Welcome to ICMS
ICMS supports research in the mathematical sciences. Its core activity is the development and organisation of international workshops and conferences in all areas of mathematics and these attract leading mathematical scientists from the UK and overseas.
In addition to workshops, ICMS is involved in a number of other mathematical activities such as small group research programmes, postgraduate training, journal management and outreach. ICMS also hosts events organised by other mathematical and related organisations.
The Scientific Director of ICMS is Professor Paul Glendinning.
The ICMS is located at The Bayes Centre, 47 Potterrow, Edinburgh EH8 9BT.
ICMS is wholly owned by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. It is funded by its parent universities and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the UK with additional support from the London Mathematical Society.
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Forthcoming Events
2020
April 6-9, 2020
BMC BAMC 2020, Glasgow
April 13-17, 2020
Arithmetic, algebra, and algorithms: celebrating the mathematics of Hendrik Lenstra
April 20-24, 2020
Edinburgh workshop on operational research
May 11-15, 2020
New directions in classical density functional theory
May 25-28, 2020
First Edinburgh-Vienna workshop on advances in PDEs
June 8 - 12, 2020
Harmonic analysis, stochastics and PDEs
June 22 - 26, 2020
Geometric and asymptotic group theory with applications
June 29 - July 3, 2020
Manifolds and K-theory: the legacy of Andrew Ranicki
July 13 - July 17, 2020
Convex intergration and nonlinear partial differential equations
July 19 - 25, 2020
Young researchers in combinatorics
August 31 - 4 September, 2020
The algebraic geometry of matroids
Recent Events
September 20, 2019
2019 Maxwell Institute Graduate School in Analysis and its Applications (MIGSAA)Colloquium
October 14-18, 2019
The future of structure-preserving algorithms
November 22, 2019
MAC-MIGS Industrial Sandpit 1
November 22, 2019
MAC-MIGS Industrial Sandpit 2
December 5, 2019
Scottish Mathematical Biology Forum 2019
ICMS at the Bayes Centre
Here are some recent photos of our new home

There is also a video! You can view the video here
In July 2019, Eugenia Cheng gave a fascinating public lecture entitled, Inclusion-Exclusion in mathematics and beyond. Here is a link to the talk.
As a quick preview here is a video of Eugenia answering some quick questions in advance of the talk.
Below is a collection of 2019 workshop group photos.

In addition here are some photos from 2019 public lectures.

More photos from ICMS events are available on our Flckr page.
Calls for Proposals
ICMS welcomes proposals for workshops and Research in Groups (RiGs) activities in all aspects of mathematical sciences and interdisciplinary areas with significant mathematical content.
Workshop proposals are considered by the Programme Committtee twice yearly. Proposal deadlines are
- the first of October in order to be considered in March;
- the first of April in order to be considered in June.
RiGs enables researchers to spend a short period in intensive research collaboration at ICMS, away from teaching and administration.
Full details of how to prepare and submit proposals can be found here.
Other Pages
- ICMS calendar 2020
- Elmer Rees 1941-2019
- Preparing for your visit to the ICMS
- Brexit and visiting ICMS
- Outputs from ICMS activities
- Contacting ICMS
- Equality and diversity
- Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society
- Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust
- ICMS Public Events
- Previous Events (2018 & 2019)