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
2019
September 9- 13, 2019
Analytical and combinatorial aspects of quantum information theory
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
December 5, 2019
Scottish Mathematical Biology Forum 2019
2020
April 13-17, 2020
Arithmetic, algebra, and algorithms: celebrating the mathematics of Hendrik Lenstra
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 19 - 25, 2020
Young researchers in combinatorics
August 31 - 4 September, 2020
The algebraic geometry of matroids
Recent Events
July 1-2, 2019
Advances in linear algebra and huge-scale optimization
July 4-5, 2019
Edinburgh Slow-Fast-Ival
July 7-14, 2019
Category Theory 2019
July 15-17, 2019
Higher rank graphs
September 2 - 5, 2019
Optimal Transport and Optimal Patterns
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.