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February 2020
Open quantum systems
This course is concerned with the behaviour quantum systems under the influence of external noise. The theory describes generic noise induced features, such as decoherence, entanglement, thermalization. They are of core interest in applications in various branches of science: in quantum information and computation, chemistry, material sciences and even in biology. Basic familiarity with this theory is a good (and necessary) foundation for a more advanced understanding of most modern quantum sciences. The course will be taught by Marco Merkli…
Find out more »June 2020
Connecting Women in Mathematics Across Canada – CANCELLED
The CWiMAC workshops are developed and organized in coordination with the CMS Women in Mathematics Committee. The purpose of these workshops is to support the career development of junior women academics in the Canadian mathematics community. These events have been highly successful in the past. The goal is to hold this workshop roughly every two years. The last CWiMAC workshop was held in 2014, and it is timely to organize another one. This workshop will be held at the University…
Find out more »CMS Special Session: Numerical Analysis and Computational Geophysics
Modelling the composition and the dynamic of the Earth subsurface is a difficult problem, which requires the implementation of efficient numerical methods for partial differential equations and of advanced statistical methods for analyzing experimental data as well as comparing them with synthetic data produced by mathematical models. In this session we will bring together mathematicians and geophysicists to present and discuss some trends in geophysical modelling and computational geophysics. Topics will include the following: -Domain decomposition methods (optimized Schwarz methods)…
Find out more »CMS Special Session: Graph Decompositions
Decomposition of graphs, particularly decomposition into cycles, is a vibrant area of research in the intersection of graph theory and the theory of combinatorial designs. For almost two centuries, professional as well as amateur mathematicians have been intrigued by problems that are easy to state yet extremely difficult to solve. In the last couple of decades, we have witnessed an explosion of new results, including new techniques and solutions to many long-outstanding problems; however, many fundamental problems remain unsolved. The…
Find out more »CMS Special Session: Designs and Codes
Designs and codes are very active areas of research in combinatorics. There have been numerous breakthroughs in recent years, such as the existence proof for Steiner systems for arbitrary values of t. Research in designs, codes and their interaction includes both mathematical and algorithmic questions. Proofs encompass both constructions and probabilistic methods, and employ diverse mathematical techniques from algebra, number theory, graph theory, etc. In addition, there are numerous applications, in areas such as cryptography, in which designs and codes…
Find out more »Queer and Trans Mathematicians in Combinatorics – CANCELLED
The Queer and Trans Mathematicians in Combinatorics conference (QTMC) is a first-ever event in combinatorics specifically aimed at queer and trans mathematicians. It aims to bring together and support queer and trans combinatorists. The conference promotes a supportive and active collaborative environment for the participants and aims to bring about visibility to an otherwise underrepresented invisible minority in the combinatorics community. The QTMCis heavily geared toward students, postdocs and early career mathematicians who are queer and/or trans.
Find out more »July 2020
Quantum Gravity 2020
The conference “Quantum Gravity 2020“ has a deliberately broad scope. We aim to include participants from all current approaches to quantum gravity, as well as researchers working on the phenomenology of quantum gravity. The main goal of the meeting is to assess the progress made and to constructively and openly discuss open questions in our understanding of quantum gravity. A second goal is to work towards combining the insights gained in the various approaches. In its overall goal as well…
Find out more »CMS COVID-19 Research and Education Meeting (CCREM)
The CMS had to postpone the 2020 CMS Summer Meeting planned for this June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since we cannot hold a meeting in person, the CMS still wants to provide a virtual platform for mathematicians to come together and learn during this difficult time. We feel that a meeting focused on the changes caused by COVID-19 to the way we plan, teach and do research would be of great benefit to the Canadian mathematical community. The session…
Find out more »August 2020
Diversity in Mathematics 2020
We propose a multi-year, multi-level approach to promoting diversity and inclusivity in STEM. The annual two-week program encompasses concurrent, partially overlapping events targeting two distinct groups: (a) A summer school for top undergraduate women in Canada and the northwest United States, specializing in mathematics or a related STEM field such as computer science, physics and statistics. The program will expose them to the many facets of the mathematical sciences in an intense two week immersion. Career opportunities in academia and…
Find out more »PIMS/AARMS WORKSHOP ON New Trends in Localized Patterns in PDEs
Mathematical Theory and Applications to Physics, Biology and the Social Sciences– a Conference in Honour of the 60th Birthday of Michael J. Ward Localized spatial-temporal patterns commonly occur for various classes of linear and nonlinear diffusive processes. In particular, they occur in reaction-diffusion (RD) systems modeling quorumsensing (QS) behavior in biological systems, the initiation of root-hair tip formation in plant cells, and the spatial distribution of urban crime. Localization behavior also occurs in the biophysical context of calculating first passage…
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