News archive
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Prizes awarded at ICM2018At the opening event of the 2018 International Congress of Mathematics in Rio, there have been awarded the following prizes: Fields medals to: Caucher Birkar, Cambridge University (UK), Alessio Figalli,... (Full article) |
2 Aug 18 | ||
Result of election for EMS EC in PragueDuring the Council Meeting held in 23-24 June 2018 in Prague, the following were elected for the Executive Committee of the EMS for the period 2019-2022. President - Volker Mehrmann Vicepresident - Betül Tanbay Secretary - Sjoerd Verduyn... (Full article) |
30 Jul 18 | ||
Elections to IMU Executive CommitteeDuring the IMU General Assembly, there was the election to IMU Executive Committee members. It was elected the President, Carlos E. Kenig, the Secretary General, Helge Holden, the Vicepresidents, Nalini Joshi and Loysio G. Nongxa, and 6 Members... (Full article) |
30 Jul 18 | ||
Saint Petersburg will host the 2022 ICMThe General Assembly of the IMU, on its meeting on 29th July 2018 before the 2018 ICM at Rio de Janeiro, has chosen Saint Petersburg as the next venue for the 2022... (Full article) |
30 Jul 18 | ||
SIAM Awards at the 2018 SIAM Annual MeetingThe Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has given awards to distinguished applied mathematicians for their research and contributions at the 2018 SIAM Annual Meeting. We congratulate to all the... (Full article) |
19 Jul 18 | ||
Open calls for Satellite Events and Minisymposia for 8ECMThe open calls for Minisymposia and Satellite Events for the 8th Congress of mathematics at Portorož, Slovenia, has been published. The deadlines are February 1, 2019 for Satellite Conferences, and December 1, 2019 for Minisymposia. The call can... (Full article) |
16 Jul 18 | ||
Petition to Support an Increase in Budget for Horizon EuropeThe proposed EU budget for Horizon Europe (the successor framework to Horizon 2020) is smaller than expected, and puts Europe behind other advanced economies on scientific investment. Please consider signing... (Full article) |
10 Jul 18 | ||
EMS on Open Access - Update July 2018To react to ongoing discussion about the open access, in particular, those taking place at the ESOF in Toulouse, the EMS wants to reiterate its position with respect to this question, see... (Full article) |
10 Jul 18 | ||
Edelsbrunner receives Wittgenstein AwardProf. Herbert Edelsbrunner, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, has received the Wittgenstein Award, the most prestigious award for science and research in Austria. |
6 Jul 18 | ||
Mateusz Kwaśnicki awarded 2018 EMS Gordin PrizeMateusz Kwaśnicki, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, has received the 2018 EMS Gordin Prize, for his outstanding contributions to the spectral analysis of Lévy... (Full article) |
5 Jul 18 | ||
EMS e-News 27, June 2018HEADLINES
- The Executive Committee Meeting The Executive Committee met 23-25 March in Rome, on the kind invitation of the Italian Mathematical Union. The extensive discussion included the committees for the 2020... (Full article) |
18 Jun 18 | e-News | |
Kashiwara awarded 2018 Kyoto Prize in MathematicsProf. Masaki Kashiwara, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, has been awarded the 2018 Kyoto Prize in the field of Basic Sciences - Mathematical Sciences, for "outstanding contributions to a broad spectrum of modern... (Full article) |
15 Jun 18 | ||
Breakthrough Junior ChallengeThe Breakthrough Prize sponsors an annual global competition for high school science and math students to inspire creative thinking about fundamental concepts in the natural sciences and mathematics.... (Full article) |
5 Jun 18 | ||
Caffarelli Wins 2018 Shaw PrizeLuis A. Caffarelli, University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2018 Shaw Prize in the Mathematical Sciences "for his groundbreaking work on partial differential equations, including creating a theory of regularity for nonlinear equations... (Full article) |
17 May 18 | ||
Decease of Prof. Do CarmoProf. Manfredo P. Do Carmo, emeritus researcher at IMPA-Brazil, died on 30 April 2018 at the age of 89. He received the Brazilian National Prize for Science and Technology, the National Order of Scientific Merit, and The World Academy of Sciences... (Full article) |
2 May 18 | ||
The 2018 Global Survey of Mathematical, Computing, and Natural ScientistsICIAM is part of an international study about the Gender Gap in Science, mainly funded by ICSU (International Council for Science), and managed by IMU (International Mathematical Union). This global survey is now open online. We encourage... (Full article) |
2 May 18 | ||
Assaf Naor awarded 2018 Nemmers PrizeAssaf Naor, Princeton University, has been awarded the 2018 Frederic Esser Nemmers Mathematics Prize for "his profound work on the geometry of metric spaces, which has led to breakthroughs in the theory of algorithms." The prize carries with it a... (Full article) |
20 Apr 18 | ||
Call for nominations for 2020 ICMI Emma Castelnuovo AwardThe Emma Castelnuovo Award for outstanding achievements in the practice of mathematics education will honor persons, groups, projects, institutions or organizations engaged in the development and implementation of exceptionally excellent and... (Full article) |
9 Apr 18 | ||
Prize Marc Yor 2018 awarded to Christophe GarbanThe Prize Marc Yor 2018 has been awarded to Christophe Garban (Université Lyon 1), for his work in probability and statistical physics. The prize was instituted by SMAI (Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics) and SMF (Société... (Full article) |
3 Apr 18 | ||
Open Letter of Support for Students Arrested at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, TurkeyMembers of academic communities around the world strongly oppose the recent arrests and harassment of students at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, Turkey. A support letter can be signed... (Full article) |
31 Mar 18 | ||
Call for mini-symposia at ICIAM 2019The call for organizing mini-symposia at the ICIAM 2019 congress is now open. Please visit the webpage for details and... (Full article) |
21 Mar 18 | ||
Abel Prize 2018 awarded to Robert P. LanglandsThe Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2018 to Robert P. Langlands of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA “for his visionary program connecting representation theory to number theory”.... (Full article) |
20 Mar 18 | ||
EMS e-News 26, March 2018EMS e-News 26, March 2018
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- The Executive Committee’s retreat The EMS’s Executive Committee (EC) met on 5-7 January 2018 in the Finnish resort of Koli for a one-off retreat to discuss long-term... (Full article) |
19 Mar 18 | e-News | |
Médailles awarded by CNRSThe CNRS (France) has awarded on 15 March 2018 the médailles d'argent, de bronze and de cristal. Among the 82 awardees there are mathematical winners: Grégory Miermont (UMPA), médaille d’argent, Anne-Laure Dalibard (LJLL), médaille de bronze,... (Full article) |
18 Mar 18 | ||
Decease of Prof. Thomas FriedrichProf. Thomas Friedrich, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany), has passed away on 27 February 2018, at the age of 68. Thomas Friedrich made significant contributions in differential geometry and global analysis. |
16 Mar 18 |