Mathematicians like to put their heads together to solve tricky problems. It’s exactly what Western’s dean of science Matt Davison hopes will happen at the Fields-Western Collaboration Centre, created in partnership with one of Canada’s most prestigious mathematics organizations.
Western and the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences have signed a new agreement to create the Fields-Western Collaboration Centre, a space for workshops, conferences, international researchers, summer schools and a new research hub on campus called the Centre for Network Science.
Davison says the centre is designed to bring researchers together from around the world.
“Math isn’t just about numbers—it’s a creative process where asking the right questions leads to new insights,” he says. “By bringing our students and researchers together with leading mathematicians, we’re excited to put Western on the map and give people from different fields the chance to use math tools in their own work.”
