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*1. **Editorial: New IMU-Committee on Diversity
This year has brought an increase of attention, worldwide, to the
issues of diversity and inclusion. Many countries, institutions and
organizations have recognized the need to re-assess their
relationship with these issues. Many institutions have come to
realize that old policies have to be re-considered and that many
more active measures have to be taken to address diversity and
inclusion, and to make sure that addressing these issues is fully
incorporated in their activities and their decision-making.
For the last few years, there has been increased attention to
diversity and inclusion, in all the activities of the IMU. This has
been combined with an increased awareness and consideration of
conflict of interest and implicit biases. These changes have
certainly improved the operations of the IMU. For the Commission for
Developing Countries (CDC <https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/>)
diversity has always been an integral part of its activities. The
successful creation of the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM
<https://www.mathunion.org/cwm>) has helped increase the attention
given to gender equality and the underrepresentation of women in
mathematics. Also for the International Commission for Mathematical
Instruction (ICMI <https://www.mathunion.org/icmi>) diversity in
mathematics education has always been important.
Nevertheless, the Executive Committee (EC
<https://www.mathunion.org/organization/imu-executive-committee>)
felt that there are good reasons to reconsider now how the IMU
addresses the issues of diversity and inclusion. For this purpose,
the EC has created an ad-hoc committee on diversity, the IMU
Committee on Diversity (CoD
<https://www.mathunion.org/activities/ad-hoc-committee-diversity-cod>),
to give advice to the IMU regarding diversity and inclusion. Given
the vastness and pervasiveness of mathematics, diversity and
inclusion, the EC decided that there is a need to restrict the remit
of the CoD to the aspects of diversity that pertain to IMU
activities. By diversity we mean here issues pertaining to race,
gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, ethnicity,
disabilities, geography, underprivileged background as well as to
political and religious beliefs and related issues. Since the IMU
already has a committee working on the gender aspect of diversity,
the CWM, the CoD will put the main focus on other aspects of
diversity. The CoD was established at the end of August 2020.
The CoD will deliver a report to the EC by the end of 2021. The
report will be distributed to the IMU Adhering Organizations. The
CoD will cease to exist at that point. The EC will then offer its
recommendations, based on the CoD’s report. The topic and
recommendations will be discussed at the General Assembly in St
Petersburg in 2022.
The CoD is charged with producing:
1. an assessment on how the IMU performs regarding diversity and
inclusion.
2. advice on how the IMU can improve its activities regarding
diversity and inclusion in its activities.
3. make recommendations to the IMU on how the IMU can advise and
help its members regarding diversity and inclusion.
The CoD’s membership is publicly known and it is receptive to advice
and proposals from mathematicians worldwide
The following are the members of the CoD:
* Robert Bryant, Chair, USA (chair en cod.mathunion.org)
* Gugu Moreira, Brazil
* Ngo Bao Chau, USA/Vietnam
* Tatiana Toro, USA/Colombia
* Philibert Nang, Gabon
* Elena Vazquez Abal, Spain
* Anjum Halai, Pakistan
* Sophie Dabo-Niang, France/Senegal
* Edy Tri Baskoro, Indonesia
* Edray Goins, USA
Carlos E. Kenig (IMU President) and Helge Holden (IMU Secretary General)
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***2. **CEIC: Notes and Comments**
Beyond just disseminating electronic versions of traditional
mathematics publications, technology offers new possibilities for
how to document and communicate mathematics. For example, online
databases and services such as the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer
Sequences (https://oeis.org <https://oeis.org/>) or the L-functions
and Modular Forms Database (https://www.lmfdb.org
<https://www.lmfdb.org/>) play an increasingly important role in
mathematics.
