The was founded in 2003 by Neil Turok, Director and holder of the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Niels Bohr Chair at Perimeter Institute.
Six universities - Cambridge, Oxford, Paris Sud XI and Cape Town, Stellenbosch, and the Western Cape - were the initial partners. AIMS recruits the strongest math, physics and engineering undergraduates from across Africa for 10 months of intensive graduate training. , with the first three now open in South Africa, Senegal, and Ghana.
The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ has joined AIMS as a partner, alongside 5 other Canadian universities. AIMS solicits from faculty to teach three-week courses in mathematics or its many applications. All costs are covered.
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Computer Science Professor Jeff Orchard taught at AIMS South Africa in May 2012 and shares his experiences in this video:
Prof. Kevin Lamb, who taught at the AIMS Ghana campus during the Winter 2013 term, is pictured here with his environmental fluid dynamics class.
This photo shows the AIMS Ghana main campus building, with staff quarters in the foreground...
... on a hill overlooking the ocean.
AIMS questions may be directed to Ian VanderBurgh.