The Tianyuan Center for International Exchange in Mathematics is jointly built by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Chinese Mathematical Society, the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the relevant departments of Kunming City. It aims to build a platform for academic exchange in the field of mathematics and its interdisciplinary sciences applications, enhance the overall research level of mathematics in China, and become an international first-class center for mathematical exchange and cooperative research.
It is located in the national-level public welfare forest in the reservoir area of Chaishitan Reservoir in Yiliang, Kunming, Yunnan Province, surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side. The center has a total land area of about 27,000 square meters, with three two-story main buildings, namely the Research Building, the Expert Building and the Logistics Building, which can accommodate nearly 200 people for academic activities, and is equipped with a library and reading room, a restaurant and a certain number of offices and accommodation rooms.
It focuses on the major frontier directions and major problems of mathematical sciences, organize various forms of academic exchanges and cooperative research activities among outstanding experts at home and abroad, promote substantive cooperative research to form advantageous directions, and promote the development of mathematical disciplines. At the same time, the Center will focus on training young talents, popularize mathematical sciences, enhance public awareness of mathematical sciences, improve the overall research level of mathematics in China, and strive to build an international first-class research center for mathematical exchange and cooperation.
The Center supports the main directions of mathematical sciences. In the field of basic mathematics, those directions should be laid out which have a significant leading role in the future of mathematics, including number theory and algebra, geometry and topology, modern analysis and mathematical physics, probability theory and stochastic analysis. In the field of applied mathematics, those areas of key common methods in applied mathematics that are urgently needed for national strategic needs should be laid out, including mathematical theory of data science and artificial intelligence, scientific and engineering computational methods, the Complex system optimization and control theory, computer mathematics and cryptography, etc. The Center also supports diverse academic research, not only in mathematical disciplines, but also in fields that intersect with mathematics, such as physics, medicine, biology, and information, etc. The Center will invite top experts in related fields, especially outstanding young researchers who are active in the frontier of their fields, to collaborate and exchange ideas, so as to generate new ideas and promote the solution of major problems through the cross-fertilization of multiple disciplines.
The Center will learn from the successful experience of international top academic exchange institutions and establish a reasonable mechanism of institutional operation and activity organization. The Center will not establish permanent research positions and the mobility of staff will be matched by the diversity of academic activities. The Center will organize academic activities, including seminars, lecture series of famous scholars and youth seminars, summer graduate courses, etc. The Center's academic committee will be responsible for planning and validating the academic themes and activities of the Center. All activities are open to the domestic mathematical community. At the initial stage of the Center, academic activities are mainly based on a weekly symposium.