Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées

Centre international de mathématiques pures et appliquées
Established	1978
Type	1901 French law on associations
Purpose	Promotion of the research in mathematics in developing countries
Headquarters	Nice (France)
President	Barry Green
Executive Director	Christophe Ritzenthaler
Website	cimpa.info

The Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA; English: International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is a category 2 UNESCO centre based in Nice with the mission to promote research in mathematics with developing countries.^[1] CIMPA is an association under the 1901 French law on associations and is funded by government agencies of France, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and Germany.

History

Following a recommendation made during the 18th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris in 1974, the creation of CIMPA was decided during the 19th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Nairobi in 1976. On the initiative of the French Government and a group of founding members (J.P. Aubin, J. Céa, P. Deheuvels, F. Dress, C. Godbillon, H. Hogbe Nlend, J.L. Lions, J.L. Koszul, E.J. Picard, A. Revuz, P. Sabourin), the International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics was formally created as an association of the law of 1901, on 30 October 1978. According to its statutes, its mission is the training of mathematicians coming in priority from developing countries, by means research schools, courses and grants for thematic programs or research visits. The headquarter of CIMPA is fixed at Nice, and its host university is the University Côte d'Azur.

Activities

The organization of research schools in developing countries constitutes the historic main activity of CIMPA. This is supplemented by other kinds of actions such as CIMPA courses at Master or PhD levels in institutes located in developing countries. The CIMPA Fellowships offer supports for participants of students and young researchers to thematic programs. Finally, the CIMPA-ICTP Research in Pairs allow colleagues from developing countries to work on a research project with a colleague in Europe for several weeks.

CIMPA also supports schools in partnership with learned societies like the African Mathematical Union (AMU), the Mathematical Union of Latin America and the Caribbeans (UMALCA), the South East Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS) or the committee for Asian and European Schools in Mathematics (AESIM).

CIMPA works in coordination with other organizations with similar aims such as the International Mathematical Union (IMU), the European Mathematical Society (EMS) or the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).

Funding

The principal financial support of CIMPA comes from the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESR), the University Côte d'Azur, the laboratory of excellence CARMIN (Centre for international mathematical encounters), and the National Institute of Mathematical Sciences and their interactions (INSMI) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Since 2009, CIMPA has also been supported by the Ministry of Economics and Business (MINECO, Spain). Since 2011, CIMPA has additionally been supported by the Ministry of Education and Research (Norway), and by a grant from Switzerland via the University of Neuchâtel. Since 2022, the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung of Germany has also provided financial support.

Presidents

1978: Jean Céa
1979–1988: Henri Hogbe Nlend
1989–1992: François Dress
1993–1996: Attia Ashour
1997–2000: Roger Ballay
2001–2004: Mohamed Jaoua
2005–2008: Mario Wschebor
2009-2016: Tsou Sheung Tsun
Since January 2017: Barry Green

Executive directors

1979–1984: Pierre Grisvard
1985: Solange Delache
1986–1991: Jean-Michel Lemaire
1992–1994: Georges Dloussky
1994: Jean Pouget
1995–2000: Claude Lobry
2000–2008: Michel Jambu
2008-2016: Claude Cibils
2016-2020: Ludovic Rifford
Since September 2020: Christophe Ritzenthaler

External links

References

^ "Mission and Activities". Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

[1] "Mission and Activities". Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

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