One of the most intriguing technologies is interactive theorem
proving, in which a computer program called a “proof assistant”
helps the user develop and verify a rigorous proof. To date,
interactive theorem proving has played only a limited role in
mathematics, with its highest-profile success being the formal
verification of the proof of Kepler’s conjecture on
three-dimensional sphere packing (see
https://doi.org/10.1017/fmp.2017.1
<https://doi.org/10.1017/fmp.2017.1>). However, it has the potential
for much broader application. In a recent article, Kevin Buzzard
gives a thought-provoking introduction to this topic:
K. Buzzard, Proving theorems with computers, Notices of the American
Mathematical Society 67 (2020), 1791-1799,
https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2177 <https://doi.org/10.1090/noti2177>
<https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/08/more-700-german-research-institutions-strike-open-access-deal-springer-nature>
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***3. **News from the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC)**
*IMU-CDC graduate assistantships in developing countries program
(GRAID): New call*
The Program provides modest support for emerging research groups,
working in a developing country listed in Priority 1 or 2 of the IMU
Definition
<https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/about-cdc/definition-developing-countries>,
making it possible for them to fund their most talented students to
study full-time and pursue a Master or PhD graduate degree in
mathematics.
We invite applications from Teams consisting of a Principal
Investigator plus his or her research group and an International
Partner by *March 15, 2021*.
The Principal Investigator should be a university professor in
mathematics holding a PhD, working at a university or research
centre in a developing country listed in Priority 1 or 2 of the IMU
Definition, who is already training mathematics Master’s or PhD
students and who is part of a research group. The International
Partner should be a mathematician working at a university or
research centre not based in any of the countries listed in Priority
1 or 2 of the IMU Definition. At the time of application, there
should be an active and ongoing collaboration between the
International Partner and the Principal Investigator.
This program is managed by the GRAID Subcommittee and the American
Mathematical Society.
For more information please visit
https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-assistantships-developing-countries
<https://www.mathunion.org/cdc/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/graduate-assistantships-developing-countries>
_Call for Donations to the GRAID Program_
Funding for GRAID is provided by voluntary donations from
mathematicians or mathematical institutions worldwide. IMU-CDC
acknowledges and encourages donations to GRAID that can be done via
the Friends of IMU website http://friends-imu.org/donate/#graid
<http://friends-imu.org/donate/#graid> .
*2021 Bertrand Russell Prize of the AMS awarded to Michel Waldschmidt*
From the citation <https://www.ams.org/news?news_id=6459>: The 2021
Bertrand Russell Prize
<http://www.ams.org/prizes-awards/paview.cgi?parent_id=40> was
awarded to Michel Waldschmidt in recognition of his outstanding
contributions to graduate schools and mathematical research in
developing countries, and of his sustained commitment to building
bridges between mathematical communities around the world.
Throughout his career, Waldschmidt has worked tirelessly toward the
development of graduate schools in multiple countries, both through
lecturing and serving on advisory committees.
Waldschmidt is presently a member of the Commission of Developing
Countries of the International Mathematical Union and Chair of the
GRAID Committee (Graduate Research Assistantships in Developing
Countries).
Congratulations!
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***4. **News from the Commission for Women in Mathematics (CWM)**
*CWM 2021 call*
CWM <https://www.mathunion.org/cwm> invites proposals for funding of
up to €3000 for activities or initiatives taking place in 2021.
Because of the COVID crisis, (totally or partially) virtual on-line
events are welcome and non -virtual projects should explain their
plans in case they have to turn virtual. The deadline for
applications is 15 December 2020.
Applications should be sent to applications-for-cwm en mathunion.org
<mailto:applications-for-cwm en mathunion.org> . Successful applicants
will be informed no later than 31 January 2021.
*World Meeting for Women in Mathematics – (WM)^2 and МАТЕМАТИКА
exhibition*
The second World Meeting for Women in Mathematics – (WM)^2
<https://www.mathunion.org/cwm/cwm-initiatives/wm2-world-meeting-women-mathematics>
has been approved as a special satellite event of the ICM 2022 in
St. Petersburg by the Local Organising Committee (LOC). It will take
place on July 5th, 2022, at the Expoforum center – the ICM 2022 venue.
Place will be also provided for the “МАТЕМАТИКА” exhibition, at the
Expoforum for the duration of the ICM. The goal of МАТЕМАТИКА is to
give more visibility to women active in mathematics throughout
Russia, by telling stories of ten women who contribute in an
important way, directly and indirectly, to research in mathematics.
*Women in math and the COVID-19 crisis*
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread and affect the lives of
everyone, and the negative impact of this crisis on women and junior
mathematicians is hard to ignore. We invite contributions to the CWM
page “Women in math and the COVID-19 crisis”: these may be links to
initiatives or data regarding the impact on women or other
vulnerable groups in the math or science community; or they may be
personal stories. Please write to cwm.info en mathunion.org
<mailto:cwm.info en mathunion.org> .
