Newsroom
Siyakhula Festival a Beacon of Mathematical Excellence and Collaboration
March 25, 2024
From 17 to 22 March 2024, AIMS South Africa hosted the Siyakhula Festival, a dynamic week-long celebration in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Coinciding with AIMS’s 20th anniversary, this event also commemorated the 12th anniversary of the German Research Chairs Programme and the 10th anniversary of the Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS). “Siyakhula,”
Read MoreCan 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...
Read MoreEight 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...
Read MoreAIMS-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...
Read MoreAIMS South Africa 2014 Graduation
49 students from 20 different African countries received their Master’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) at a graduation ceremony at the Muizenberg Pavilion...
Read MoreIMO Training Camp
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...
Read MoreBlog Article
Condolences at the news of Prof Russel Botman’s death
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...
Read MoreBlog Article
Double honour for Prof Turok
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...
Read MoreAIMS South Africa Council Meeting
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,...
Read MoreUniversity of Illinois joins AIMS South Africa’s Institute Partners Programme
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...
Read More
English