Founded in 2009 as a committee with the purpose of organizing three international schools for PhD studentsand Postdoc in Pure and Applied Mathematics.

Dedicated to Bernhard Riemann, a Mathematician who opened new frontiers of Mathematics in XIX century and raised questions which are still challenges of contemporary international research. Riemann spent part of his life working in the region of Insubria where he was buried and his grave standing in the cemetery of Biganzolo in Verbania. 

Established in 2014 as no profit association to promote, through international congress and school activities, High Education and Research within the fields where Mathematics plays a fundamental role.

RISM has a stunning location within the prestigious premises of the Università degli Studi dell'Insubria at Villa Toeplitz in Varese.