What math institutes offer research in pairs/research in teams?

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Some math institutes offer programs in which a small number of researchers are enabled to meet at the institute for a week or more. A list seemed as if it could be useful.

score 24 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 08:51

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As far as I know, the "Research in Pairs" program appeared first and still exists in the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach. See http://www.mfo.de/

As for the list of such possibilities, one can look through the list of all institutes of this kind: http://www.math.psu.edu/MathLists/institutes.php

answered Apr 23 '11 at 08:51

Anatoly Kochubei

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Another list of institutes is at http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/aboutus/IMSI.html (copied from an answer to a different question on MathOverflow by Brian Borchers); some institutes appear on one list, some on the other, some on both, and some on neither. I expect the list of institutes that I am looking for is quite a bit shorter. – Hugh Thomas Apr 23 '11 at 09:29
Oberwolfach recommends applying about six months in advance; a visit can run from two weeks to three months. – Hugh Thomas Jul 15 '11 at 18:35
The psu link no longer seems to work. Do you know of an updated link? – user62562 Oct 13 '17 at 06:48

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:07

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BIRS in Banff, Alberta, Canada, offers "research in teams" (2-4 people, 1-2 weeks) and "focussed research groups" (up to eight researchers, 1-2 weeks).

answered Apr 23 '11 at 07:07

Hugh Thomas

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According to their website, the "preferred" time to apply (for research in pairs in 2013) is September 30, 2011. However, applications are accepted until four months prior to the desired time. – Hugh Thomas Jun 17 '11 at 14:35

score 15 · Answer 3 · 2015-10-07T16:40:04.517

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In France:

a. Institut Henri Poincaré (Paris)

'Research in Paris' (yes, Paris not pairs)

http://www.ihp.fr/en (under "Activities" one will find "Research in Paris")

b. CIRM (Marseille/Luminy)

'Recherche en binôme' / Research in pairs

http://www.cirm-math.com/ (under "Scientific" one will find "research in pairs")

edited Oct 07 '15 at 16:40

answered Apr 23 '11 at 13:23

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I've also had occasion in the past to play with "Paris --> Pairs" :-) – Suvrit May 19 '13 at 06:21
Is 'Recherche en binôme' really 'research in binomial'? – Fan Zheng Oct 07 '15 at 14:08
@FanZheng in French "binôme" is used in the mathematical sense, but also generally for designating a group of two. I suppose the double-meaning is what made them chose that word. – Oct 07 '15 at 14:25

score 14 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '11 at 13:10

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The Hausdorff Institute in Bonn (http://www.hausdorff-research-institute.uni-bonn.de/index) offer research in small groups of size at least 3.

answered Apr 23 '11 at 13:10

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score 13 · Answer 5 · answered May 19 '13 at 02:53

This is a little bit off the beaten path, and definitely not for all personalities, but the high school summer program Canada/USA Mathcamp has a Research in Pairs program (details here) for which we're happy to receive unsolicited applications. In brief: collaborators visit the program, teach 1 hr/day (on whatever they'd like) to very very bright high school students, and spend the rest of their time on their research program.

score 13 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 07 '18 at 04:24

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The American Institute of Mathematics in San Jose has a nice program for collaborations:

http://aimath.org/research/squares.html

edited Jan 07 '18 at 04:24

R. van Dobben de Bruyn

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answered Apr 23 '11 at 15:52

Deane Yang

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Dead link, and San Jose is no longer the place :) – darij grinberg Sep 05 '23 at 16:11

score 10 · Answer 7 · edited May 01 '19 at 18:22

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As of today, an additional option exists at EPFL:

https://bernoulli.epfl.ch/bernoulliBrainstorm

edited May 01 '19 at 18:22

Josiah Park

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answered Oct 07 '15 at 13:51

Nicolas Monod

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This one is no longer around, right? – darij grinberg Sep 05 '23 at 16:09

score 7 · Answer 8 · answered May 19 '13 at 03:52

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RIMS Kyoto says (in Japanese) they host at least two for 1-2 weeks collaboration http://www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/research-01.html

answered May 19 '13 at 03:52

S. Okada

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score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:53

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There is also a Research in Pairs program at the ICMAT, in Madrid. From the institute page,

Research in pairs Programme aims at small groups of 2-4 researchers from different places working together on a specific project for a short period of time.

answered Apr 19 '16 at 18:53

Luis Guijarro

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The site is dead; is the program still around? – darij grinberg Sep 05 '23 at 16:10
It was around seven years ago, but it is gone now. There are some other opportunities to visit ICMAT, but you can fish them around in their page. – Luis Guijarro Sep 08 '23 at 09:26

score 5 · Answer 10 · answered Aug 08 '14 at 11:08

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The Mittag-Leffler institute near Stockholm has another RIP (this time it stands for "Research in peace") programme.

answered Aug 08 '14 at 11:08

Martin Hairer

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Is this still around? I find nothing about it on their website. – darij grinberg Sep 05 '23 at 16:14

score 5 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 07 '15 at 15:32

This program is fairly new, but I can say from experience that it's a beautiful facility and great working environment.

Collaborate@ICERM

https://icerm.brown.edu/collaborate/

Collaborate@ICERM offers teams of 3-6 researchers the opportunity to spend five days at the institute during the summer (May-August) or in the month of January. The team research project should have a computational or experimental component.

score 5 · Answer 12 · answered May 01 '19 at 18:36

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The Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa usually has a program of research in pairs: http://crm.sns.it/visit/pairs.html

answered May 01 '19 at 18:36

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score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Aug 08 '14 at 12:51

The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Edinburgh (Scotland) offers Research in Groups. This institute is associated to the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

There’s more information on the linked page, but the gist of it is this:

2-4 researchers wishing to organise a short, intensive period of research in Edinburgh
at least one researcher must be based in the UK
not all researchers should be from the same university, with a maximum of two researchers from any one university

There are three deadlines for submitting a Research-in-Groups proposal each year: 30 April, 30 August and 30 December.

score 3 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 08 '14 at 08:42

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The CIRM in Trento (Italy) has a Research in pairs program (for 2-3 people, 1-6 weeks):

http://cirm.fbk.eu/research-pairs

answered Aug 08 '14 at 08:42

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score 3 · Answer 15 · answered Jan 07 '18 at 03:38

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The Erwin Schrodinger Institute in Vienna has a research in teams program: https://www.esi.ac.at/activities/research-in-teams-short

Unlike some other programs, this supports visits of 1 - 4 months.

answered Jan 07 '18 at 03:38

Joel Kamnitzer

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More up-to-date link (although not exactly full of information): https://www.esi.ac.at/events/research-in-teams/info – darij grinberg Sep 05 '23 at 16:11

What math institutes offer research in pairs/research in teams?

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