The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institute in

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, South Africa, established in September 2003, and an associated network of linked institutes in Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon and Rwanda.

History

Founder

The first African Institute for Mathematical Sciences was founded in

near Cape Town by

Neil Turok Neil Geoffrey Turok (born 16 November 1958) is a South African physicist. He has held the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh since 2020, and has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical P ...

in 2003, while he was Chair of Mathematical Physics at

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. Neil Turok is the son of

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, an ANC MP. In 2008 Turok became Executive Director of the

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, and was replaced by Dr Robert Myers in 2019. AIMS South Africa was formed as a partnership between the following universities:

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, and

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AIMS Next Einstein Initiative

AIMS was the subject of a talk by

after he received the

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in 2008. Neil Turok's TED wish was that, within his lifetime, an African Einstein would be celebrated. The AIMS Next Einstein Initiative is a plan to create 15 more AIMS centres across Africa. These centres intend to create institutions that are equipped with educational and scientific resources equivalent to the more developed continents, in order to fulfil Neil Turok's TED wish. The first three centres created after that in South Africa are in Senegal, Ghana and Cameroon. AIMS Senegal became operational in September, 2011 in

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, near

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, and AIMS Ghana opened its doors in 2012 in the small coastal city of

Biriwa Biriwa is a town of Mfantsiman Municipal District in the Central Region of Ghana. According to the Ghana Statistical Service's 2010 Population and Housing Census, the population of Biriwa was 7,086. The main occupation is fishing, with a few p ...

. An earlier centre based at the African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Nigeria was known as AIMS

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for a while. AIMS Ghana was set up in 2012, AIMS

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

in 2013 and AIMS

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in 2014. There is a sixth centre in

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. The AIMS Next Einstein Initiative is a continuation of the work of the African Mathematical Institutes Network (AMI-Net). After AIMS

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won the TED Prize in 2008, Neil Turok and his partners developed the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative, the goal of which is to build 15 centres of excellence across

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by 2023. The Government of

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made a US$20 million investment in the Next Einstein Initiative in 2010, through its

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, and numerous governments in Africa and Europe have followed suit. In October 2015, a forum took place in

under the auspices of UNESCO's International Basic Sciences Programme to take the project for a vast network of centres to the next stage.

Mission

Teaching and research

The AIMS institutes teach both basic and applied mathematics, covering a large range of mathematical applications in physics (including astrophysics and cosmology), quantitative biology,

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, scientific computing, finance, agriculture modelling and so on. That in

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

proposes courses in both French and English. In addition to its academic programmes, AIMS

has a research centre in interdisciplinary areas like cosmology, computing and finance (see below). In 2015, AIMS

was planning to launch its own research centre to host resident and visiting researchers from universities in

and beyond.

Community service

The AIMS institutes provide community services. AIMS

has developed an innovative teaching module for secondary school maths teachers and has partnered with local businesses to raise funds for the creation of a national contest on computer applications and mathematical modelling, with a focus on finding development-oriented solutions. AIMS

directs the AIMS Schools Enrichment Centre for primary and secondary school teachers, which also organizes public lectures, workshops and master classes and supports maths clubs in schools across the country (see below). Scholars and lecturers from AIMS Ghana have equipped teachers at

Junior High School with an innovative teaching module.

AIMS South Africa

Academic programme

Structured Masters programme

The flagship programme of AIMS

is a 10-month Structured Masters programme in the Mathematical Sciences. The programme was upgraded in 2012 from a Postgraduate Diploma. The master's degree is conferred by the three South African universities in the partnership. Students from Africa can apply for full scholarships, including travel, board & lodging, tuition, and a stipend. AIMS is committed to greater participation by women in science and a geographically representative student body from the African continent. Visiting faculty have included David MacKay,

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, David Aschman (

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), Alan Beardon (

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), Jordi Campos (

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), Jesus Cerquides (

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), Patrick Dorey (

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), Pedro Ferreira (

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), Jan Govaerts (

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), Barry Green (

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), Gordon Johnson (

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), Dirk Laurie (

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), Sanjoy Mahajan (

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(

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), Bernd Schroers ( Heriot-Watt), Robert de Mello Koch (

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), Rob Beezer (

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), Jeff Sanders (

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), and

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(

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). Each visiting lecturer teaches an intensive three-week-long module. The goal of the programme is to produce students capable of doing a high quality research-based master's degree. Special emphasis is placed on intuitive understanding, problem solving skills, collaboration, scientific writing skills, and computer modelling using

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such as

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, and R. AIMS offers bursaries for many alumni continuing studies in South Africa.

