Ilka Agricola (University of Marburg) was elected the new president of the German Mathematical Union (DMV). Her term of office will start in January 2021. More information in the DMV news blog.
Prof. Agricola will be only the second woman in this role, after Ina Kersten (DMV president from 1995 to 1997).
Susanna Terracini is the winner of the J.P.Schauder medal,
Established in 2013, the AWM Joan & Joseph Birman Research Prize recognizes exceptional research in topology and geometry by a woman early in her career. The biennial presentation of this prize serves to highlight to the community outstanding contributions by women in the fields of topology and geometry and to advance the careers of the prize recipients. The award is made possible by a generous contribution from Joan and Joseph Birman.
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.
Panelists: Viincen Delecroix (France), Hélène Barcelo (USA), Andrea Vera Gajardo (Chile), Sorelle Toukam Tchoumegne (Cameroon) and Georges-Philippe Gadoury-Sansfacon (Canada), chair Marie-Françoise Roy
The video of the panel discussion is available here.
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.
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.
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 Banff International Research Station (BIRS) has announced that Professor Malabika Pramanik is the incoming Director of the Station commencing on July 1, 2020. Dr. Pramanik, who is Professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia, was confirmed unanimously and enthusiastically by the BIRS Board of Directors for this position. (Official announcement)
Congratulations to Dr. Pramanik.