{"id":21516,"date":"2026-04-16T09:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/2026\/04\/16\/international-women-in-mathematics-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:12:31","slug":"international-women-in-mathematics-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/2026\/04\/16\/international-women-in-mathematics-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women in Mathematics Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two activities will be held to celebrate International Women in Mathematics Day 2026.<\/p>\n

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Colloque des sciences math\u00e9matiques du Qu\u00e9bec<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Almut Burchard (University of Toronto)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>: 8 May 2026 at 3:30 pm
\nLieu<\/strong>: Hybride – CRM, Salle \/ Room 6214, Pavillon Andr\u00e9 Aisenstadt<\/p>\n

Title<\/strong>: Symmetry-breaking in geometric capacitor problems<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong>: How does the shape of a body determine its capacity? Classical results say that balls _minimize_ the Newton capacity among bodies of given volume, but _maximize_ it among bodies of given diameter. While \u00a0the lower bound on capacity in \u00a0terms of volume is a cornerstone \u00a0of potential theory, \u00a0the upper bound in terms of diameter (proved by Szego in 1930) was largely relegated to a footnote. Recently isodiametric shape optimization for Riesz capacities has become interesting in the context of aggregation problems with pair interactions \u00a0of attractive-repulsive type. In this talk I will discuss situations where the capacity-maximizer is not a ball. When does symmetry-breaking occur, and what are good candidates for non-radial maximizers?<\/p>\n

International Women in Math Day \u2013 Film Projection and Panel Discussion<\/a><\/h3>\n

Organizers:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Concordia AWM Chapter, Galia Dafni and Alina Stancu
\nLocation :<\/strong>\u00a0Cinema De S\u00e8ve, Concordia University
\nDate :<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, May 12, 2026
\nTime :<\/strong>\u00a06:30pm to 10pm (doors open at 6pm)
\nSponsor :<\/strong>\u00a0Centre de recherches math\u00e9matiques (CRM)<\/p>\n

Join us in celebrating International Women in Mathematics Day, May 12, with a film projection followed by a panel discussion.<\/p>\n

Screening of the film\u00a0Le Th\u00e9or\u00e8me de Marguerite<\/em>\u00a0(in French with English subtitles).\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>This 2023 French fiction film, written and directed by Anna Novion and starring Ella Rumpf, portrays the experiences of a brilliant woman graduate student in mathematics, touching on many aspects of what it means to be a mathematician. The mathematician Ariane M\u00e9zard (Sorbonne) served as a consultant for the film, and the research depicted centers on Goldbach\u2019s conjecture, a classical problem in number theory.<\/p>\n

Panel discussion following the film.<\/strong>\u00a0 The panel will feature women mathematicians from diverse backgrounds and at different stages of their careers. The discussion will focus on\u00a0collaboration<\/strong>, a central theme of the movie and an important aspect of career development, particularly relevant to women and individuals from underrepresented groups in mathematics. The following faculty members are confirmed to participate in the panel: Linan Chen (McGill), Lucile Devin (ULCO, France, visiting the IRL CRM-CNRS), Nadia Lafreni\u00e8re (Concordia), and Patricia Sorya (U. Ottawa, 2025 Carl Herz prize recipient).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":8273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,55,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edien","category-news","category-outreach-and-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21522,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21516\/revisions\/21522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crmath.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}