Programs & Events
 May 19 - 23 Mathematics of the Origin of Life and Self-Organized Complexity |  June 2 - 6 Modeling and Theory in Population Biology |  July 21 - 25 Mathematical Modeling, Computational Methods, and Biological Fluid Dynamics: Research and Training |
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 October 27 - 31 Microbial communities: Energetics and dynamics across space and time |  November 3 - 5 Learning Dynamical Systems from Biological Data |
Convening activities are critical for bridging gaps between mathematics and biology, and for uniting these disciplines over major questions of common interest. They are organized around broad conceptual themes common to mathematics and biology and highlight opportunities for mathematicians to develop new mathematics that have a direct impact on biology research.
These are open to participants from institutions worldwide and aim to include researchers from both disciplines. Activities are designed to encourage discovery, stimulate collaborations among participants, and build a dialogue concerning the practice of research by mathematicians and biologists. Most convening programs will be held in the NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology space located in the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago.
About Convening Activities
Workshops
A Scientific Workshop at the NITMB is a focused program in a specific area of current research at the intersection of biological and mathematical sciences. NITMB workshops range from 2 to 5 days and typically have only a few formal talks, with the bulk of the time allocated for tutorials, discussions, brainstorming, informal chalk talks, and initiating research projects within smaller groups.
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Now accepting proposals to host a Workshop.
Emerging Directions
Workshops
Potential to Identify Emerging Research Directions: each winter the NITMB hosts an Emerging Directions Workshop in rapid response to new biological discoveries and new advances in mathematical approaches. These are intensive, multi-day gatherings on timely topics and challenges attended by outside participants and NITMB members. We anticipate that these are often identified for their rapid development during long program activities.