As part of our efforts to encourage more young women to enter the exciting world of science, AIMS South Africa and AIMSSEC, arranged and hosted a variety of events to celebrate International Women’s Day which took place on 8 March 2016. The events took place from 7 to 11 March and included visits to local
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AIMS South Africa celebrates the success of its South African students
AIMS South Africa acknowledged the success of its fourth group of January intake students at a special Recognition of Achievement Ceremony held on 26 November 2015 at its centre in Muizenberg. Thirteen students (including 10 South Africans) received their certificates and will graduate through the partner universities that they are registered at. The 13 graduates
German Research Chair in “Mathematics with specialization in Data Science”
The call addresses highly qualified academics from any country who conduct application-related research in the field of mathematics with specialisation in data science, have experience in training students and doctoral candidates and possess recognisable leadership potential. The application should be supported by at least one future collaborative partner in Germany. An application can be submitted
National Science Week Western Cape events
AIMS South Africa hosted one of the National Science Week Western Cape events from 3 to 8 August 2015 at its centre in Muizenberg and at the Muizenberg Pavilion. The event reached learners, educators and the public within the township and urban areas around Overberg, Cape Winelands District Municipality as well as the City of Cape
AIMS South Africa Graduation June 2015
“It is great to see the potential here. Every generation has the burden of making sense of their environment to understand the past and project the future. For the first time humanity is up against an environmental change of incredible proportions, unprecendented in human history. It will take knowledgeable people who are strong enough and
5 years AIMS ARETÉ Junior Chair Research Position. Call for applications.
The AIMS ARETÉ Junior Chairs are new, high-profile and pioneering Junior Research Chair positions for young African Scientists with profound international experience and a background in a discipline strongly related to the mathematical sciences wishing to establish their own independent junior research group at an African institution and in collaboration with an AIMS Centre. Established
World renowned mathematicians visit AIMS South Africa
Cape Town, 21 January 2015 – This week the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa in Muizenberg is hosting a number of important world renowned mathematicians who are attending the AIMS-Stellenbosch University Number Theory Workshop from 19 to 23 January 2015. Professor Enrico Bombieri, a Fields Medalist for his work on the large
Can mathematical modelling help rhino conservation?
South Africa’s white rhino population is under persistent threat from illegal killing (poaching) to supply the demand for rhino horn in East Asia. Could mathematical modelling help supply the answers to save the rhino? Leading mathematicians in the application of mathematics in industry will be participating in the 12th Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISGSA) being
Eight South African students graduate from AIMS South Africa
AIMS South Africa has acknowledged the success of its third group of South African students at a special Recognition of Achievement Ceremony which was held today, 27 November 2014. The guest speaker at the event was Professor Francis Benyah, from the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at UWC and member of the AIMS South
AIMS-Imaginary Exhibition and Workshop
The first ever IMAGINARY Exhibition-Workshop held in Africa from 5-7 November 2014, was hosted at AIMS South Africa in Muizenberg. The event was organized by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), IMAGINARY and the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach in Germany. IMAGINARY is an interactive travelling exhibition curated by the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut