The IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization. IMU's objectives are:
To promote international cooperation in mathematics.
To support and assist the International Congress of Mathematicians and other international scientific meetings or conferences.
To encourage and support other international mathematical activities considered likely to contribute to the development of mathematical science in any of its aspects, pure, applied, or educational.
ICM 2022 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 6 to 14 July 2022
19th IMU General Assembly in Saint Petersburg, Russia, 3 to 4 July 2022
The 2022 IMU Prizes and Awards will be presented at the Opening Ceremony of the ICM on 6 July 2022.
The recipients of the IMU Awards 2018 for mathematical achievement
Fields Medal
Caucher Birkar
Alessio Figalli
Peter Scholze
Akshay Venkatesh
Nevanlinna Prize
Constantinos Daskalakis
Gauss Prize
David L. Donoho
Chern Medal
Masaki Kashiwara
Recipient of the mathematical outreach prize
Leelavati Prize
Ali Nesin
News from the community
March 14 – The International Day of Mathematics
On the initiative of the IMU, the 40th General Conference of UNESCO in Paris approved the Proclamation of March 14 (Pi Day) as the International Day of Mathematics (IDM). The international launch of the IDM will take place in Paris and Nairobi in 2020.
"Mathematics is everywhere" is the theme for 2020, free material will be made available.
CEIC meeting 2019 in Berlin
CEIC met on Oct 26-27, 2019 in the IMU Secretariat. (From left to right) M. Runnwerth, H. Cohn, A. Onshuus, M. Farge, P. Ion, N. Joshi (IMU EC liaison), H. Holden (IMU Secretary General) attended; T. Cole, R. Karandikar, and V. Stodden are also on the CEIC.
Illustrated history of the ICM
The book "Mathematicians of the World, Unite!" by G. Curbera is now electronically available on the IMU website. For more information click here
