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NSERC - CMS Math in Moscow Scholarships

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) support scholarships at $9,000 each. Canadian students registered in a mathematics or computer science program are eligible.

The scholarships are to attend a semester at the small elite Moscow Independent University.

Math in Moscow Program http://www.mccme.ru/mathinmoscow/

Application details http://www.cms.math.ca/Scholarships/Moscow

For additional information please see your department or call the CMS at 613-733-2662.

Deadline September 30, 2009 to attend the Winter 2010 semester.

Some links

• Dori Eldar's work on "mechanical computations": Machines as Calculating Devices and Computing the function $W=Z^{2}$ the hard way.
• The "Dimensions" video on "Nombres complexes", is at http://dimensions-math.org/Dim_reg_AM.htm (and then go to "Dimensions_5".