The Discovery Centre in Halifax has recently inaugurated the exhibition “Beyond the Rubik’s Cube“, a whole floor of interactive games, puzzles and riddles revolving around Rubik’s magic cube. We didn’t resist the temptation: on Sunday November 24, AARMS joined the
On May 24-25, 2019 at Mount Saint Vincent University 59 high school teachers, university professors, instructors and graduate students from across Atlantic Canada attended the 2nd Annual Calculus Instruction in Atlantic Canada Conference. The focus of the conference was to
Circles and spheres are essential objects in geometry, but measuring them is impossible without the right tools: circle constants. Mathematicians tend to take these numbers for granted, but historically the quest for precision in computing these constants has been a
On the occasion of Tau Day on June 28th, 2019, AARMS will partner with the Discovery Centre to celebrate the hidden math in our everyday lives. Eva Knoll (MSVU), Daniele Turchetti (AARMS & Dalhousie), and their team of volunteers will
The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) has received a three-year PromoScience grant of $90,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to support the annual All SySTEMs Go series of outreach events.
The 2019 AARMS Spring Newsletter is available for download.
The 2018 AARMS Annual Report is available for download.
Dear colleagues, If you applied for an NSERC Discovery Grant since 2013, you will have received a survey from NSERC. This includes several questions about the funding model that was set out in the Long Range Plan for Research in the
On Saturday October 20th, professors and educators from Atlantic Canada got together for the AARMS annual outreach meeting, where they shared their experiences with mathematical outreach in the Atlantic regions and beyond. The participants shared their resources and contacts to
The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) will cover the the travel and local expenses of 2-3 students from AARMS member universities to attend one of its Graduate Summer Schools (detailed description of Summer 2019 program). The rate for travel reimbursement
