58 contestants from 12 African countries gathered at AIMS South Africa for a final training camp before they had to solve six mathematical problems within nine hours during the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) at UCT on 8 and 9 July. The IMO is the world championship mathematics competition for youths under 20 hosted by a
It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of Prof Russel Botman, the Rector and Vice Chancellor of Stellenbosch University, on Friday night. Russel Botman was a close friend and an outstanding supporter of AIMS, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. He served both as a Trustee of our South African Centre
The team at AIMS-South Africa wishes to congratulate Prof Neil Turok, founder and Chairperson of AIMS-South Africa and Chair of the Board of the AIMS-Next Einstein initiative on his recent awards. Professor Turok received an honorary doctorate from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University on Wednesday, 10 April 2014, and another from Rhodes University on Thursday 11 April 2014. Turok
The AIMS South Africa Council meeting took place on Friday 21 February 2014 from 11am to 5pm with all council members in attendance. Grahame Richards joined the meeting via Skype and Dorothy Nyambi, AIMS-NEI Executive Vice-President also joined for part of the meeting.
AIMS South Africa welcomes the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Physics, and the Graduate College of the University of Illinois as the first partners in its recently launched Institute Partners Programme. The partnership was formalised in a virtual ceremony on Thursday 23 January 2014 with representatives from AIMS-SA and the University of Illinois. Visiting
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AIMS mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela, our hero and statesman. We count ourselves fortunate to have benefited from Madiba’s warmth, humanity and selfless commitment to the dignity of all. His legacy will continue to inspire us. “I admired Nelson Mandela for finding a peaceful solution to a situation that seemed doomed to disaster. It
AIMS South Africa (AIMS-SA) has honoured its second group of South African students at a special Recognition of Achievement Ceremony which was held at the Institute in Muizenberg on 19 November 2013 where the success of eight students was acknowledged. Since opening in 2003, AIMS has been challenged to attract South Africans onto its core
Figure1: Left: Before image of the host galaxy. Right: the exploding supernova is clearly visible in the left of the galaxy. The supernova has the label: DES13C1feu and fades over about a month. A research team in the Western Cape has confirmed the discovery of two supernovae using the Southern African Large
CAPE TOWN – 18 November 2013 For a few minutes on November 3, people in South Africa could observe a partial solar eclipse, as the sun rose partially covered by the moon. Filters or other viewing apparatuses and unencumbered view of the western horizon were the only requirements to view the eclipse from the South Africa.
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