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Rebecca Bonham-Carter Wins Kaura Award

The Institute of Applied Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2021-22 Dr. Deepak Kaura Award in the Mathematics of Medicine has been awarded to Rebecca Bonham-Carter, an IAM member and MSc student in the UBC Department of Mathematics, in recognition of their highly interdisciplinary work to advance mathematical and computational methods for modeling single-cell […]

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Julia Workshop Series

Have you wanted to learn Julia but haven’t gotten around to it yet? Have you wanted to go beyond the basics and learn some of the deeper features of Julia in order to make your code performant? Have you always wanted to know some best practices for how to structure your code? Have you wished […]

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IAM Faculty Member Khanh Dao Duc Awarded Wall Fellowship

IAM faculty member Khanh Dao Duc has been named one of the Wall Scholars for 2021-22 at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Congratulations, Khanh! Khanh’s work integrates mathematical and computational approaches to study the fundamental determinants of biological processes. His research has most recently focused on exploring the role played by ribosomes in […]

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Welcome to Professor Rajeev Jaiman

We welcome Professor Rajeev Jaiman as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Rajeev is an associate professor and NSERC/Seaspan Industrial Research Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. His research interests broadly include multiphysics simulations, fluid-structure interaction, high-performance computing, data-driven modeling and physics-based machine learning. Before coming to UBC, he was an assistant professor […]

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Welcome to Professor Giovanni Gallipoli

Giovanni  is a professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC. His research focuses on the measurement and impact of heterogeneity on individual behaviors and aggregate economic outcomes, with a focus on policy. Dr. Gallipoli has worked on a variety of topics, including numerical general equilibrium models of consumption and income inequality; the link […]

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Welcome to Professor Christoph Ortner

We are happy to welcome Christoph Ortner as a new faculty member of the IAM. Christoph is a professor in the Mathematics Department at UBC. Christoph works in numerical analysis, applied analysis, scientific computing, and machine learning, with particular focus on applications to atomistic modelling, multi-scale modelling, and coarse-graining. He joined UBC in August 2020, […]

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Welcome to Professor Sven Bachmann

Sven Bachmann is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at UBC. His research on topological aspects of condensed matter physics is motivated in part by applications to metrology (the quantum Hall effect has been used to define a standard for electrical resistance) and quantum information (topological quantum computation by anyons is one of […]

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IAM Alumnus Wins SIGGRAPH’s 2021 Computer Graphics Achievement Award

IAM alumnus Doug L. James has been awarded ACM SIGGRAPH’s 2021 Achievement Award, for his pioneering work in the simulation of deformable models and in sound rendering. Doug’s early work focused on fast animation of dynamic deformable objects. He developed a series of influential methods for precomputing reduced-order models of deformable objects, providing a lower-dimensional […]

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Welcome to Professor Jesse Perla

We welcome Professor Jesse Perla as a new IAM faculty affiliate. An assistant professor in UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, Jesse is a macroeconomist with particular interests in economic growth, financial economics, and machine learning. His work leverages state-of-the-art computational methods to advance knowledge on central questions in economics and help shape how economists look […]

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Welcome to Professor Vadim Marmer

We welcome Professor Vadim Marmer as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Vadim is a professor in UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics. He came to UBC in 2005 after completing his Ph.D. at Yale University. His main area of research is econometrics, where he has been working on topics such as estimation and inference for auctions, […]

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Welcome to Professor Christos Thrampoulidis

We welcome Professor Christos Thrampoulidis as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Christos joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as an assistant professor in January 2021. His research program investigates topics at the intersection of statistical signal processing, machine learning, high-dimensional statistics, and optimization. See his webpage to learn more about his work. […]

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Sarafa Iyaniwura Receives 2020 Kaura Award

The Institute of Applied Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2020 Dr. Deepak Kaura Award in the Mathematics of Medicine has been awarded to Sarafa Iyaniwura, a PhD student in the UBC Department of Mathematics, in recognition of his work using mathematics to study complex biological systems. Sarafa’s research is currently focused on modeling […]

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Welcome to Professor Mark Cembrowski

Welcome to Professor Mark S. Cembrowski as a new IAM-affiliated professor. Mark is a professor in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Mark S. Cembrowski received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of British Columbia (2007), where he researched complex oscillatory behaviour of nonlinear partial differential equations. He later received his MS (2008) and […]

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Welcome to Professor Maryam Kamgarpour

We welcome Professor Maryam Kamgarpour as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Maryam completed her doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and her undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo.  Maryam calls Vancouver home: “I am happy to return to my high school city of Vancouver and join UBC.” Maryam’s theoretical research is inspired […]

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Welcome to New IAM Faculty Affiliates!

We are pleased to welcome seven new faculty affiliates to the Institute. We look forward to enjoying their and their students’ contributions to our intellectual community. Ian Blake, Electrical and Computer Engineering Cryptography, computational number theory, cyptographic protocols, algebraic coding theory, low density parity check codes Khanh Dao Duc, Mathematics Mathematical biology, gene expression Lutz […]

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Maryam Tayyab Receives 2019 Kaura Award

The Institute of Applied Mathematics has awarded the inaugural Dr. Deepak Kaura Award in the Mathematics of Medicine to Maryam Tayyab, a graduate student in the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, in recognition of her work on computational methods in brain imaging.

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2019–20 IAM-PIMS Distinguished Lecture Series

We are pleased to announce the 2019–2020 distinguished lecture series events, sponsored jointly by the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IAM) and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS).

