Sonia Kéfi wins prestigious Erdos-Renyi Prize for young scientists

Congratulations to Sonia Kéfi (@cnrs.fr) who has won the 2020 e Erdős-Renyi Prize “for foundational and empirically grounded theoretical research that has advanced network science and its applications in ecology, with a focus on multiple types of... (Full article)

Passing of Vaughan Jones

It is with deep regret that we announce the passing of Vaughan F. R. Jones.

Sir Vaughan Jones, Stevenson Distinguished Professor of Mathematics of Vanderbilt University and Professor Emeritus of the University of California, Berkeley,... (Full article)

Zemánek Prize awarded to Michael Hartz

The Jaroslav and Barbara Zemánek Prize in functional analysis with emphasis on operator theory for 2020 is awarded to Michael Hartz (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany) for his work on operator-oriented function theory of several variables.

Calls for Minisymposia and Satellite conferences at 8ECM reopened

The organizers of the 8th European Congress of Mathematics have reopened the calls for Minisymposia and Satellite conferences.
We remind that the congress been rescheduled and will take place 20 – 26 June 2021 in Portorož, Slovenia.

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EMS Council elects new members of Executive Committee

The EMS Council was meant to be meeting in Bled (Slovenia) on 4-5 July 2020, but because of the pandemic instead met online on 4 July 2020. The following new members of the Executive Committee (EC) have been elected by the EMS Council, and will... (Full article)

2020 Princess of Asturias Award

The mathematicians Yves Meyer, Ingrid Daubechies, Terence Tao and Emmanuel Candès have received the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.

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Beilinson and Kazhdan awarded 2020 Shaw Prize

The 2020 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences is awarded in equal shares to Alexander Beilinson, University of Chicago, and David Kazhdan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, for their huge influence on and profound contributions to representation... (Full article)

Prize Winners Announced

Every four years, during the ECM, the EMS awards 10 EMS Prizes, the Felix Klein Prize and the Otto Neugebauer Prize. All prize winners are usually announced at the Opening Ceremony at the beginning of the congress. Unfortunately, this year the... (Full article)

IMU "COVID-19 Resource Website"

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The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 2020 awarded

The Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize is awarded each year for a mathematical monograph of an expository nature presenting the latest developments in an active area... (Full article)

Decease of John Conway

Prof. John Horton Conway, Princeton University, has passed away on 11 April 2020, at the age of 82. Conway received the Berwick Prize (1971), was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (1981), was the first recipient of the Pólya Prize (LMS) (1987... (Full article)

Journal of Mathematics in Industry: Special Issue on COVID19

The Journal of Mathematics in Industry, published by European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, is preparing a special issue on COVID19. Manuscripts can be submitted now, will be processed as they arrive, and published online as and when... (Full article)