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John McKay (1939-2022)
It is with sadness that we learned of the death of John McKay, a distinguished member of CICMA and the CRM, on April 19 in Montreal. Obtaining a PhD (Computer Science) from the University of Edinburgh in 1971, he joined Concordia University in 1974, becoming a professor in the Department of Computer [...]
Yoshua Bengio named Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
Long-time CRM member Yoshua Bengio was named Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on March 7 during a ceremony at the French Consulate in Montreal. Mrs. Kareen Rispal, Ambassador of France to Canada, awarded this honour to Professor Bengio. Warm congratulations to him!
SMS 2024 – Call for proposals
The steering board of the "Séminaire de Mathématiques Supérieures'' (SMS) invites letters of intent from potential organizers of the 2024 summer school. The letter (suggested length: 1-2 pages) should contain the proposed title of the school, names and affiliations of the organizers, as well as a short description of proposed mini-courses and [...]
CRM Research grant for ISM courses given online
To make the content of certain specialized ISM courses available to a broader audience, in particular potential students and collaborators, the CRM is offering a research grant of $2,000 to eligible professors who give their ISM courses on Zoom. The selected courses will be streamed live as well as recorded and available [...]
The 2022 CRM-SSC Prize is awarded to Pengfei Li
Congratulations to Pengfei Li (University of Waterloo) who has been awarded the CRM-SSC prize in statistics for ground-breaking and pioneering research contributions to the EM-test for the order of finite mixture models; for original and creative methodological developments in the areas of the empirical likelihood, density ratio models, statistical genetics, non-probability [...]
UNESCO publishes Mathematics for Action to coincide with International Mathematics Day
Published on March 14 to mark International Mathematics Day, Mathematics for Action: Supporting Science-Based Decision Making is a series of policy briefs produced by UNESCO, the Centre de recherches mathématiques, the International Mathematical Union, the International Science Council and their partners. With help from the CRM, Christiane Rousseau spearheaded the toolkit [...]
Joint CRM-ISM initiative in support of mathematicians in distress
Prompted by the events in Ukraine, the Centre de recherches mathématiques and the Institut des sciences mathématiques offer a program in support of mathematicians in distress due to war, oppression, and persecution. The initiative aims to provide a temporary safe haven to international researchers in mathematical and statistical sciences, so that they [...]
Registration open for the IDMS summer school
An annual summer school named “Increasing Diversity in Mathematical & Related Sciences” has been [...]
Scientific Deputy Director Search
The CRM is seeking a Scientific Deputy Director for a two-year term starting July [...]
Join our team at the CRM: become an Office and Administration Technician
The CRM is looking for an Office and Administration Technician for a one-year, full-time [...]
