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AIMS Partners with Wimmy to Launch Graduate Programme in Applied Data Science
December 4, 2025
AIMS South Africa is delighted to announce a new partnership with Wimmy to pioneer a graduate programme in applied data science for outstanding AIMS graduates. In January 2026, Wimmy will welcome three junior data scientists from the Muizenberg centre, each holding a Master’s degree in mathematical sciences along with additional qualifications in statistics, mathematics, or
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WISE award for AIMS-NEI
Neil Turok has been selected as one of the 2010 Laureates for the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). He won the award for the AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative which he launched...
Read MoreSAMS Award for Profs Hahne and Turok
Professors Fritz Hahne and Neil Turok have been jointly awarded the SAMS Award for the Advancement of Mathematics 2010, in recognition of their efforts in establishing AIMS. According to the...
Read MoreMOU between AIMS and CSIR
On Friday 5th of November 2010, Dr Thulani Dlamini, Group Executive for Research and Development at the the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, and Prof Barry Green (Director) of...
Read MoreAIMS-NEI Planning Meeting
The 2010 AIMS Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) Planning Meeting was held at AIMS-South Africa from 13-15 October. This meeting saw representatives from existing and proposed AIMS centres in Ghana, Senegal,...
Read MoreAIMS Alumni at Singularity University
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)...
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Project 10^100
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...
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Canada announces federal funding for AIMS and NEI
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,...
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NEPAD endorses NEI
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...
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Africa, the Cradle of Next Einstein?
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.
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