*CWM Newletter 4*
CWM Newsletter number 4 can be found here:
https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CWM/Initiatives/CWMNewsletter.pdf
<https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CWM/Initiatives/CWMNewsletter.pdf>
.
The newsletter starts with an interview of a CWM member, Neela
Nataraj, head of the Department of Mathematics at IIT Bombay
<http://www.iitb.ac.in/> and continues with “News From CWM”. Our
external article is about the ‘Standing Committee for Gender
Equality in Science (SCGES
<https://gender-equality-in-science.org/>)’, by its chair Catherine
Jami. See also part c. above.
You are welcome to subscribe to the CWM Newsletter with 2 options:
1. send a mail to cwm.newsletter-subscribe en mathunion.org
<mailto:cwm.newsletter-subscribe en mathunion.org> or
2. use the subscription form on
https://www.mathunion.org/cwm/about/cwm-newsletter
<https://www.mathunion.org/cwm/about/cwm-newsletter> .
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***5. *******International Day of Mathematics 2021 (IDM 2021)***
1. The theme of the International Day of Mathematics
<https://www.idm314.org/> 2021 (March 14, 2021) is "Mathematics for
a Better World".
2. In view of the pandemic, it is highly likely that it will not be
possible to hold events for the general public. It is therefore
recommended that celebrations be planned in schools and colleges
during class time or as extracurricular activities. Since March 14,
2021 is a Sunday, schools and colleges may choose to celebrate
around March 14, for example Friday, March 12 and/or Monday, March
15. Since IMU has no direct contact with the school networks, we
would be very grateful if you could pass the invitation to the
school network(s) of your country and/or all the schools with which
you are in contact.
3. In a few weeks, it will be possible to submit your plans to our
IDM event map. Subscribe to the IDM newsletter
<http://eepurl.com/gsYjyz> to be notified when the submission form
is online.
3. Each school and college is invited to participate in the
Mathematics for a Better World Poster Challenge.
<https://www.idm314.org/2021-poster-challenge.html> Again, we would
be grateful if you could pass the word in the schools in your country.
4. A live event will be held online, like the one we had in 2020
<https://www.idm314.org/launch-2020.html>.
5. The Next Einstein Forum 2020 (NEF 2020) where the African launch
of the IDM was supposed to take place had been postponed due to the
pandemic. NEF 2020 <https://gg2020.nef.org/> will now take place
virtually on December 8-10 2020. IMU and the IDM will be represented
in a plenary activity ‘’International Day of Mathematics –
Mathematics for a Better World’’ that will take place on December 10
2020, 13:30-14:30 Kigali time, and that will be chaired by IMU
Vice-president, Loyiso Nongxa.
** Editor’s farewell
It has been my privilege to serve as the editor of IMU-net during
the 5-year period 2016 – 2020. Assembling the 30 issues of the
newsletter, I have constantly been supported by many mathematicians.
I would like to thank in particular IMU Secretary General Helge
Holden, liaison officers Dick Gross and Andrei Okounkov from the
IMU-EC, IMU technicians Gerhard Telschow and Frank Klöppel, as well
as Olga Gil Medrano from the IMU-CDC and Marie-Francoise Roy from
the IMU-CWM for their friendly, efficient and swift cooperation
through these years. I shall miss it collaborating with these
dedicated colleagues!
I would like to welcome my successor, the incoming editor of the
re-shaped IMU-News, Yoshi Kohayakawa and wish him and IMU-News a
splendid development. A newsletter should first of all be attractive
for its subscribers. In order to achieve this, it needs to offer
/relevant and fresh/ information (related to the work of the IMU in
our case) presented in a /concise/ manner. It is an art to achieve
an optimal balance!
I am happy to learn about the plans to give IMU-News a new visually
attractive format and to integrate information from correspondents
covering the events within the mathematics profession from a
regional perspective. Such a sounding board has the perspective to
make IMU News far more appealing. I will envy you, Yoshi, for the
support of such a team, but I am also aware of that the coordination
of a team is a challenge in itself.
Finally, let me wish the IMU, its newsletter and its subscribers all
the best.
Martin Raussen
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