The March 2023 issue of the Notices of the AMS celebrated the Women’s History Month, and included an article by Marie-Françoise Roy, former chair of CWM. The article, entitled "Building a Worldwide Community of Women Mathematicians", describes one of the main initiatives of CWM: the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)².
Ingrid Daubechies is awarded the Wolf Prize for her work in the creation and development of wavelet theory and modern time-frequency analysis. Her discovery of smooth, compactly supported wavelets, and the development of biorthogonal wavelets transformed image and signal processing and filtering.
(1780 - 1872)
Scottish scientist, writer, and polymath.
Elected to the American Geographical and Statistical Society in 1857 and the Italian Geographical Society in 1870, and was made a member of the American Philosophical Society
Mathematics in the Southern Cone is a collaboration workshop between researchers on currently unsolved mathematical problems. The focus is on working together to make progress on current problems, rather than simply presenting results as usual. This proposal invites individuals of all genders to participate in the groups, which will be led by female researchers to encourage gender diversity in research leadership and promote the work of female researchers in the region.
The Girls in Mathematical Sciences Program (GMSP) by AIMS Ghana is a nine month program for secondary school girls in Ghana to nurture their talents in the mathematical sciences. The mode of delivery is hybrid with monthly online masterclasses by scientists on their research areas and recent open problems.
More details here.
CWM is happy to announce that the May 12 - Celebrating Women in Mathematics website for the 2023 edition has been launched, and is now available at may12.womeninmaths.org
May 12 is the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani. This date was chosen to celebrate Women in Mathematics in her memory, with the goal of inspiring women everywhere in the world, celebrating their achievements in mathematics, and encouraging an open, welcoming and inclusive work environment for everybody.
The AOWM was created in 2022 in order to facilitate interactions between women mathematicians in Asia and Oceania, with support from CWM. The inaugural meeting of AOWM will take place in hybrid mode from 24 to 28 April 2023, under the auspices of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore, India.
See here for more information.
The Association for Women in Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2023-2024 Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize has been awarded to Lauren M. Childs, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech. Childs has been selected to receive the Michler Prize for her research accomplishments in mathematical biology. Professor Childs will spend an upcoming semester visiting Cornell.
From June 27 to 29, 2023, the Cluster of Excellence CASA in Bochum organizes the WISC workshop for female PhD students and outstanding female students in IT security.
While the first Women in Security and Cryptography Workshop in 2021 still had to take place digitally due to the pandemic, this year the Cluster of Excellence CASA invites to Bochum: Female graduates and outstanding students from the field of IT security and related areas will spend three exciting days here to learn and network together.
(1933-2002)
American educator and mathematician mostly at Spelman College, where she eventually served as department head and associate provost.
One of the earlier African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics.
Outstanding achievements in Mathematics Education, and enhancing the movement of minorities and women into scientific careers.