[Todos CMAT] IMU News 119, May 2023

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**International Mathematical Union**

**IMU News 119: May 2023**
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Newsletter from the International Mathematical Union
Editor: Yoshiharu Kohayakawa, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

**CONTENTS**

1. News from the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC)
2. News from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM)
3. IYBSSD 24-Hour Online Event around the World
4. News from the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
5. Award Ceremony of the Abel Prize 2023
6. Wolf Prize in Mathematics 2023
7. Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2023
8. ICM 2022
9. 2023 Tate Medal

**News from the Commission for Developing Countries (CDC)**

The newly elected [Commission for Developing Countries  
](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/9gLvjq4M_gEXGWdM8J7O2W5lbaNNWmOrOz76BujEP0w6_W9bN-O-JzjyzcxHxTQyFaY3HVKekuWKhPntKx_rXarHmZLusPzMiBiIYXJAVTbxFvpWZq_Ga_Y6DcTbQ-8EhZXFdDiuZ749PeulU1o0qM3YG2n6bygFKjcm8yEyQGWRL1sTE7DFPc-Z7U-7RfMss8ROsAqvXQI/cdc)(CDC) is actively working to improve its funding opportunities.  It strongly encourages mathematicians and students from developing countries to apply to the calls below and to contact the CDC for further details [via  
email](mailto:cdc.grants en mathunion.org).


**Grants to Institutions**


- [Volunteer Lecturer  
Program](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/iSQ98M1cQcDq8y1Cs_hp0JNbV7bJ6coOm9avfRKKFkTJEfrXcFS2etvQ5DgSNrvfznOaEZYzH630ylbTesRkCZr0dxFwaaSgaMK4M-EYkxwbc6Oi23rZj7pUM21PU4mGVMfIKBL5cw14jS8uPMub0rC0F6FtQdyBAnl0tLQ_JfFUweEMSOzicLNF-MrStsMDzG4-kaHYDCvph6DWLMM/lecturing/volunteer-lecturer-program) (next deadline September 1,  
2023)
- [Library Assistance  
Scheme](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/qPJaTK5x6TRSj3tYjJk0xcYp_SBGWDGj3Pcz-JrSMIr40K_POYvwKPJsPyXcvMW1G7aY1tQhevWKNhqNchZFkf9dFgekSxSvzMqVS6rtB1_OPwCQdxQSnLiCuVBxVFrMzpkQWmZG0obzXwGpq7vX8jL3QNKXjdmVfcGYaprdrHsgWEqeq04X1bYGeRsQZ5vB8UfOSZKRcDYaPdMvRok/scholarships/library-assistance-scheme) (no fixed  
deadline)

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**News from the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM)**

CWM Newsletter Issue 9, May 2023.  The 9th issue of the CWM Newsletter  
was released on May 12, 2023, with the following content:



- Interview with the new vice-chair of CWM, Hélène Barcelo
- News from CWM: First Meeting of CWM 2023-2026, Marie-Françoise  
Roy's article about CWM and the (WM)² in the Notices of the AMS
- Other News and Announcements: May 12 Celebration, Wolf Prize, and  
other Prizes, Honors and Achievements
- Article by Betül Tanbay on the Themes of the International Day of  
Mathematics
[Click  
here](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/VCnPHn6KlnTYGkeO7Eav0wZm1szx4yrwO3KGQLSXv0OsAz6SyDexQ9xmkXu9HeCawDT40KQuh0oibVxlzEXYaMafKgKsJzQQOWtEW-mgqBpegxKWVCVJoxasd9D3ZqKeLvrtssqdQ9ekdY3xZB7H_ahKbszkWCjNZkVHs6MheWarYnUW_acAOXEbsqI7RfdecD8g_Z-oMzyJe5BvmcUbGJW_v38xLczt97pnVgkTiePp9M2q-rLRjRMx42lf_wEEVBCF6dIjJotQmTdN6w) for the CWM Newsletter Issue 9 in PDF.  To subscribe to CWM Newsletter, [click  
here](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/NlgXAwz4t15Pg_ITmtrts8wnY1uS613Y0UEgeduJThjjCGaZLKbr64bBiYkjAPOHJ0kNbicjMC7QJbOTtK4TR199gGudlDdIGu3smRQGcRQUF6ox1OVUazU7ae1yNIKEpbCM50XA7hPOrtuh_NZecjTum6vv7RtvE5828uVjzlDF-Slm7tFKb_hEcaMM8Yd4_Gn_CVnmMKTERcLr1KU/about/cwm-newsletter).

