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The official #UBC Mathematics department Bluesky feed. Follow us for research news and department announcements.
@ubcmath.bsky.social🎥 Watch UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Ailana Fraser’s ICM 2026 Section Lecture, “Stability Theory for Minimal Surfaces in Higher Codimension,” now available online!
@ubcmath.bsky.socialAt the 2026 ICM, held this past July, UBC Math Prof. Dr. Joshua Zahl (currently on leave at the Chern Institute of Mathematics at Nankai University) was invited to deliver a Special Section Lecture. His talk, “The Kakeya Set Conjecture in R³,” is now available online.
@ubcmath.bsky.social💭Thinking about graduate school? Join our Undergraduate Math Colloquium on Thursday, October 22, from 4–5 pm for a Q&A all about grad school! 📍MATH 203 🔗Register via the link sent to your email address.
@stat.ubc.caReposted by @ubcmath.bsky.social📣 UBC Science seeks a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor position in Quantitative Science, starting July 2027.
📅 Apply by Dec. 1, 2026
💻 Info sessions: Oct. 16 & 30, 10 am PT
Apply and learn more: science.ubc.ca/blackscholars
@ubcmath.bsky.socialProud to see research from our department helping advance how we think about infectious disease and vaccination. 🧬💉 Congratulations to Dr. Chadi Saad-Roy, Prakhar Jaiswal, Dr. Daniel Coombs and collaborators on this important work.
@ubcmath.bsky.socialHow can a sphere with three holes help explain the behaviour of knots? Learn this and more with Professor Liam Watson as part of UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellows’ Showcase on Oct 28 at 3 PM.
Learn more: prizes.research.ubc.ca/2026karf
@ubcmath.bsky.socialAre you an undergrad looking for full-time research opportunities?
Learn more about applying for Undergraduate Student Research Awards and gaining hands-on research experience.
Domestic students: tinyurl.com/domesticstd2...
International students: tinyurl.com/intlstd2027
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Math Department Colloquium:
📌 Title: Supporting student learning through connections, computation, and engagement.
🗣️ Speaker: Lindsey Daniels, UBC
📅 Oct 1 🕓️ 4 - 5 PM 📍 Pims Lounge (ESB Building)
Learn more 👉️ tinyurl.com/6wmdxryk
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Math Department Colloquium:
📌 Title: Programmable self-assembly
🗣️ Speaker: Dr. Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, UBC
📆 Oct 2 🕒️ 3 - 4 PM 📍 ESB 2012 & Online
Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM 🍪 ☕
Details 👉 www.math.ubc.ca/events/oct-2...
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUnfortunately, today's Math Department Colloquium has been cancelled due to illness.
@ubcmath.bsky.socialPIMS-UBC Math Forum on Mathematics and AI
Join us for a biweekly forum on how AI is changing mathematical research, teaching, and the profession.
🗣️Speakers: Dr. Deanna Needell & Dr. Ozgur Yilmaz
📆Oct 1 🕧12:30 - 1:30 PM 📍ESB 1012 & Online
Learn more: tinyurl.com/m8j3xsjp
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Mathematics Colloquium:
📌Title: "There is one mathematics"
🗣️Speaker: Lior Silberman, UBC
📆Sept 25📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM
This seminar is suitable for undergraduates!
Learn more: tinyurl.com/54kj3vy5
☕🍪Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM
@ubcmath.bsky.social📚 The Math Learning Centre opens Sept. 21!
Get friendly support from graduate TAs, work with other students, and drop in—no appointment needed.
📍 MATH 102: Mon–Fri, 12–5 PM
💻 Online: Mon–Fri, 5–7 PM
Learn more: tinyurl.com/s3ve9a5j
@stat.ubc.caReposted by @ubcmath.bsky.socialInterested in statistics & data science education? Join our Teaching & Learning Seminar Series!
🗓️ Sept 29: Dr. Tiffany Timbers on how data scientists use LLMs and what it means for data science education.
🕚 11 AM–12 PM 📍ESB 4192 & online
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Mathematics Colloquium:
📌Title: "Wind-wave breaking"
🗣️Speaker: Luc Deike, Princeton University
📆Sept 18 📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM
Learn more: tinyurl.com/yy4taphm
☕🍪Coffee, tea & snacks will be served in ESB 4133 from 2:30 - 3 PM
@ubcmath.bsky.socialAI is pushing the boundaries of mathematics. UBC Mathematics Professor Dr. Deanna Needell recently shared her perspective with @theglobeinn.bsky.social on AI safety and the role of human judgment in mathematics.
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/2wpht282
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Math Department Colloquium:
🗣️Speaker: Dr. Kenji Nakanishi, Kyoto University
📌Title: Global dynamics of the Zakharov system
📆Sept 11 📍ESB 2012 & Online 🕒3 - 4 PM
Coffee, tea & snacks will be served from 2:30 - 3 PM in ESB 4133 ☕
🔗Learn more: tinyurl.com/4rbsvnzu
@ubcmath.bsky.socialUBC Math-Bio Seminar:
📌Title: Non-local interactions in cell populations on time-dependent spatial domains
🗣️Speaker: Dr. Alf Gerisch, Technische Universität Darmstadt
🗓️Sept 2 🕑2 - 3 PM 📍ESB 4133
Learn more: tinyurl.com/2rjj4ssw
