Suggestions for high profile speakers on topics suitable for a wider
undergraduate audience, such as the topics of Mathematics Awareness Month ("Mathematics and Climate" for 2009; previously Voting, Brain, Internet Security).
Please send your suggestions to wim(at)math.mit.edu.
Applications of female researchers who wish to make a research visit to MIT
along with giving a generally accessible talk in the lecture series.
The Women in Mathematics seminar can co-fund up to 50% (max.$500) of
the travel costs for such visits. In order to apply please send the following
information to wim(at)math.mit.edu :
a)
Title and abstract for a talk that is accessible for at least a
general math audience including beginning graduate students (ideally
the talk should be accessible to undergraduates and could be
advertised in certain classes - please indicate necessary
prerequisites and appropriate classes with the course numbers, see
the course catalog and
its part 2.);
b)
Budget for travel and lodging costs (the seminar would cover 50%,
maximal $500);
c)
Name of scientific contact at MIT, who should send a separate email
to wim(at)math.mit.edu with a commitment to be the research host and cover the remaining costs.
d)
Possible dates for the visit and the lecture (standard dates are Tuesday/Wednesday 5:30pm for talks of any level, and Monday 12pm for graduate level talks; some exceptions can be made).
Supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-0749377, DMS-0844188000, and co-sponsored by the MIT Department of Mathematics, UMA, and SWIM.