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CRM, PIMS, and AARMS Are Newest JMM Partners

The AMS welcomes a new Canadian partnership to the JMM.

The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), and Atlantic Association for Research in Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) have signed a joint long-term partnership agreement with the American Mathematical Society (AMS) to organize a plenary address and an associated special session at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM), beginning in 2024. They join fifteen other partner organizations to date, adding to a robust program.

The first CRM-PIMS-AARMS invited address will be “Fourier coefficients of modular forms,” given by Henri Darmon of McGill University at JMM 2024 in San Francisco.

About CRM: Founded in 1968, the Centre de recherches mathématiques is dedicated to excellence in research and training in pure and applied mathematics, and in statistics, with all their ramifications for different domains of human endeavor, including physics, health sciences, and computer science. The CRM collaborates with other institutions and organizations, notably the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), which is present at the CRM through an International Research Laboratory (IRL).

About PIMS: The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences is a collaborative consortium of ten universities in western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. PIMS’s mandate is to promote research in the mathematical sciences and their applications; to facilitate the training of highly qualified personnel; to create an equitable, diverse, and inclusive community; to enrich public awareness of and education in the mathematical sciences; and to create mathematical partnerships with similar organizations in other countries. PIMS also is a CNRS International Research Laboratory (IRL).

About AARMS: The mission of the Atlantic Association for Research in Mathematical Sciences is to strengthen research and education in the mathematical sciences, with special focus on Atlantic Canada. AARMS fosters scientific collaborations, both within the Atlantic mathematical community and with colleagues across Canada and beyond. AARMS provides outstanding educational opportunities in order to build expertise and attract talent to the region. In addition, AARMS supports initiatives that raise interest and competence in mathematics among the public in general and schoolchildren in particular. Through its activities, AARMS aims to promote scholarly excellence and to maintain a strong and vibrant mathematical research community in Atlantic Canada.

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Forty-six Awardees Receive Inaugural AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grants for PUI Faculty

Forty-six mathematical scientists have been named inaugural recipients of AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grants for Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Faculty. Awardees will receive $3,000 a year for three years to support research-related activities.

Recipients hail from 39 institutions across 22 states, including 11 minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Their research programs involve an exciting range of study in the mathematical sciences.

Launched in 2023, the AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grants for PUI Faculty program is a new opportunity to foster and support research collaboration by full-time mid-career mathematicians at US institutions that do not offer a mathematics doctoral degree.

Under the grant, any activities that will further the awardee’s research program are allowed. Expenses include but are not limited to conference participation, institute visits, collaboration travel (awardee or collaborator), computer equipment or software, family-care expenses, teaching assistants, publication expenses, stationery, supplies, books, and membership fees to professional organizations. Almost all awardees indicated that they will be using their grants to advance their research by traveling to conferences or meeting with collaborators.

Annual discretionary funds for an awardee’s department and administrative funds for an awardee’s institution will be available to institutions that administer the grant on behalf of the AMS. The grants are made possible through funding from the Simons Foundation and the AMS, as well as Eve, Kirsten, Lenore, and Ada of the Menger family.

Applications for the next cohort are anticipated to open on MathPrograms.org in January 2024. Note: Faculty who applied for but did not receive the 2023 awards are eligible to apply again.

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AMS Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence Seeks Input

Everywhere you look, developments in artificial intelligence (AI) affect mathematics. To focus on issues at the AI forefront, AMS President Bryna Kra has formed the ad hoc Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence and the Mathematical Community. This group is charged with framing questions related to AI (broadly construed) that are of importance to the mathematical community, with the goal that existing committees in the AMS will then be able to study these questions and develop resources for the community.

The advisory group would like to hear from you at https://www.ams.org/about-us/governance/committees/artificial-intelligence.

Please share your thoughts on ways in which the AMS can support its members in navigating the various issues raised by a world of widely deployed automated reasoning, for example:

Publications: Evolving technologies offer new models for publication and communication.

Education: The nature of undergraduate and graduate education in mathematics is changing rapidly.

Research: AI will create new research directions and funding opportunities for mathematicians, and may influence the nature of basic mathematical research.

Community: The role of mathematicians in society, and the types and availability of mathematical work, may all change.

Other: Feel free to share other ways in which you believe the AMS can support our community in handling AI-related questions.

“AI already is affecting our working lives as mathematicians, and will continue to do so in ways we cannot yet foresee,” said Akshay Venkatesh, chair of the committee. “With your help, the AMS can help us navigate this new landscape.”

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