Workshop on Perspectives on Electronic Information & Communication in the Mathematical Sciences

25 experts from all continents except Antarctica gathered in New York in September 2024 under the auspices of the IMU and upon invitation of the Simons Foundation to discuss  recent developments in mathematical publishing in a very broad sense.

The Committee regularly organizes panels and talks of general interest to the mathematical community at ICM’s. We present a selection of them here, including pertinent documents and links to the video streams when available.

The rise of the World Wide Web in the late 20th century inspired the vision of a Digital Mathematics Library (DML). Its primary aim is, in a very broad sense, to digitize and store the entire corpus of mathematical research literature, and to implement new features like searching, linking, and computing. The DML is committed to openness, ensuring global access for research and education communities.

Below are documents written by CoP on topics of particular interest (in inverse chronological order). CoPs recommendations as endorsed by the IMU Executive Committee are communicated to the adhering organizations through IMU Circular Letters.

During its existence, CoP has also made further recommendations on copyright and availability of publications in digital form (2001), retrodigitization (2006), and journal prices (2004), but they are not up-to-date anymore and hence not listed here.