AIMS South Africa Newsletter June 2019

Simon Singh Public Lecture

“Mathematics is an internal game played by mathematicians according to the rules set out by the mathematics community,” said Dr Simon Singh, British author, journalist, and television producer during his...

SAWMSA Workshop and Launch

Harnessing the leadership and agency of women in the field for the transformation agenda Women have been historically underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) professions worldwide. The...

AIMS South Africa Newsletter May 2019

SU/AIMS mathematician contributes to mapping global tree symbioses

A mathematical ecologist from Stellenbosch University and AIMS South Africa, Prof. Cang Hui, is part of an international team of more than 200 scientists who have generated a global map,...

AIMS South Africa celebrated the inaugural International Women in Mathematics Day

In celebration of the first-ever International Women in Mathematics Day, AIMS South Africa held a roundtable discussion to celebrate women in mathematics, ahead of the day on Saturday, May 11....

AIMS South Africa Newsletter April 2019

AIMS-ESMT Industry Immersion Program: opportunity for business training

The AIMS-ESMT Industry Immersion Program is a partnership between the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) Berlin which aims to prepare...

27th edition of the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) hosted at AIMS South Africa

Morocco was ranked the top team at PAMO 2019, followed by host country South Africa in second place and Tunisia in third place. Other participating countries, in no particular order,...