Honours Degree in Mathematical Biology

AIMS, in conjunction with

, offers an honours degree in

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for South African students.

Honours Degree in Mathematical Finance

An honours degree in

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is being offered for South African students in conjunction with

and the

Master's and doctoral studies

In the AIMS Research Centre students, often AIMS alumni, study towards a MSc or PhD degree under supervision of a resident researcher in

and

Research centre

AIMS

hosts a research centre that opened in May 2008.

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visited the AIMS research centre and AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative launch. The centre specialises in

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, and

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. Bursaries are offered for Master's and doctoral studies.

School Enrichment Centre

AIMS South Africa hosts a School Enrichment Centre which offers free learning resources and professional development courses for South African mathematics teachers.

Workshops and conferences

AIMS South Africa regularly hosts short conferences or workshops in mathematics and its applications, especially in

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. Other topics include

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using

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as a platform.

Public lectures

Regular public lectures on a wide range of topics are offered by eminent scientists at the forefront of research in their field.

Funding

AIMS South Africa is sponsored by international corporations, international development organisations and the South African departments of

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and

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. In February 2010,

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donated $1 million to AIMS. In July 2010, Canada committed CAN$20 million of federal funding to AIMS and the AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative. The funds are administered by the

and the

. In September 2010, the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative AIMS-NEI was awarded US$2 million from

's Project 10^100. Individuals donate to AIMS on GivenGain.

AIMS Ghana

AIMS Ghana is among the oldest AIMS centers. Located in West Africa, initially based within the

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in East-Legon, then based in the idyllic village of Biriwa in the Central Region, and then moved to

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. The center has been highly patronized by the figure of Francis Allotey. After his demise, the center has been organizing summer camps to outreach recently graduated students and motivate them about math, those summer camps are currently named as Allotey Math Summer Camp after him . A new program to support female students in

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has also been launched.

Academic programme

The center has two main programs. The general course focused on mathematics and its applications, and AMMI (African Masterd of Machine Intelligence) the course focused on Machine learning patronized by

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. Moustapha Cisse is the founder and director of AMMI since 2018. The goal of AMMI is to bring the best of AI education in Africa and contribute to building a healthy ecosystem of AI practitioners committed to making a positive impact on our societies. Visiting faculty have included, for the main AIMS Master program: Patrick Dorey (

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), Barry Green (

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), Bernd Schroers (

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(

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), Bianca Dittrich (

) and others. While AMMI visiting faculty included Olivier Bousquet (

), Hugo Larochelle (

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(

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), and others. In both programs each visiting lecturer teaches an intensive three-week-long module.

Conducted research

Since 2014, AIMS Ghana started conducting research on topics related to applied mathematics and epidemiology. Among the published works, there are the project of Dr. Olivier Menoukeu Pamen (Alexander Humboldt Chair in Ghana) about

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Mortality Modelling for Dependent Coupled Lives, Dr. Alessandro Crimi about

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study on

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, and during the

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pandemic Esther Opoku Gyasi and Prof. Francis Oduro about cost-effectiveness analysis of COVID-19 data from Ghana.

Notable staff

Nana Klutse Nana Ama Browne Klutse (born 23 May 1981) is a Ghanaian lecturer and climatologist. She is the head of the University of Ghana Physics Department and an associate professor. She is also the Vice-Chair of IPCC’s Working Group I for the seventh as ...

, Climate Science Fellow * Mohamed El-Amin Ahmed El-Tom,

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mathematician and the first minister of education after the

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, serving between 2019 and 2022 * Simukai Utete, a Zimabwean roboticist who served as academic director of AIMS South Africa.Mathematics in Industry Study Group, South Africa (2021). "Information Booklet" (PDF). ''MISG Information Booklet''. Retrieved 8 October 2024

References

External links

AIMS South Africa official website

AIMS Ghana official website

AIMS Cameroon official website

AIMS Rwanda official website
* *
Article on AIMS in Physicsworld

Article on AIMS in Chronicle of Higher Education

Article on AIMS in Die Zeit

Speech by Minister of Education, Kader Asmal, at the launch of AIMS (18/09/2003)
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Ottawa pledges $20-million for science education in Africa

Brain food II: Smart aid for Africa

AFRICA-CANADA: Boost for Next-Einstein centres
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Making science work for Africa

Africa's Counting House

Science Aid Nature Editorial
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