The Fields Institute

🧠 Today at Fields, we’re hosting BrainModes 2025! This annual international conference brings together researchers to explore innovative ways of understanding complex brain activity through modelling and multimodal neuroscience data. Great energy, great discussions—here are some photos from the day!

The 2025 Margaret Sinclair Award Lecture was recently delivered by the winner, Andrijana (Andie) Burazin (pictured with Deputy Director Patrick Ingram). Dr. Burazin won for her dedication to community building and improving communication in math.

Learn more: www.fields.utoronto.ca/talks/Margar...

🧠 We’re thrilled to welcome theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston to the Fields Institute’s Distinguished Lecture Series!
Dr. Friston will deliver three lectures exploring brain function, active inference, and artificial curiosity.

Register today:
www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/25-26/Friston

Thank you, President Woodin and Minister Quinn, for participating in last night's Fields Medal Symposium: Abacus Medal honouring Mark Braverman. It was an honour to have you at the Institute

📣 Join us tomorrow for Student Night at the Fields Medal Symposium, where you’ll get the chance to meet and speak with Abacus Medal winner Mark Braverman!

Register now to secure your spot: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activ.../25-...

Canada’s Leaders in STEM Education Come Together for Science Literacy Week 2025 GlobeNewswire Press Release.

We’re (@fieldsinstitute.bsky.social) doing a thing for this - and it’s fully online! Check it out on October 6th! More details to come. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...

Taking place this week so there’s still time to get involved! (Including a student night tomorrow - Wednesday, Sept 24.

🏅 We are less than two weeks away from the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium! Be sure to join us on September 23, for ‘How Do You Measure Surprise?’, a Public Opening talk by Abacus Medal winner Mark Braverman.

Learn more and register today! ➡️ www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

🎱✨ Yesterday, Fields staff and friends gathered at Pool Hop Social for a fun afternoon out. Between a few friendly games of pool, tasty appetizers, and lots of laughs, it was the perfect way to relax and spend time together outside of the office!

🏅 We are less than two weeks away from the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium! Be sure to join us on September 23, for ‘How Do You Measure Surprise?’, a Public Opening talk by Abacus Medal winner Mark Braverman.

Learn more and register today! ➡️ www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

Something exciting is brewing this October at @fieldsinstitute.bsky.social. Think #math, books, and the stories behind them.

Anthony Bonato, @profnoahgian.bsky.social, and I are co-organizing a celebration of popular mathematics, featuring authors who have turned big ideas into page-turning reads.

📬 September is here, and so is Fields' latest newsletter!

Catch up on the latest research programs, events, and news from our community, including a special highlight of the upcoming Fields Medal Symposium celebrating Abacus Medal winner Mark Braverman!

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What Is the Fourier Transform? | Quanta Magazine Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, de...

Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, decomposes any function into its parts.

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The 2026 Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program (FUSRP) is now accepting applications for supervisors and project proposals!

The deadline for applications is October 27, 2025. Apply today! survey.alchemer.com/s3/8398164/F...

💸 📊 As part of our 2025-2026 Quantitative Finance Seminar, Fields is hosting "A Dynamic Model for Open Banking" with speaker Christoph Frei!

Secure your spot today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

💡✨ This week, Fields is hosting the Workshop on Topological Data Analysis, bringing together researchers exploring the connections between topology and data science. As part of the program, we’re proud to feature the Coxeter Lecture Series with Prof. Carina Curto.

India gets its first privately funded institute for maths research | India News - Times of India India News: Fields medallist Manjul Bhargava urges India to rediscover the joy of mathematics as exploration, advocating for classroom overhauls and teacher train

📢 Exciting news! India has launched its first privately funded mathematics research institute, the Lodha Mathematical Sciences Institute. Congratulations to Professor Kumar Murty, former Director of the Fields Institute, on becoming its founding director!

⚡️🤖 Last week, we hosted the AI Math Leadership Academy for Teachers! Educators learned new tools to help motivate Black and other minority students to study advanced math by leveraging their curiosity about AI.

We’re excited to see the impact they will bring to their classrooms and communities!

How Does Graph Theory Shape Our World? | Quanta Magazine Maria Chudnovsky reflects on her journey in graph theory, her groundbreaking solution to the long-standing perfect graph problem, and the unexpected ways this abstract field intersects with everyday l...

🕸️ From social networks to urban planning, graph theory is everywhere. Explore how this branch of mathematics helps us understand and shape the world around us:

🌳🎭 A night out to remember!

Recently, our Toronto-based FUSRP cohort and Fields staff took a trip to High Park to see Romeo and Juliet under the stars at the outdoor theatre. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this lovely evening of Shakespeare, summer air, and community!

☀️🍉 With summer in full swing and our Focus Program on Algebraic Topology wrapping up, we celebrated with some classic summertime treats—watermelon, popsicles, and lemonade!

It was a great chance for participants to relax, mingle, and catch up with colleagues as the Program came to a close.

Mathematicians Just Cracked a Legendary Problem—Here’s Why It Matters The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore

💡 A major leap for mathematics!

The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. Now, a major advance has opened up new worlds for them to explore.

YouTube video by Simons Foundation Abacus Medal: Mark Braverman

Abacus Medal recipient Mark Braverman has made many breakthroughs in his field. Watch as he explains his work with the help of his two small assistants: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPSv...

Register today for the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium, where we will be celebrating his work: shorturl.at/q4NbR

Trade Zone: T Avoiding World War of Trade Canada needs more than a ‘Plan A’ in a fragmented global trade order

🌐 How can Canada help steer global trade away from crisis?

Jordan Brennan, Head of Thought Leadership at RBC, recently joined us for our Fields-CFI Roundtable on Trade War Fallout and shares their thoughts on how Canada can play a key role in avoiding a “world war of trade”.

🧠💡Meet the scientist who developed a new way to understand communication. Mark Braverman was awarded the 2022 IMU Abacus Medal for his groundbreaking work: shorturl.at/bYJGG

Register today for the 2025 Fields Medal Symposium, where we will be celebrating his work: shorturl.at/q4NbR

📣 Exciting news! You can now register for the Shared Graduate Course, II1 Factors, taught by Professor Jesse Peterson of the University of Waterloo. Space is limited, register today: www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

⛴️ ☀️ The Toronto Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program cohort recently set sail for a day of sunshine and team bonding on the Toronto Islands! Between the festivals, attractions, and hundreds of amazing restaurants here in Toronto, we can guarantee your FURSP season will be one to remember.

🏅 The Fields Medal Symposium returns Sept 23–26!

This year, we honour 2022 Abacus Medalist Mark Braverman for his groundbreaking work in theoretical computer science.

Join us for this special celebration ➤ www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

🔢 ✅ Registration for Galois Cohomology with Applications to Number Theory, taught by Professor Kumar Murty of the University of Toronto, is available now. Check out all the details and register today! www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/2...

Sajeev John and Jacob Tsimerman elected fellows of U.K.'s Royal Society Sajeev John and Jacob Tsimerman – University Professor of physics and professor of mathematics, respectively, in the Faculty of Arts & Science – have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Societ...

🎉 A big congratulations to Professors Sajeev John and Jacob Tsimerman, who have been elected Fellows of the UK's prestigious Royal Society — one of the highest honours in science.

Read more about their work and achievements here: