2013. The Prize recognizes exceptional achievement in the area of mathematical sciences and is considered one of the top honors in mathematics in Canada. The Prize carries a monetary award of $10,000 and the recipient presents lectures at each of the three Institutes. Prof. Reed received his degrees in Mathematics and in Computer Science at McGill University. Following postdoctoral fellowships and faculty positions in Europe, Canada and the USA, he joined the faculty of McGill University in 2001: he currently holds the Canada Research Chair in Graph Theory and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2009. Prof. Reed has played a leading role in a broad range of research areas in discrete mathematics and theoretical computer science. He is best known for his work on a broad range of areas within graph theory, with many of his most important contributions being in random structures, graph minors, and graph colouring. Prof. Reed was cited "For his profound contributions to difficult and important problems in the areas of graph minors, graph colouring, algorithmic graph theory, random graphs, and the probabilistic analysis of algorithms". From akelm at cms.math.ca Wed Dec 5 13:37:47 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Wed Dec 5 13:38:04 2012 Subject: [cmath] Tenure-Track Position in Statistics - St. Francis Xavier University Message-ID: <50BF947B.1030304@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: stfx-stats.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 303146 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121205/86f7dec8/stfx-stats-0001.pdf From rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca Fri Dec 7 10:52:57 2012 From: rousseac at dms.umontreal.ca (Christiane Rousseau) Date: Fri Dec 7 10:52:55 2012 Subject: [cmath] Lancement de MPT2013/Canadian launch of MPE2013 Message-ID: <38273FF3-322C-44A6-8A44-074442D3DDF5@dms.umontreal.ca> English follows... Aujourd'hui le 7d?cembre 2012 nous c?l?brons le lancement international de Math?matiques de la plan?te Terre 2013 (MPT2013). Ce lancement co?ncide avec le lancement canadien dans le cadre de la r?union d'hiver de la SMC du 7-10 d?cembre. Math?matiques de la plan?te Terre (MPT 2013) est une ann?e sp?ciale d'activit?s scientifiques et de vulgarisation sur le th?me: www.mpt2013.org sous le patronage de l'Unesco et avec l'appui de l'Union math?matique internationale (IMU) et du International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). 2013 se rapproche et MPT2013 continue de s'?tendre: il y a maintenant plus de 100 partenaires! Les ?v?nements sp?ciaux lors du lancement canadiens se trouvent ? http://cms.math.ca/Reunions/hiver12/.f Et vous ?tes invit?(e)s ? visiter la page de nouvelles de MPT 2013: www.mpe2013.org/newsroom ________________________________________________________ Today December 7 2012 we celebrate the international launch of Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013. This launch is in phase with the Canadian launch within the Winter Meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society on December 7-10. Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 (MPE2013) is a special year of scientific and outreach activities: www.mpe2013.org. It has the patronage of UNESCO and it is endorsed by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM). 2013 is fast approaching and MPE2013 continues to spread: there are now more than 100 partners! The special events during the Canadian launch can be seen at http://cms.math.ca/Events/winter12/. We invite you to visit the Newsroom www.mpe2013.org/newsroom Christiane Rousseau D?partement de math?matiques et de statistique Universit? de Montr?al C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville Montr?al, Qc, H3C 3J7 T?l: 514 343-7729, T?lec: 514 343-5700 rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Centre-ville Montr?al, Qc, H3C 3J7 T?l: 514 343-7729, T?lec: 514 343-5700 rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121210/3affae51/attachment.htm From akelm at cms.math.ca Mon Dec 10 11:17:32 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Mon Dec 10 11:17:37 2012 Subject: [cmath] Long Range Plan for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Research in Canada Message-ID: <50C60B1C.9010503@cms.math.ca> From: Nancy Reid Sent: December-10-12 9:19 AM Dear Colleague, The Long Range Plan for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Research in Canada was launched on December 8, at a special session of the CMS Winter Meeting. News about the launch and a copy of the plan are available at http://longrangeplan.ca. Hard copies will be mailed to all department chairs this week. Thanks are due to all the members of our research communities who provided input and comments during our consultation process. We are pleased with the result, and we hope you are too. -- Nancy Reid, University Professor of Statistics University of Toronto phone: 416 978 5046 fax: 416 978 5133 web: www.utstat.utoronto.ca/reid/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Schoen; leurs conf?rences ont ?t? donn?es dans le cadre du semestre th?matique sur l'analyse g?om?trique et la th?orie spectrale. Dans ce num?ro, il est ?galement question de Luc Vinet, laur?at 2012 du Prix ACP-CRM; du c?t? de la rel?ve, nous soulignons les r?alisations des jeunes laur?ats des prix Andr?