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Simons Foundation Awards 4 New Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (117+ words) Simons Foundation The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics & Physical Sciences division has awarded four new Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships. The Scientific Software Research Faculty Fellowships help institutions establish new positions, providing the fellows’ home institutions with five years of salary support…...
2026 Simons Fellows in Mathematics Announced
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (87+ words) Simons Foundation Sabbatical research leaves provide mathematicians with opportunities for intellectual stimulation and collaboration that foster innovative research. Recognizing this, the Simons Foundation’s Mathematics & Physical Sciences division is pleased to announce the latest cohort of Simons Fellows in Mathematics. These…...
Second Class of Simons Dissertation Fellows in Mathematics Announced
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (272+ words) Established in memory of Simons Foundation co-founder Jim Simons, these fellowships support research from exceptional graduate students in mathematics. The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the latest recipients of its Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. This program was created…...
Simons Foundation’s Infinite Sums Initiative Celebrates Pi Day in Brooklyn and Across the US
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (473+ words) on Simons Foundation As part of its Infinite Sums initiative, the Simons Foundation is celebrating Pi Day (March 14, 2026) across the United States. The foundation is supporting dozens of events nationwide and co-producing a night of math-related awe with the Brooklyn…...
Funding Opportunity Available for Empire AI Projects
1+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) Simons Foundation New York State’s Empire AI consortium is accelerating the state’s leadership in AI-powered research. As part of its ongoing support for the effort, the Simons Foundation has announced a new funding opportunity that will provide $6 million in total…...
Free Public Events Will Bring the Wonder of Mathematics to Philadelphia
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (748+ words) The 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians welcomes the public to enjoy free talks, performances, films, hands-on activities and more that showcase how mathematics shapes art, music, science, culture and technology from July 24 through 28. Math can’t be confined to a classroom. It…...
Media Invitation: Fields Medals and Cutting-Edge Math at ICM 2026 in Philadelphia
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (298+ words) Staff reporters and freelance journalists can register to attend the conference free of charge through June 22. Media registration includes access to a press conference with the Fields Medalists and other honorees following their announcement during the July 23 opening ceremony. A…...
2026 Fields Medals Awarded to Four of World’s Top Mathematicians
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (782+ words) The award, nicknamed the Nobel Prize of mathematics, recognizes outstanding achievement — and the promise of future achievement — by mathematicians under 40. During today’s opening ceremony at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Philadelphia, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) announced the…...
Solved, Unsolved and Unsolvable: The Status of Hilbert’s 23 Problems in Mathematics
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (446+ words) More than a century after David Hilbert presented a list of 23 mathematical challenges to the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, mathematicians have made significant progress, but there’s still much work to do. In 1900, prominent mathematician David Hilbert presented a list of…...
Hilbert’s 23 Problems at ICM 2026: Where Are We Now?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) At the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians, David Hilbert laid out problems that would become famous benchmarks of progress in the field. Now, at the 2026 ICM, they will once again take center stage. “Who among us would not be glad to…...