Conference

A public gathering including video projection and talks.

Good morning 🌺

This event was created to give visibility to the women researchers and students in our program, while also promoting dialogue and reflection on the challenges and perspectives of being a woman in mathematics.

Location: Room 407 – Block H (Gragoatá)
Date: Today, May 11
Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM

The event is open to all students and professors.

This meeting takes place in celebration of the International Day of Women in Mathematics, observed on the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to receive the Fields Medal.

In occasione della *Giornata internazionale delle donne nella matematica, martedì **12 maggio ore 15:30 aula A3* si terrà presso il Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica dell'Università degli Studi di Perugia, il seminario dal titolo *“Donne, matematica e scienza: oltre i pregiudizi culturali e sociali”, tenuto dalla **prof.ssa Elvira Mascolo*.

Sophie Germain is remembered for her major contributions to mathematics, ranging from advances in number theory (related to Fermat’s Last Theorem) to foundational results on vibrating plates. She was the first woman to win a major competitive research prize in mathematics. 

We will celebrate her 250th birthday with four general-audience talks, a live demonstration, and a speaker panel bringing her life and work into focus. 

Speaker: Ann Dooms, professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Department Wiskunde & Data Science (WIDS)

To celebrate the International Day of Women in Mathematics,
MaddMaths! and the Department of Mathematics of the University of Pisa
are organizing a training afternoon for primary school teachers
on the topic of gender issues in mathematics.

The conference is organized by the interuniversity research center established between the University of Brescia and the Catholic University. The lecture, delivered by Professor Fabio Luterotti and introduced by the center’s director, Professor Anita Pasotti, is dedicated to the figure of Maria Gaetana Agnesi, one of the greatest mathematicians in history. The event will take place at the Municipal Library of Concesio.

Colóquio do IME exists since 2019 and organizes monthly one-hour talks by established mathematicians, statisticians and computer scientists at the University of São Paulo, in Brazil. For this May 12, we have invited Marilaine Colnago (Unesp) to give a talk on mitigation strategies for AI bias.

Che GENERE di scienza?
Stereotypes, Bias, and the Social Dimension of Research

The “May12 Celebrating Women in Mathematics” initiative, now in its eighth edition, is a joyful occasion for the international mathematical community to celebrate women in mathematics: a global event dedicated to recognizing the contributions of women mathematicians and to creating spaces for participation and action addressing the structural inequalities that have shaped—and still shape—the world of scientific research.

14:30 in G.15.34 (University of Wuppertal)
Norbert Schappacher (Strasbourg)
„The Density of Chance. Remarks on
Maryam Mirzakhani‘s life and work.“

This talk introduces the life and work of Maryam
Mirzakhani. After a brief biographical sketch, it explores
key aspects of her mathematics and shows how her
ideas transformed the field, including the celebrated
“Magic Wand Theorem” of Eskin and Mirzakhani.
Join us for coffee, tea and cookies at 14:00