[1] Its main goals are to promote and facilitate the exchange between ETH Zurich and international leading mathematicians.
[1] The Institute offers a platform on which contacts of lasting values between faculty members of the Department of Mathematics of ETH, graduate students, members of the Swiss mathematical community at large and international researchers can be established.
A lean staff structure of a director, a coordinator and an administrative assistant, a well-equipped infrastructure of 30 working spaces, and an independent budget serve as the basis of the Institute.
Furthermore, the FIM organises scientific activities like conferences, minicourses and advanced graduate courses.
[citation needed] Internal Advisory Board: Rahul Pandharipande, Alain-Sol Sznitman, Rico Zenklusen External Advisory Board: Viviane Baladi, Martin Hairer, Akshay Venkatesh, Cédric Villani[2] FIM maintains an online list Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine of the present and scheduled guests at the institute.