Editor: Christina Christara
- The 2025 CAIMS*SCMAI Newsletter is out
- CAIMS*SCMAI elections 2026, deadline for nominations January 31, 2026
- Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences
- Faculty position, University of Waterloo, review starting January 31, 2026
- Faculty position, University of Alberta, deadline January 22, 2026
- CAIMS*SCMAI Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award, deadline February 2, 2026
- CAIMS*SCMAI 2026 conference, minisymposia, U. of Regina, June 15-19, 2026, Submit minisymposia proposals by February 1, 2026
1. The 2025 CAIMS*SCMAI Newsletter is out
Dear CAIMS*SCMAI members,
The 2025 CAIMS*SCMAI Newsletter is now available at
https://caims.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/newsletter2025-80.pdf
All CAIMS*SCMAI Newsletters are accessible through
https://caims.ca/caims-newsletter/
CAIMS*SCMAI Newsletters summarize all important activities of CAIMS*SCMAI during the year, list all Board Members, Committee Members, Awardees, include minutes of the latest Annual Meeting, announcements related to the next Annual Meeting, announcements related to CAIMS*SCMAI elections, as well as news from mathematical institutes across the country.
The CAIMS*SCMAI Board of Directors takes this opportunity
to wish you all happy holidays and a creative new year!
2. CAIMS*SCMAI elections 2026, deadline for nominations January 31, 2026
CAIMS*SCMAI will be holding an election in April 2026 for:
+ Secretary
+ Two Member-at-Large positions on the Board of Directors
All positions are for three years. The current incumbents are
Secretary: Christina Christara
Members-at-Large: Ion Bica, Alexey Shevyakov
The above positions end in the summer 2026, at the annual meeting of the CAIMS*SCMAI members.
Elections are always held in April, and results ratified during the annual meeting.
All members of CAIMS*SCMAI are invited to put forward names of candidates for these offices. Nominations (incl. self-nominations)
should reach the President,
Ronald Haynes, president@caims.ca, by January 31, 2026.
3. Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences
Dear CAIMS*SCMAI members,
You may wish to know that a joint working group of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) and the International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) wrote two reports describing problems and offering suggestions on the issues of manipulating bibliometric data to optimize the profile of some researchers using fraudulent methods.
The first report, titled
“Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences“,
by Ilka Agricola, Lynn Heller, Wil Schilders, Moritz Schubotz, Peter Taylor, Luis Vega
is published in
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07257
and also appeared in the notices of the American Mathematics Society (AMS) as
https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202509/noti3217/noti3217.html
The second report, titled
“How to Fight Fraudulent Publishing in the Mathematical Sciences: Joint Recommendations of the IMU and the ICIAM“,
by Ilka Agricola, Lynn Heller, Wil Schilders, Moritz Schubotz, Peter Taylor, Luis Vega
is published in
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09877
Happy and useful reading!
4. Faculty position, University of Waterloo, review starting January 31, 2026
The Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Theoretical Physics and Mathematical Foundations. The position is at the Assistant Professor level. In exceptional cases, an appointment at the rank of Associate or Full Professor may be considered.
Specific areas of interest include: (1) AI and quantum information science; (2) AI and theoretical physics; (3) AI and its mathematical and physical foundations.
Review of applications will start on January 31, 2026, and applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
The effective date of appointment is July 1, 2026.
Interested individuals should apply using AcademicJobsOnline
(https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31254).
Complete applications should include a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, teaching evaluation summaries (if available) and up to three reprints/preprints. Applicants are welcome to include a diversity statement. In addition, applicants should arrange to have at least three reference letters submitted on their behalf by January 31, 2026.
For more information see
https://caims.ca/university-of-waterloo-tenure-track-faculty-position-at-the-intersection-of-ai-theoretical-physics-and-mathematical-foundations/
5. Faculty position, University of Alberta, deadline January 22, 2026
The Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Mathematics of Data Science. The start date of the position is July 1, 2026, or as mutually agreed.
The competition will close on January 22, 2026.
Please submit the following as separate documents through the
University of Alberta Career Portal
https://iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UOA-Careers/job/3323
+ Cover Letter
+ Curriculum Vitae
+ Research Statement explaining clear and substantive connection to data science
+ Teaching profile outlining your experience and interests
We also require at least three confidential letters of reference, one of which addresses the candidate’s teaching ability. The referees should submit their letters to mssrefer@ualberta.ca
For more information see
https://caims.ca/university-of-alberta-tenure-track-assistant-professor-mathematics-of-data-science/
CAIMS*SCMAI maintains a page of paid job ads at
https://caims.ca/current-positions/
For information how to purchase a job ad on the CAIMS*SCMAI webpage, see
https://caims.ca/posting-advertisements/
6. CAIMS*SCMAI Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award, deadline February 2, 2026
Reminder:
Call for nominations for the Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Award, deadline February 2, 2026
Go to https://caims.ca/open-nominations/
for more details about the nomination procedure.
7. CAIMS*SCMAI 2026 conference, minisymposia, U. of Regina, June 15-19, 2026, Submit minisymposia proposals by February 1, 2026
Reminder:
The 2026 CAIMS annual conference will take place at
the University of Regina from June 15-19, 2026.
This hybrid conference features the following invited conference themes:
1 Machine learning, data-driven modeling
2 Multiscale and Multiphysics systems & simulations of complex systems
3 Mathematical Biology
4 Financial/Actuarial Mathematics
5 Computational Mathematics
6 Applied dynamical systems
7 Fluid Dynamics with The Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics
The Canadian Symposium on Fluid Dynamics (CSFD) is a biennial event started in 1974, now in the 51+ year, bringing together Canadian and international researchers in fluid dynamics.
More information about the conference can be found at:
https://caims2026.org/
On the main conference page, under
“Minisymposia proposal and abstract submission“,
there is a submission form for proposed contributed minisymposia. Review of proposals for mini-symposia will begin February 1st 2026.
Proposals for minisymposia on any topic of applied and industrial mathematics (not necessarily on one of the above themes) are welcome.
Additional registration and abstract submission forms will be available soon along with local travel and accommodation information.
Thank you for your attention.
Shaun Fallat (SOC Chair)
CAIMS*SCMAI E–News Information
CAIMS*SCMAI E–News is distributed electronically several times a year by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society * Société Canadienne de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (https://caims.ca).
Past issues are available on the web at https://caims.ca/e-news_archive
Submissions are welcome and should be sent in plain text format to:
Christina Christara, CAIMS*SCMAI Secretary Email: secretary@caims.ca
or
Iain Moyles, CAIMS*SCMAI Communications-Officer Email: communications-officer@caims.ca
The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Board or Membership of CAIMS*SCMAI. The editorial policy of this publication is to encourage the discussion of issues and facilitate the dissemination of information relevant to Canadian applied and industrial mathematics.
If you wish to have your name removed from the e-mailing list for the CAIMS*SCMAI E–News, please send an email message to Christina Christara as above.