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**IYBSSD 24-Hour Online Event around the World**

On the occasion of the World Environment Day on 5 June 2023, the  
[International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable  
Development](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/G6w5M9WbNbcqWhC4FFBpKvBOSEIG37dudxnmKi6cxtAL0b4y68lc83srtGzPBaju4rk9RmTjPnuGcmO0kn9p1OVof3XuJ2rLbpT4FXHO_yL6BjBQPEzyqMXdkvhee8HZtOUAi-GQogNKZ6VQTO9jveOM7hsI7YFQ0GYVkD1IgcHw_ahExPna_KVim3sfWh003nUZh4F-rkFBtR6NTg) is offering science enthusiasts a 24-hour live online broadcast, to share how scientific results, as well as ways of doing science, already contribute to building a better world for  
all.


Most talks and discussions will be in English.  Some will be in  
Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and other languages.

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**News from the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)**

**Report on the ICMI Symposium on Mathematics Education and the  
Socio-Ecological, by Kate Le Roux (University of Cape Town, ZA) and  
Alf Coles (university of Bristol, UK).**  What is and might be the  
role of mathematics and mathematics education in multiple,  
intersecting, social, political, and ecological issues of climate  
change, poverty, inequality, health crises, discrimination and  
marginalization, and totalitarianism?  This is the concern that  
brought together 170 mathematics educators, mathematics teachers,  
mathematicians, and scientists whose work makes links to the  
sociopolitical and ecological in an online ICMI Symposium, Mathematics  
Education and the Socio-Ecological, on 20 March 2023.

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**Award Ceremony of the Abel Prize 2023**

In a [memorable  
event](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/rYaZpvp38cXI3R7_6v3DCqOL-r8380eS4WOAiP9foBg5x8Fiz3GtFtUKrokKe2eJOI-XYIzF0iDa_H4qKx44HMOGXe3tPJbSd1cTpwyiwWHH450xKJAT0OwE-RHQeeH6CL7sRh3WqZhTpbEbClm2NIDBhT5nhPyccD58aKgz0PHsy9mY-BRsZX8MNAJ8brIw1aMFGBgBYZJT7QbVYlWxAiqbw-9anQCu1KjCjG-QcKo--bsqS9l9vyHN-g), His Majesty King Harald V of Norway presented the Abel Prize to the 2023 laureate Luis Caffarelli in the University Aula, Oslo, on 23 May 2023.  Also took part in the celebration the Chair of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Lise Øvreås, and the Head of the Abel Committee, Helge Holden.  Readers are invited to watch the[ beautiful ceremony](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Ey2OGnTSFEq3oiGAl5Hkih22spPM7-GVKzDc8KcA0g9Q0j9x712pFbHOGCEY9GIo-i9E3SAV1dM60-J07H7-ZTXzNOoFijfnCNfeFd9hdGIQXmUBa1GQBmjYQoSYy5swplLSecvokaR-gON4OXlfVvAQYY8eP2Ip8t4eVbddpa9s76ctPtmZbpeo2VkogCDB9NN4lgmXouAjYwQXkx7SjuoP1PQinA) on the [Abel YouTube  
channel](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/o9SmW0HwN0S9szM7DWHnLegs15VMjFrUkCR2KU3LF6PK-2-n659wXpfBHbdXvNnsVIrLo6tzsP0t6lzPyEZiBPOMPHRGLPCrPrsTFIDJe3yP2uV8NColr96RyOsmIO2bJq1tPW0Yak6T8xogqteAEDj1LSqfc5HYWUsBJdaSM_eZZWmEKs6ObekiTwCcizComgXTscbNAVbuCEEzEIyISRrDAq4BUg).

His Majesty King Harald V presents the 2023 Abel Prize to Luis Caffarelli
Photo: Alf Simensen - NTB/The Abel Prize

**Wolf Prize in Mathematics 2023**

Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University, USA, [has been awarded the 2023  
Wolf Prize in  
Mathematics](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/a9ow2KBlzniAfpGNKy_AHImaQ2tg3FIQwBtfO9TCCaqfNrj2qIj1W2SNkX0t-_GwVkkf7wQMREZnmw52FSO03qGwOmiuUz7XqiF2UCa0NhuDoczdUr1q2bWUmOzxSEjmhR_yWGObex-FDERLnC315iREMQvgvAlW3wnKV_a-AhfWIiZN6UniUnEMlUPNXhFtAwaSgSr3nQD5-raLZjUYAS9P4oY-jr4Xt9FE30Fnk-DRC545Xl985fMWtOjx4VM) “for her work in the creation and development of wavelet theory and modern time-frequency analysis.  Her discovery of smooth, compactly supported wavelets, and the development of biorthogonal wavelets transformed image and signal processing and filtering.  Her work is of tremendous importance in image compression, medical imaging, remote sensing, and digital photography.  Daubechies has also made unparalleled contributions to developing real-world applications of harmonic analysis, introducing sophisticated image-processing techniques to fields ranging from art to evolutionary biology and  
beyond.”