-Aisenstadt 2012, Marco Gualtieri et Young-Heon Kim. ? l'international, on dresse un tableau des activit?s ? Montr?al et ? Qu?bec du programme mondial ?Math?matiques de la plan?te Terre?. Puis Laurent Habsieger fait le bilan du succ?s d'une premi?re ann?e ? l'Unit? mixte internationale CNRS-CRM. La version imprim?e vient d'?tre post?e. Un formulaire d'abonnement est ?galement disponible sur le Web: http://crm.math.ca/bulletin/abonnement/ * * * The electronic version of the Fall issue of Bulletin du CRM (Vol. 18, No. 2) is available on the Web at http://crm.math.ca/rapports/bulletin/bulletin18-2.pdf The 2012 Fall issue of le Bulletin reflects the wealth and vitality of scientific activities at the Centre de recherches math?matiques. Namely, a coverage of Aisenstadt Chairs 2012 chosen for their relevance and impact: Laszlo Erd?s, Elon Lindenstrauss and Richard M. Schoen; their talks were given within the thematic semester on Geometric Analysis and Spectral Theory. In this issue, we also report on Luc Vinet, the 2012 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics winner. As far as the new generation of mathematicians, we acknowledge the achievements of the two young 2012 Andr? Aisenstadt Mathematics Prize winners, Marco Gualtieri and Young-Heon Kim. Internationally, we give a clear picture of the activities to be held in Montreal and Quebec within the Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 thematic year. Then, Laurent Habsieger reviews the success of the first year of Unit? mixte internationale CNRS-CRM. The printed edition was mailed today. A subscription form is also available on the Web at http://crm.math.ca/bulletin/abonnement/ From commsp at cms.math.ca Wed Dec 12 11:33:15 2012 From: commsp at cms.math.ca (Jessica St-James) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:33:30 2012 Subject: [cmath] =?iso-8859-1?q?2013_Graham_Wright_Award_for_Distinguishe?= =?iso-8859-1?q?d_Service/Prix_Graham_Wright_pour_service_m=E9ritoire_2013?= Message-ID: <50C8B1CB.5070702@cms.math.ca> *Deadline: March 31, 2013* The CMS invites nominations for the 2013 Graham Wright Award for Distinguished Service. This award recognizes individuals who have made sustained and significant contributions to the Canadian mathematical community, and, in particular, to the Canadian Mathematical Society. Complete nomination details are available at: http://cms.math.ca/Prizes/info/ds.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Date limite: 31 mars 2013* La SMC sollicite des mises en candidature pour le Prix Graham Wright pour service m?ritoire 2013. Le prix r?compense les personnes qui contribuent de fa?on importante et soutenue ? la communaut? math?matique canadienne et, notamment, ? la SMC. On peut obtenir les d?tails complets de la mise en candidature ? l'adresse suivante : http://cms.math.ca/Prix/info/ds -- Jessica St-James Communications and Special Projects Officer Canadian Mathematical Society Tel: +1 (613) 733-2662 ext. 728 /Think before you PRINT!/ [cms web link] Jessica St-James Communications et projets sp?ciaux Soci?t? math?matique du Canada T?l : +1 (613) 733-2662 poste 728 /Pensez avant que vous IMPRIMIEZ !/ Follow us! [Twitter] [Facebook] Suivez-nous! -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From akelm at cms.math.ca Thu Dec 13 12:31:35 2012 From: akelm at cms.math.ca (Alan Kelm) Date: Thu Dec 13 12:31:42 2012 Subject: [cmath] Assistant or Associate Professor - Applied and Industrial Mathematics - UOIT Message-ID: <50CA10F7.8070705@cms.math.ca> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The information contained in the expert panel's report and feedback from the research community will contribute to NSERC's evaluation of potential methodologies to allocate budgets among Evaluation Groups under the Discovery Grants (DG) Program. Stakeholders in the research community are invited to complete the online survey or share their feedback via email until January 11, 2013. To complete the survey, please open the survey and enter code 7243623. We also invite the research community to share any questions or comments through connect@nserc-crnsg.gc.ca . Keith Taylor President, CMS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Consultations sur les r?sultats du rapport intitul? ?clairer les choix en mati?re de recherche : Indicateurs et d?cisions* Le CRSNG invite les membres du milieu de la recherche ? formuler des commentaires sur les r?sultats de l'?valuation que le Conseil des acad?mies canadiennes (CAC) a r?alis?e en juillet 2012 et qui sont pr?sent?s dans le rapport intitul? ?clairer les choix en mati?re de recherche : Indicateurs et d?cisions . Les renseignements contenus dans le rapport du groupe d'experts et les commentaires du milieu de la recherche aideront le CRSNG ? examiner les m?thodes d'affectation budg?taire possibles pour les divers groupes d'?valuation relevant du Programme de subventions ? la d?couverte. Les intervenants externes du milieu de la recherche sont invit?s ? r?pondre au sondage en ligne ou ? faire part de leurs commentaires par courriel d'ici le 11 janvier 2013. Pour r?pondre au sondage, ouvrez le site du sondage puis entrez le code 7243623. Nous invitons ?galement les membres du milieu de la recherche ? envoyer leurs questions ou leurs commentaires ? branche@nserc-crsng.gc.ca . Keith Taylor Pr?sident, SMC -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/attachments/20121217/96f16a24/attachment.htm