On 25 June 2010, two MSc students at AIMS, Nicole Tchamga and Lydienne Matchie, will be defending their MSc theses in Financial Mathematics at 14:00 and 15:30, respectively. The venue is the AIMS Research Centre, 6 Melrose Road, Muizenberg. Enquiries can be made from Raouf Ghomrashni. Portfolio Optimization Problems: A Martingale and a Convex Duality Approach
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PGD Graduation 2009-10
53 AIMS students from 17 different African countries graduated with the AIMS Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematical Sciences today at a special ceremony in the Muizenberg Pavilion. The graduates include 19 women – the highest number of female graduates to date. The ceremony was officiated by the Vice Chancellors of the three local universities who conferred
AIMS students meet The Elders
Ten AIMS students were among the eighty young Africans selected from eight different educational institutions invited to meet with The Elders in Johannesburg on the 29th of May. Originally brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007, The Elders are eminent global leaders who no longer hold public office. The group includes Martti Ahtisaari, Kofi Annan, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar
Idea Alert: Army of Minds for Africa
Macleans, a national weekly current affairs magazine, reported on the Academic Chairs for Africa programme and the AIMS-NextEinstein Initiative.
Developing minds
The Ottawa Citizen reported on a talk by Neil Turok at Ottawa University.
PGD 2009-10 commences
The Postgraduate Diploma Programme (PGD) took in a record 54 students in September 2009. The computer lab facilities were expanded to continue to accomodate one-PC-per-student. Below the students are visiting the International Office of Stellenbosch University, which helps AIMS in the necessary administration and to get visas for the PGD students.
Hand Drum Rhythms Benefit Concert 2009
Hand Drum Rythms, Victoria BC, recently held a benefit concert for AIMS.
AIMS Council Meeting 2010
The AIMS Council is having it’s annual meeting on 8 January 2010.
AIMS Library Series Launch 2009
Cambridge University Press (CUP) celebrated the launch of the AIMS Library Series at a special event at AIMS on Thursday 29 October. Stephen Bourne, CEO of CUP, addressed the gathering and Prof Alan Beardon, author of the first title in the series, spoke about how the series was conceptualised.
Postgraduate Diploma Graduation 2008-9
All forty-two Diploma students graduated on 25 June 2009 at a special ceremony held at the Muizenberg Pavilion. The ceremony was addressed by the Kenyan High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Mr T Amolo. The vice-chancellors or deputy vice-chancellors of all three local universities officiated the conferring of the Diplomas for
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