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Advisory Committee for Transformation and Strategy of the South African Mathematical Society

Acknowledging that the inequalities of opportunity, as well as the international academic boycott of apartheid South Africa, had negatively impacted the development of mathematics in South Africa, there is a need for an immersive transformative work within the South African Mathematical Society. To help SAMS with identifying a strategy for such immersive transformative work, the President of SAMS proposed in April 2023 to the SAMS Council the creation, within SAMS, of ACTS: the Advisory Committee for Transformation and Strategy. The proposal was approved by the SAMS Council in May 2023.

Event: The 7th biennial international group theory conference (7BIGTC)

Conference dates: 7 – 11 August 2023

Venue: NWU Potchefstroom Campus (South Africa)

Conference website: https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/7bigtc2023

Two positions, one in Pure Mathematics, and one in Applied Mathematics, have been re-advertised. Both positions are at the Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level.

The closing dates for the applications for Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics are 6 May 2022 and 9 May 2022 respectively.

Please see the attachments for more information on these positions.

Following the SAMS AGM of 1 December 2021, there is a new SAMS Council.

Click here to see the nominees for the 4 vacant positions.

This 2021 virtual seminar series is hosted by the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Pretoria. For more information, and how to register, please see the attached poster.

64th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society 29 November – 1 December 2021, online

Registration and abstract submissions: For registration, abstract submissions and further information, please visit the congress’ website: https://samscongress.co.za/

Abstract submission deadline: 23 September

Registration deadline: 15 November

Special sessions:

·         Lie symmetries and other approaches in solving nonlinear differential equations

·         Functional Analysis and Operator Theory

·         Graph theory and Combinatorics (Special session in Honour of Izak Broere)

·         Category Theory, Algebra, Topology, Logic (Special session in honour of Hans-Peter Künzi)

·         Applied and Numerical Mathematics

·         Finite Groups and Combinatorial Structures

Please see the attachment for the titles and abstract of two of the five plenary speakers.

Please see the attachment for the relevant information. The closing date is 1 November 2021.