News archive
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Response of EMS to potential changes for ERCAccording to the EU news, a reorganisation of the Research and Innovation Directorate General of the European Commission is... (Full article) |
20 Feb 19 | ||
Survey by the EMS Education CommitteeStudent transition from school-level mathematics to university-level mathematics, often referred to as the secondary-tertiary transition |
15 Feb 19 | ||
Feedback from the EMS on the Implementation of Plan SThe mathematical community has been for a long time on the forefront of establishing an accessible, efficient, fair and transparent scholarly publishing system. The EMS and its Publications and Electronic Dissemination Committee are in favour of... (Full article) |
8 Feb 19 | ||
Open Position for Managing Editor of EMS - Publishing House in BerlinThe European Mathematical Society has today signed the founding papers for the European Mathematical Society- EMS- Publishing House in Berlin which will be the successor of the current EMS PH located in Zürich. Many thanks to Thomas Hintermann,... (Full article) |
6 Feb 19 | ||
Caucasian Mathematics Conference (CMC-III)The third Caucasian Mathematics Conference (CMC-III) will be organized in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on August 26-29, 2019, under the auspices of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) on the base of Southern Federal University and with cooperation... (Full article) |
4 Feb 19 | ||
Wolf Prize in Mathematics 2019 awarded to Lawler and le GallThe winners of the Wolf Prize in Mathematics 2019 are Prof. Gregory Lawler, Chicago University, for his comprehensive and pioneering research on erased loops and random walks and Prof. Jean Francois le Gall, Paris Sud Orsay University, for his... (Full article) |
17 Jan 19 | ||
Abel Prize announcement March 19The winner of the Abel Prize 2019 will be announced on the 19th of March at 11 GMT (12 noon in Oslo, Norway). The announcement will be transmitted as a live webcast and can be watched on the... (Full article) |
15 Jan 19 | ||
Decease of Prof. Sir Michael AtiyahSir Michael Atiyah FRS, honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh, has passed away on 11 January 2019, at the age of 89. He held many positions including Savilian Professor of Geometry in Oxford, President of the Royal Society UK, Master... (Full article) |
12 Jan 19 | ||
Decease of Prof. Peter Swinnerton-DyerProf. Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer Bt KBE FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge (UK), has passed away on 26 December 2018, at the age of 91. He was a leading number theorist of his generation. |
1 Jan 19 | ||
Decease of Prof. Jean BourgainProf. Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study Princeton (US), has passed away on 22 December 2018, at the age of 64. He obtained the Fields Medal in 1994. He was also awarded the Shaw Prize, the Crafoord Prize and the Breakthrough Prize in... (Full article) |
30 Dec 18 | ||
Decease of Prof. Elias SteinProf. Elias M. Stein, Princeton University (US), has passed away on 23 December 2018, at the age of 87. He was a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis. |
25 Dec 18 | ||
The EMS condemns Taylor & Francis's attack on freedom of scienceThe European Mathematical Society has become aware of serious mistreatment by the publishing company Taylor & Francis of the Iranian mathematicians Abbas Fakhari and Mohammad Soufi. Their paper "Saturation of Generalized Partially... (Full article) |
12 Dec 18 | ||
Open Call for Hirzebruch Lecture at 8ECMThe German Mathematical Society (DMV) and the European Mathematical Society (EMS) have jointly agreed to establish a “Hirzebruch Lecture" given as a part of the European Congresses of Mathematics. Nominations for the Hirzebruch Lecture at 8ECM... (Full article) |
10 Dec 18 | ||
EMS e-News 29, December 2018HEADLINES
- EMS Protest against the arrest of Betül Tanbay The EMS issued a statement on 16th November 2018, strongly protesting the detention by the Turkish authorities of our Vice-President Elect Professor Betül Tanbay... (Full article) |
10 Dec 18 | e-News | |
Applications for participation at the 7th HLF are openThe 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) will take place in Heidelberg, Germany during September 22–27, 2019. At HLF all winners of the Fields Medal, the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award... (Full article) |
23 Nov 18 | ||
EMS protest against the detention of Betül TanbayThe European Mathematical Society is outraged at the news that the Turkish police have detained, in Istanbul on the morning of 16th November 2018, Professor Betül Tanbay, a member of the EMS Executive Committee. We are incredulous at the... (Full article) |
16 Nov 18 | ||
Call for Nominations for Prizes to be awarded at ECM2020The following calls are open: Call for Nominations of Candidates for The Felix Klein Prize, deadline December 31, 2019. Call for Nominations of Candidates for Ten EMS Prizes, deadline November 1, 2019. Call for Nominations of Candidates for... (Full article) |
10 Nov 18 | ||
Call for Bids for the 9ECMOutline bids from mathematicians to organize the 2024 Congress are now invited, and should reach the EMS Secretariat by 28 February 2019. These bids need only be outline bids giving a clear idea of the... (Full article) |
10 Nov 18 | ||
2019 Breakthrough Prize awarded to LafforgueProf. Vincent Lafforgue, CNRS and Institut Fourier, Université Grenoble Alpes, has been awarded the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics "for ground breaking contributions to several areas of mathematics, in particular to the Langlands program... (Full article) |
9 Nov 18 | ||
Call for bids to host the International Day of Mathematics websiteThe IMU is leading the project to declare an International Day of Mathematics (IDM) on March 14 ("Pi Day"). If UNESCO decides to proclaim the IDM, the first celebration is expected to be on March 14 in 2020. Now the IMU is inviting bids to host... (Full article) |
12 Oct 18 | ||
International Day of Mathematics logo competitionThe IMU is leading the project to declare an International Day of Mathematics (IDM) on March 14 ("Pi Day"). If UNESCO decides to proclaim the IDM, the first celebration is expected to be on March 14 in 2020. Now the IMU is inviting bids for the... (Full article) |
12 Oct 18 | ||
ICIAM 2019: Calls for Minisymposia, Contributed Presentations and Financial AidImportant announcements for the ICIAM 2019 Congress (Valencia, Spain, 15-19 July 2019): Deadline for submission of mini-symposia: December 10th, 2018 (Extended). Contributed papers: January 7th, 2019. Contributed posters: April 1st, 2019.... (Full article) |
1 Oct 18 | ||
EMS on new developments concerning Open AccessTwo months ago the EMS reiterated its position on open access, see here. While scientific publishing may move in this direction, any change of the system... (Full article) |
1 Oct 18 | ||
Announcement of 2019 ICIAM PrizesThe 2019 ICIAM Prize winners are: ICIAM Collatz Prize: Siddharta Mishra (ETH, Switzerland) ICIAM Lagrange Prize: George Papanicolau (Stanford University, USA) ICIAM Maxwell Prize: Claude Bardos (Université Paris Diderot, France) ICIAM... (Full article) |
17 Sep 18 | ||
EMS e-News 28, September 2018HEADLINES
- The Council meeting The EMS Council (our society’s highest authority) convened 23-24 June in Prague. It elected Volker Mehrmann as the new EMS President for 2019-2022. Betül Tanbay was elected as new... (Full article) |
5 Sep 18 | e-News |