Three AIMS alumni attended a Singularity University short course at NASA AMES in Silicon Valley from 19 June to the end of August 2010. Mercy Njima (2007-8), Kidist Zeleke (2007-8) and Hind Ahmed (2005-6) were provided with special grants to cover their travel, registration and living costs during the course. Singularity University (SU)is an interdisciplinary
Mountain View, CA, September 24, 2010 – As part of a project to fund world-changing ideas, Google has awarded US$2 million to the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) for its Next Einstein Initiative (NEI), a plan that will accelerate higher education in math and science across Africa. AIMS is one of the winners of Google’s Project 10^100, which
Prime Minister of Canada Announces $20 Million for Building Capacity in Africa During a special visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) tied to the centre’s Global Outreach activities, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced new federal funding of $20 CDN million for AIMS and NEI to speed the growth of science and technology capacity in
Africa recognizes that in order to achieve economic and social progress, countries have to put more emphasis on how to use the sciences as a vehicle for development, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki, said in Midrand today during a meeting with Prof. Neil Turok, Chair of
An article appeared in Banque des Savoirs (French), a website managed by the local governmental council of Essonne, France. Read article in English via Google Translate.
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
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
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
Prof Fritz Hahne was bid a fond farewell by students, alumni and colleagues at a special lunch held at AIMS today. Fritz has led AIMS in the position of Director, since its inception in 2003. He was instrumental in the Institute’s establishment and has overseen the successful graduation of 252 students from the Postgraduate Diploma
Professor Barry Green, the former Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Stellenbosch University, joined AIMS as its new director from 1 April. Barry’s undergraduate and graduate training was at the University of Cape Town, where he completed his PhD in 1984. Following this he was a lecturer in the Stellenbosch Mathematics Department before
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