Women in Mathematics
Let's celebrate together May 12 - the international day for Women in Mathematics
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The Math department, in collaboration with the Mathematics students union (Matematisk fagutvalg), celebrates May12, the international day for Women in Mathematics.
Program
14:15-14:45 Screening of the film "Olga Ladyzhenskaya"
14:15-15:00 Break (with light serving)
15:00-15:45 Panel debate about Women in Mathematics in Norway and in the world - motivation and experiences from our students and scientific staff.
The film "Olga Ladyzhenskaya" is directed by Ekaterina Eremenko, who has also directed the short-film portraits of the Abel prize Laureates.
The event is open.
See also the event in Oslo: May12 Kvinner i matematikk (NB their event is on May 2nd)
For international events, see May12
Why May12?
- May 12 is the birthday of Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian mathematician and professor of mathematics at Stanford University.
- In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contribution to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their modulus spaces
- Mirzakhani became the first woman, and the first Iranian, to be recognized for her mathematical achievements by this top mathematical award.
- She died tragically of cancer in 2017 at the early age of 40.
