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Impact of parenthood on careers in STEM: a survey from Mothers in Science

The non-profit organization Mothers in Science is conducting an international survey to address the systemic career obstacles and inequalities faced by parents in STEM (pre-pandemic), which have been recently magnified by the coronavirus pandemic- especially for mothers. The data from this survey will help us to raise awareness and create long-lasting solutions for increasing the retention of women in STEM careers and for promoting workplace equality and inclusion. 

 

The survey is directed to mothers and fathers, but participants without children are also needed.

 

This survey is being conducted in collaboration with Washington University in St Louis, 500 Women Scientists, INWES, Parent in Science and Femmes & Sciences.
 
It is is available here. The deadline for answering if 15 December 2020.

CWM Call 2021

The CWM 2021 call for Networks, Workshops and other Initiatives is opened till 15 December 2020.

Because of the COVID crisis, (totally or partially) virtual on-line events are welcome and non -virtual projects should explain their plans in case they have to turn virtual.

There will be no other CWM call for applications regarding activities in 2021.

Standing Committe for Gender Equality in Science

The Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science was established by 9 International Unions, including IMU. Its purpose is to circulate information among its partners, and promote cooperation on initiative for gender equality in science among them, and between them and other organizations, in particular by supporting women and girls’ equal access to science education and fostering equal opportunity and treatment for females in their careers.

IMU representative inside SCGES is Marie-Françoise Roy, CWM chair, with deputy representative Carolina Araujo, CWM vice-chair.

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Nalina Anantharaman, 2020 Nemmers Prize in Mathematics winner

Northwestern University has announced the winners of the 2020 Nemmers Prizes in earth sciences, economics and mathematics. The biennial prizes recognize top scholars for their lasting significance, outstanding achievements, contributions to new knowledge and the development of significant new modes of analysis.

This year’s recipients are Nalani Anantharaman for mathematics, Katherine Freeman for earth sciences and Claudia Goldin for economics. Each will receive a $200,000 stipend and will interact with Northwestern faculty and students through lectures, conferences or seminars.

Nalini Anantharaman, Professor, Institute for Advanced Mathematical Research (IRMA) at the University of Strasbourg, is the winner of the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics. She was selected “for her profound contributions to microlocal analysis and mathematical physics, in particular to problems of localization and delocalization of eigenfunctions.”

A French mathematician, Anantharaman studies quantum chaos, dynamical systems and the Shrödinger equation. More recently, she has studied harmonic analysis on large graphs. She has received several major awards, including the 2012 Henri Poincaré Prize, the Salem Prize, the Grand Prix Jacques Herbrand and the Infosys Prize.

Three women receive the IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship grants

The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowship Program awarded three students a grant to complete a PhD program in their home countries: Benin, Indonesia and Uganda. The three of them are women and CWM wishes to congratulate them !

Christelle Judith Agonkoui is a Beninese PhD student at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics (IMSP) of the University Abomey-Calavi.

Annisa Nur Falah is an Indonesian PhD student at Padjadjaran University in Indonesia.

Caroline Namanya is an Ugandan PhD student at the Makerere University in Uganda.

Rita Pardini awarded with the Tartufari Prize from Lincei Academy

Rita Pardini, full professor of Geometry at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Pisa, won the international prize "Luigi Tartufari" for Mathematics 2020 edition of the National Academy of Lincei, ex-aequo with Valentino Tosatti of Northwestern University (USA ). "The algebraic taste, rigor and elegance characterize her extremely valuable production" is the judgment that emerges from the jury's motivation that awarded the prize to the professor.

Maryna Viazovska receives the 2020 Latsis Prize.

Maryna Viazovska receives the 2020 Latsis Prize. The young Ukrainian-born mathematician, professor at EPFL, in 2016 made a breakthrough in solving problems of compact stacking of spheres.

"I am happy to contribute thanks to the Latzis Prize to the excellent reputation of my institute (...), and I hope of course that this reward will incite girls to become passionate about mathematics", rejoices Maryna Viazovska.

Carolina Araujo Awarded Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries

The International Centre for Theoretical Physics has awarded Carolina Araujo , a researcher at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries.

The prize is in recognition of her outstanding work in algebraic geometry, in particular in birational geometry and the theory of extremal rays, of which she gave important applications, in particular obtaining a characterization of projective spaces and hyperquadrics; for her work in the study and classification of Fano varieties, and her study of algebraic foliations. Araujo has also played a key role in promoting women in mathematics and in the organization of important mathematical activities.

Carolina Araujo is vice-chair of CWM for the period 2019-2022.

Princess of Asturias prize for technical and scientific research 2020 awarded to Yves Meyer, Ingrid Daubechies, Terence Tao and Emmanuel Candès

First awarded in 1981, the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research is aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing research in the field of mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences, earth and space sciences or technological sciences. In 2020, the prize was awarded to Yves Meyer (French), Ingrid Daubechies (Belgian and American), Terence Tao (Australian and American), and Emmanuel Candès (French).

From the citation: The laureates have made immeasurable, ground-breaking contributions to mathematical theories and techniques for data processing, which have extraordinarily expanded our sensorial capabilities of observation and which constitute the foundations and backbone of the modern digital age.

For their part, Yves Meyer and Ingrid Daubechies have led the development of the modern mathematical theory of wavelets, which are like mathematical heartbeats that enable us to approach Van Gogh and discover his style or to listen to the music enclosed in the apparent noise of the Universe, among many other applications of all kinds. In short, they enable us to visualize what we cannot see and listen to what we cannot hear.

On the other hand, in addition to the undeniable advances in medical imaging and other diagnostic tests derived from the collaboration between Terence Tao and Emmanuel Candès, their contributions to the techniques of compressed sensing enable us to complete electromagnetic signals or reconstruct melodies from which time has stolen notes.