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Dr Deepak Kaura Endows Graduate Award in the Mathematics of Medicine

Dr. Deepak Kaura, Chief Medical Officer at 1QBit and Chair of the Board of Joule, has generously endowed a scholarship for IAM graduate students working in the mathematics of medicine.

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Fifteenth Annual IAM Retreat 2019

The IAM invites all its members to a fun and relaxing day at the annual retreat. Students and postdocs, showcase your research topic in 5-minute lightning talks to a friendly and supportive audience.

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Uri Ascher, former IAM director, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

UBC Professor of Computer Science, Uri Ascher, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The fellowship recognizes “distinguished men and women from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life”.

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Alumnus Marc Mangel elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Marc Mangel, distinguished research professor of applied mathematics and statistics in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. 

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Mathematics Department’s Graduate Research Award for Applied Mathematics for 2017

The joint winners of the Mathematics Department’s Graduate Research Award for Applied Mathematics for 2017 are Josh Scurll and Cole Zmurchok, both IAM members. Josh Scurll has made strides in image interpretation problems in cell biology, and is also at the forefront of designing an innovative strategy to personalize targeted cancer therapies, and Cole Zmurchok’s […]

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Leah Edelstein-Keshet Prize

Please join me in congratulating Leah Keshet in the Mathematics Department and long time supporter of the IAM. The Leah Edelstein-Keshet Prize of the Society for Mathematical Biology will recognize the exceptional scientific contributions made by a woman in mathematical biology. The official announcement can be found here: http://www.smb.org/publications/SMBnet/digest/v16/v16i08.html

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IAM member, Michael Doebeli, wins a Guggenheim fellowship

The citation describes Michael as “one of the foremost mathematical evolutionary biologists in the world. He is the main authority for theory on the evolution of organismal diversity.” More details can be found at http://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/michael-doebeli/

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IAM member, Dong Li, wins the Coxeter-James prize

This is the early career award for the Canadian Mathematics Society. The citation describes him as “one of the top young researchers working the broad area of Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.” More details can be found at https://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2015/cj-award

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2014 UBC Mathematics Department Graduate Research Awards

Michael Lindstrom is the co-winner of this award.

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The 2014 CAIMS Research Award

Professor Michael Doebeli has been awarded the 2014 CAIMS Research Prize.  From the citation:   “CAIMS*SCMAI is pleased to announce the winner of the 2014 CAIMS*SCMAI Research Award. This is the society’s preeminent research award and recognizes innovative and exceptional research contributions in applied or industrial mathematics. The 2014 awardee is Professor Michael Doebeli of the […]

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The Peter Wall Distinguished Scholars in Residence Award

Congratulations to Prof. James J. Feng on his appointment as a Peter Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence for the coming year. More details on this prestigious award are available at http://pwias.ubc.ca/programs-awardees/national-programs/distinguished-scholars-in-residence/

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The 2013 CAIMS Research Prize

IAM Director, Prof. Neil Balmforth has been awarded the 2013 CAIMS Research Prize.  From the citation: “CAIMS is pleased to announce that the 2013 CAIMS*SCMAI Research prize has been awarded to Prof. Neil Balmforth, University of British Columbia.  Prof. Balmforth’s research has focused on the modeling and analysis of problems in classical fluid mechanics, complex […]

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The AWM Service Award

Prof. Rachel Kuske has been selected by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) as one of ten recipients of their inaugural AWM Service Award. The AWM was founded in 1971 and now has over 3,000 student, individual and institutional members. The AWM Service Award recognizes individuals for helping to promote and support women in […]

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Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Prof. Nassif Ghoussoub has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to “honour [his] significant contributions and achievements”.  See http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14019&lan=eng

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Vanier fellowship

Congratulations to Iain Moyles for his Vanier fellowship award in 2011.  Iain Moyles’ profile and the detail of the award can be found at Vanier Scholarship website.

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CGSM fellowships

Congratulation to Meghan Dutot, Jeremy Hoskins, Laura Liao for their CGSM fellowships awards in 2011.

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July 2011: The work of UBC Alumnus Ryan Lukeman (PhD 2009) on collective behavior was featured in the German weekly news magazine

 July, 2011: The work of UBC Alumnus Ryan Lukeman (PhD 2009) on collective behavior was featured in the German weekly news magazine, Spiegel online link: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/0,1518,775491,00.html

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March 2012: The 2010/11 Peter Larkin award

The UBC Institute of Applied Mathematics has won the 2010/11 Peter Larkin award, which is granted annually to a graduate programme or department that has significantly contributed to student development and graduate education.

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May 2011: The President of the CAIMS Board

Prof. Ian Frigaard, has been elected President of the CAIMS Board for the term of 2011-2013.

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April 2011: The 2011 CAIMS-MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize

Prof. Ian Frigaard, has been awarded the 2011 CAIMS-MITACS Industrial Mathematics Prize for his distinguished contributions to the theory of dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids as well as industrial applications using mathematical modelling for oil well construction.

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April 2011: The 2011 CAIMS Research Prize

A former IAM Director, Prof. Michael Ward, has been awarded the 2011 CAIMS Research Prize for his significant successful combination of singular perturbation techniques and numerical methods to analyze boundary-value problems arising in a wide range of applied fields. Michael also gave a prize lecture at the 2011 CAIMS Annual Meeting in Vancouver.

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