About us
The newly established International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia is a dynamic research unit for developing and dissemination of cutting edge new directions in Mathematics. It is affiliated with the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences which is providing the infrastructure for the activities of the Center. The Center is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. The Activities of the ICMS – Sofia are carried out in collaboration with the Institute of the Mathematical Sciences of the Americas at the University of Miami (IMSA) and Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow (HSE University). The ICMS-Sofia is also working in collaboration with Bulgarian universities and institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The Center was created following inspirational discussions with many members of the mathematical community in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian mathematical diaspora. In July 2019, ICMS-Sofia initiated its full-scale presence on the European mathematical scene with the full support of Acad. Julian Revalski, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
The first director of ICMS-Sofia was Acad. Blagovest Sendov.
ICMS-Sofia Exclusive:
Our next event:
The International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia (ICMS-Sofia)
at the
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
presents
Second Annual Meeting of Young Bulgarian Mathematicians
June 13-14, 2022
The International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia is organizing for a second consecutive year a meeting of young Bulgarian mathematicians from around the world.
The conference will take place at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMI-BAS) on June 13 – 14, 2022.
Special guest of the event is Prof. Yuri Tschinkel from Courant Institute, NYU and Simons Foundation Director, Mathematics and Physical Sciences. We envision two main outcomes of this meeting:
- Enriching the relations between young mathematicians working in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian mathematical diaspora;
- Enhancing the professional development of young Bulgarian mathematicians by presenting to them new career opportunities through national and European scientific programs.
The conclusion of the scientific part of the event on June 14 will be followed by a round table to discuss these opportunities. We are all elated by this exciting event and we are looking forward to seeing you at IMI-BAS.
Invited speakers
Events and activities
The mission of the initiative Women in Mathematics in South-Eastern Europe is to promote the role of female mathematicians.
The mission will be achieved through series of annual conferences with the main goal to celebrate women in Mathematics, to disseminate new results and create new long-term collaborations among scientists in South-Eastern Europe. We hope Women in Mathematics of South-Eastern Europe will attract the attention of young researchers and researchers from less-favoured countries.
The inaugural conference of the initiative Women in Mathematics in South-Eastern Europe took place in Dec 2020. A special distinguished guest of the inaugural conference was prof. Mina Teicher from the Department of Mathematics and Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Prof Teicher is also Director of Emmy Noether Institute for Mathematics.
This meeting has as its main objective bringing together young Bulgarian mathematicians working all over the world.
We envision two main outcomes:
- enriching relations between young mathematicians working in Bulgaria and the Bulgarian mathematical diaspora;
- enhancing the professional development of young Bulgarian mathematicians by presenting new opportunities using the national and European scientific programmes.
The inaugural event of the series was held May 19-20 2021 and commemorated the brightest Bulgarian holiday the Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and the Slavоnic Alphabet May 24.
Selected Activities 2020-2021
Sendov’s conjecture for sufficiently high degree polynomials
by Terrence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
January 26, 2021
Colloquium talk in memory of Acad. Blagovest Sendov by Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA.) Winner of the Fields Medal 2006, the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics 2014, the Crafoord Prize 2012.
ICMS-IMSA Working Seminar
by Rene Mboro, Rodolfo Aguilar, ICMS-Sofia and IMSA |
August 20, 2021
Prof Rene Mboro gave a talk On determinantal cubic hypersurfaces (after Iliev-Manivel, Beauville,…) Prof Rodolfo Aguilar gave a talk on Quantum representations of fundamental groups of curves with infinite image.
News
Prof. Yuri Tschinkel – Building Scientific Institutes
The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and The International Center for Mathematical Sciences – Sofia organizes a lecture Building Scientific Institutes by Prof. Yuri Tschinkel, Courant Institute at New York University, USA. Prof. Tschinkel will share his experience with funding research through private business. The lecture will be held on June 13, 2022 (Monday), at 5:30 pm, at the Intercontinental Hotel Sofia, Ballroom Hall, 4 Narodno Sabranie Square.
Hodge Theory and Related Topics
Our partner IMSA is proud to announce an upcoming conference on “Hodge Theory and Related Topics” that will be held from March 29, 2022 to April 2, 2022.
90th anniversary of the birth of Professor Blagovest Sendov
February 8, 2022, marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Blagovest Sendov. He passed away on January 19, 2020, shortly before reaching the age of 88. The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics and the ICMS will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Sendov with a talk by Edward Saff from Vanderbilt University, USA - "Sampling with Minimal Energy: A talk in commemoration of B. Sendov's 90th birth date."
Fulbright Executive Director Angela Rodel visited the ICMS-Sofia
On October 14, 2021, Ms. Angela Rodel, Executive Director of the Fulbright Bulgaria Program, and Ms. Maria Kostova, Program Officer, Bulgarian Grantees, visited the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. They presented the work of the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Educational Exchange Commission and the opportunities it offers for scientists, researchers and PhD students. After the presentation, Ms. Rodel visited the International Center for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS), where she was hosted by the director of the Center - Prof. Oleg Mushkarov, and Prof. Lyudmil Katzarkov, scientific director of ICMS, who joined the event through zoom. Opportunities for cooperation and participation in Fulbright programs were discussed at the meeting.
