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🤖📢 How Terry Tao became an evangelist for AI in math.

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in mathematical research.

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How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math | Quanta Magazine With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with confidence that every piece is correct. For some, this heralds a new area in mathematical research.

Wampum belts are more than art; they also carry mathematical meaning.

Through patterns, symmetry, and spatial reasoning, they encode history, treaties, and Indigenous knowledge. Check out this video from Trent University’s Knowledge Holders Series, which explores how wampum belts represent continuity and eternity through the geometry of the circle.

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🚀 The Fields-RBC-IP Challenge has officially kicked off!

Over the next 12 weeks, student teams will work with real RBC intellectual property, exploring how patented technologies can be transformed into viable products and businesses through customer discovery, business model testing, and commercialization.

We can’t wait to see the innovation and entrepreneurial thinking this year's cohort brings!

⚽📈 As the beautiful game kicks off today, we find ourselves wondering, can math help predict the next World Cup champion?

A mathematician whose model correctly predicted the last three World Cup winners has made his 2026 pick using statistical, economic, and demographic data. Whether or not the prediction comes true, it's a great reminder that math can show up in unexpected places—even on football’s biggest stage.

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Joachim Klement predicts the Netherlands to win the 2026 World Cup | The mathematician who got three right Joachim Klement, the German economist who correctly predicted the champions of 2014, 2018 and 2022, predicts the Netherlands will win the 2026 World Cup.

Whether it's research, collaboration, or community-building, there's always something happening at Fields! We're grateful to everyone who helps make the Institute such a dynamic place for mathematical discovery.

📸 Check out a few recent snaps from life lately.

🎉 FUSRP 2026 is officially underway at Fields! Over the coming weeks, these talented undergraduate researchers will explore a wide range of mathematical topics, work closely with mentors, and become part of our research community.

We’re excited to have them here and look forward to following their journey this summer!

🌈 Happy Pride Month!

This month, we’re celebrating the contributions of 2SLGBTQIA+ mathematicians whose ideas, research, and leadership have helped shape the field. Mathematics is strengthened by diverse perspectives, and we are proud to support an inclusive community where everyone can thrive!

✨ 🎉 Happy Indigenous History Month! From architecture to airflow, Indigenous mathematics has profoundly shaped our understanding of the world by offering alternative ways to measure, categorize, and relate to our environment. All month long, we’ll be celebrating by exploring Indigenous ways of knowing in mathematics!

✨ Happy Indigenous History Month! All month long, we’ll be celebrating by exploring Indigenous ways of knowing in mathematics.

Indigenous math isn't just about numbers and equations, it involves culture, spirituality and more. Math professor Edward Doolittle, a Mohawk from Six Nations in Ontario, sees math as something embedded in Creation itself. Take a listen to his Hagey Lecture at the University of Waterloo: https://shorturl.at/JPJ5y