Welcome to FoCM!
The computer has profoundly changed the relationship between mathematics and computation. Besides its invaluable role in numeric, symbolic, and experimental applications, computation is an important object of mathematical study in its own right and a fundamental theoretical tool. It is a source of new and exciting problems for mathematics.
Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM) is an international nonprofit organization that supports and promotes research at the interface of mathematics and computation. It fosters interaction among mathematics, computer science, and other areas of computational science through conferences, events and publications. FoCM traces its beginnings to the Park City AMS--SIAM seminar in 1995 and its first conference has been held in Rio de Janeiro in 1997.
The FoCM journal, produced by EMS Press, publishes highest-quality research articles treating various aspects of computational mathematics.
The FoCM conference, held every three years, covers the entire spectrum of mathematical computation. Specialized events are held from time to time, and focus on timely research topics.
News
Kaibo Hu awarded the 2026 Stephen Smale Prize
The winner of the sixth Smale Prize is Kaibo Hu, Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor, and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. His work spans several areas of pure and computational mathematics, contributing significantly to foundations while forging strong connections to applications.
Eva Miranda awarded the first Agnes Szanto Medal
Eva Miranda is Chair in Geometry and Topology at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and has been distinguished with two consecutive ICREA Academia Awards, in 2016 and 2021.