Kvinner i matematikk

I Norge arrangeres det i år et felles online møte med foredrag, diskusjon, og muligheten for å se en spennende og tankevekkende dokumentar.

Ønsker du å delta? Vennligst send en e-post til Nadia S. Larsen for å få tilsendt Zoom-lenke til møtet. 

Foredragsholderne er yngre kvinnelige matematikere som jobber ved norske universiteter. De vil fortelle litt om deres forskning og om hvorfor de valgte matematikk.

Møtet støttes av EWM-Norge (European Women in Mathematics), men er åpen for alle interesserte. Møtet vil foregå på engelsk.

Program for dagen

• Kl.12:30: Velkommen og informasjon om møtet

• Kl.12:40-13:00: Cecilia Karlsson (Universitetet i Oslo)

• Kl.13:00-13:20: Yushu Li (Universitetet i Bergen)

• Kl.13:20-13:40: Stine Marie Berge (NTNU Trondheim)

• Kl.13:40-14:00: Pause og fri diskusjon

• Kl.14:00: Vi ser dokumentaren "Picture a Scientist". Registrering skjer individuelt (innen 30. april) fra siden https://forms.gle/Uh5SX6n6pLqsRsuN7 (google docs). Hver person ser filmen ved å følge lenken de får tilsendt etter registrering. Filmen varer cirka 90 minutter. 

• Kl.15:40: Tilbake til Zoom-møtet hvor vi holder diskusjon om erfaringer under pandemitiden og refleksjoner rundt filmen.

• Kl.16:30: Arrangementet avsluttes.

Titler og sammendrag fra foredragsholderne

Cecilia Karlsson: Title: Contact geometry -- the math behind ice skating
I'm a researcher in contact geometry, a field where one studies geometrical questions under a certain constraint. This constraint is similar to the one you experience when you are ice skating. Namely, with your ice skates on, you are not able to do as sharp turns as you are when you are walking, you are restricted by a parameter depending on the direction of the blades of your skates. This restriction can be seen as coming from a contact structure.In this talk, I will give an introduction to contact geometry and explain some of the main research questions in the field. I will also say something about why this particular part of mathematics captured my interest.

Yushu Li: Title: A degree in Statistics -- equipping girls for several opportunities in an uncertain world
Statistics, which combines knowledge of mathematical modelling, programming and data analysis techniques, is a field where women are a growing force.  This talk will discuss the reality of being a female statistician.  We will also talk little about the situations of female students in statistical related programs in certain institutions in Sweden, Norway and China. We say that: Statistics, a major which can quantify uncertainty, can also provide girls several opportunities in an uncertain world.

Stine Marie Berge: Title: A Minimizing Path to Geometry
Mathematics is the most popular language for solving problem in the modern world. While applied mathematics tends to focus on using the language to solve real life problems, pure mathematics seeks to develop and understand the language better. In developing the language there are several design choices that needs to be made and many technical challenges to overcome. However, this development is overwhelmingly carried out by a very homogeneous part of the population.I will focus this presentation on my experience studying pure mathematics. I will start by explaining why one should choose to study mathematics to begin with. Thereafter I will talk some about how it has been during my bachelor and master studies at UiB, and my PhD at NTNU. I will end my presentation by a short introduction to my field, namely spectral geometry.

Arrangører

Inger Christin Borge (UiO), Nadia Larsen (UiO) og Antonella Zanna Munthe-Kaas(UiB)

• For mer informasjon: https://may12.womeninmaths.org/ 
• En liste over arrangementer i 2021: https://may12.womeninmaths.org/2021-list