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AIMS for Africa
Neil TurokPerimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
IDRC, February 2010
Our Africanorigins
Planck
Einst
ein
Newton
Maxwell
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g-Mills
Dirac
Yuka
wa
Higgs
Schro
dinger
..
Feyn
man
scientific knowledge
Kobayashi-Maskaw
a
completely free to share
our most valuable treasure
key to our future
smallest-distance microscope CERN LHC
furthest-seeing telescope: WMAP
G= 8 G T
spacetime energy
“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.”
A. Einstein
African Institute for
Mathematical Scienceswww.aims.ac.za
an African Institute
* pan-African student body* outstanding international lecturers* students, tutors, lecturers live in* a 24-hour learning environment
Relevant Innovative Cost-Effective High Quality
200420052006200720082009
applied admitted graduated
AIMS 2008
goal:
To create 15 AIMS Centres, across Africa, within a decade
Why this is important
launch of AIMS Next Einstein Initiative
www.nexteinstein.org
Daphne
African Mathematical Institutes Network (AMI-Net) endorses Next Einstein Initiative
Africa is the world’s greatest untapped pool of scientific and technical talent
It is also the continent in greatest need Developing Africa’s brightest minds is vital to her future
Only Africans can fix Africa “Smart Aid” proposal for G8
Thank you!
One for Many
AIMS Scholarships Plan• if your University pays the cost of ONE graduate scholarship on your campus to an AIMS Centre each year
• it will support 4-5 full scholarships at an AIMS Centre
• this will grow strong links - faculty and student exchanges: making your University more attractive
• recruit 3-4 AIMS grads to your PhD programs per year
• 10 US Universities can in this way support the entire scholarship costs of an AIMS centre, forever
• A sustainable plan for “science diplomacy”
Waterloo and Guelph have already signed up
Shehu Abdussalam
“We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water and grow new crops”
(Obama speech, 2009, Cairo)
Sasa ni Sawa
6 years 255 graduates from 30 countries
Last year: 267 applications received 50 admitted 50 graduated 38% women 96% proceeded to Masters/PhDs 22 international lecturers This year: 54 students from 18 countries, including 20 women
AIMS in numbers
Proposed Sites:
AIMS Cape Town (2003)
AIMS Abuja (2008, AUST)
AIMS Senegal
AIMS Ghana
AIMS Ethiopia
Ghana
Nigeria
Madagascar
Uganda
Sudan
Cape Town
Senegal
Ethiopia
AIMS Impact: Tanzania
Teresia Marijani PhD at SACEMA, SAAngelina Lutambi PhD, Institute of Malaria Research, Tanzania BaselGasper Mwanga Lecturer at Dar es Salaam Univ. College of EducationJefta Sunzu Masters at KZN, Lecturer at Dodoma Univ.Sara Makongo Lecturer at Mwenge Univ. Geomira Sanga Masters at SACEMA, SA