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Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées

Centre international de mathématiques pures et appliquées
Established 1978
Type 1901 French law on associations
Purpose Promotion of the research in mathematics in developing countries
Headquarters Nice (France)
President
Barry Green
Executive Director
Ludovic Rifford
Website cimpa.info

The Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (CIMPA; in English: International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is an association under the 1901 French law on associations with the mission to promote research in mathematics in developing countries. CIMPA is a category 2 UNESCO centre, based in Nice and funded by France, Norway, Spain and Switzerland.

Following a recommendation made during the 18th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris in 1974, the creation of CIMPA was decided during the 19th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Nairobi in 1976. On the initiative of the French Government and a group of founding members (J.P. Aubin, J. Céa, P. Deheuvels, F. Dress, C. Godbillon, H. Hogbe Nlend, J.L. Lions, J.L. Koszul, E.J. Picard, A. Revuz, P. Sabourin), the International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics was formally created as an association of the law of 1901, on 30 October 1978. According to its statutes, its mission is the training of mathematicians coming in priority from developing countries, by means of study visits during the university academic year and of summer schools, and with the help of the development of means of documentations. The seat of CIMPA is fixed at Nice, and its host university is the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis.

The organization of about 20 research schools per year in developing countries constitutes the main activity of CIMPA. This is supplemented by other kinds of actions such as the research training schools in partnership with learned societies like the African Mathematical Union (AMU), the Mathematical Union of Latin America and the Caribbeans (UMALCA in Spanish), the South East Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS) or the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA). CIMPA works equally in partnership with other organizations with similar aims such as the International Mathematical Union (IMU) or the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).


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