Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS)
- What is BIRS?
- BIRS Mandate & Funding
- BIRS at The Banff Centre
- Contact Information
- BIRS Featured Stories in National Publications and Media Releases from The Banff Centre
“These people are really among the world's leading mathematicians, scientists and researchers. This is specifically geared to bring the best people from around the world to Banff. They are the crème de la crème. So many opportunities can evolve from this — partnerships, collaborations. While we talk a lot about the brain drain, this is such a splendid opportunity for brain gain.”— Mary E. Hofstetter
president and CEO of The Banff Centre
What is BIRS?
Modelled after one of the most successful mathematical institutes in the world, Germany’s Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut, the Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is the only think tank of its kind in North America. It is a collaborative Canada-US venture that provides an environment for creative interaction and the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and methods within the mathematical sciences and with related sciences and industry
BIRS is led in Canada by The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) and the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Network of Centres of Excellence (MITACS), and in the USA by the Berkeley-based Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
Mandate and Funding
The BIRS mandate is to embrace all aspects of the mathematical and statistical sciences from the most fundamental work on the great problems of algebra, number theory, geometry, and analysis to modern pure and applied mathematics; theoretical and applied statistics; mathematical physics; financial and industrial mathematics; the mathematics of information technology and computer science; and bio-mathematics.
Funding is provided by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Alberta Science Research Authority (ASRA).
BIRS at The Banff Centre
The Banff Centre is proud to be the host site for BIRS. Each year, hundreds of top international academics, scientists, and researchers will make the Centre their home, introducing another level of creative and imaginative people into The Banff Centre’s rich and fertile environment. The presence of BIRS will enable The Banff Centre to enhance research capacity in a new frontier and help develop the careers of young researchers both in North America and around the world. It will provide opportunities for unique synergies as well as possibilities for a new renaissance between mathematics and arts.
BIRS will be housed in its own building (Corbett Hall) and will allow mathematical scientists a secluded environment, complete with accommodation and board and the necessary facilities for uninterrupted research activities in a variety of formats.
Contact Information
For additional information visit www.birs.ca or contact:
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