Photo: David von Becker, 2011

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**Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2023**

The [2023 Shaw Prize in Mathematical  
Sciences](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/NVyKbQyA_sXPlxRa2Cmf6RX24t1pxL6vTn9p0jLnStOMJWlC2QBMBgpRIfFj5brNFhFTAq1jWGITFi8op7a6rHrtBhoT8EZqcCDi1ZY4EGUpV3GRwzzTWMEufrYYGnwFKH25eQYoPqzIFpQhnZ5hA0msmA6FKw2xrEX-GoK50svDLf0loe7TvIcBZNObkNP0x_DI1r9Obela3pIn9PATDJRO4MiA2cnEmvg9Lx5WzDDtSfipgYXqFK-82nC2) has been awarded to Vladimir Drinfeld, University of Chicago, USA, and Shing-Tung Yau, Tsinghua University, PRC, “for their contributions related to mathematical physics, to arithmetic geometry, to differential geometry and to Kähler  
geometry.”

Vladimir Drinfeld is currently the Harry Pratt Judson Distinguished  
Service Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, USA.   
He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990 and the Wolf Prize in  
Mathematics in 2018.  He is a member of the US National Academy of  
Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academy of  
Sciences of Ukraine.  Shing-Tung Yau is currently the Director of Yau  
Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University, PRC.  He was  
awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in  
2010.  He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the US  
National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and  
Sciences.  For further information, [see the press  
release](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/_pkvDnvZW-Ks9bw1DxP449PUT4VG0nJ2DgOXIe8WhmOhOH5vhC6DOad8zhQYYOdcss2XxMqMHa9fKfc1cIUfGE_1IKIvETSo7rSovWbiowUCoOa4PirxjYjL1kNtYDH3Wpwun4RSABBH45zA3acUYL1gTUfPY8r17B6UwikUNSuTjBWRKqD4fhhPRvZ2QKYzEgXbQ1eUDjIQZdaGeV14a2j1j42W79PwHwf5Z9Thmsmi2f8gl8kguhR1nfby6-fbvwBhqTsbRdKNBAgxw4JePjl06v3Fs3PVuIJGQHeQuw).

**ICM 2022**

For an engaging account on the ICM 2022, the first ever virtual ICM,  
readers are invited to Helge Holden's [background and reflections  
article](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/WTXu6yq2uzVeM5256uiMs_mmwktielpRkDyUjfmtt3dacO5m2scVUtzotb4imFCJ1noTpRQzhj4qDgE4x3O68tG8gKOAppCRiI9WeYtrGvfHPItsR2SV9A0hrA4Iae8lN8VkqsLn8FCNUbz2VYhY5R3LMxPtKUJkqf9X8d_Lv-mChbgB-Cc11poJm6eup-CgpwDsT11yfO5a4C-q5yCCq5LSfK4-7veuE-TOO35P8dsG5nI) ([PDF](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/Pc5-Uf3Oi464YzYpkx92QUZWsYzHf9jC_ezLlIoGrsavGHClSuR-qu9Iaotbc5mOmd1ZpB_-D3Sy1n2EKS3PIN5Q2L_2p0YLoMuytPSSZ_Wi75ExgvLbYnl40zAdGC_i9K0I8w3YQ3I140Dcukg3ldkberbWSDh9kkXXGUN25bdo50u6rO04ZocDULbtQ_e6rxSTXAXN1JZIGUseABre9zwkdxvDEgJFc-X5E3aWr1o8O1tt7rAgHxn0)) in the [March issue of the EMS  
Magazine](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/C2XYpACRpw15T7rGesXzF851J_avluuUkEdOvdqRXD_dxQNGzbYlm9NKw4UwmsupPb9WUpIzCeCmIgrg59PkBQxjDoWwv_bJqzNnA6WKZR4uhH1fqwGFrGzDNkHHZSLuZDa7V5JcV3VKxvaj_HdtfXlgD0dkdSbF9ItgcDeb3aPr_8upjAIof8WMFJk0rcFw0_4hAQA58-6nPPU_3BYG_MQtIDGroO-MxQca9t1oIGHX).

**2023 Tate Medal**

Mathematical Physicist and [IMU  
CDC](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/LZVX15WrWeP149b-aNPMTV_i7gn0rx8JpEU9lXrMhEev1OPtyuZnxlWzWYDaF-Sb46POv0CIkAdJJKOpzACi1ARLvpu4t_xyZ3wc4nOC_Zx8O0NhvRAPfWCKH-sbBKV7m4cpFQrq5pBIPB_9gM8BzkX3z2CCJ9Br1a-ytCE-EnRLzHKhtcGvJzznfiOsegyQiyqnxuGAucHHz6YI-BO5) Member Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou has been selected as the winner of the [2023 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics](https://62s8s.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/cl/f/DXPRYPL6Istlb5LvHkKXhUTCgEoDn8g1vL8mMSOKa_7V7q-9qq_15kIjDLEwB6DEWncov9wzpQKXOrcHzdks7MlwAjMjyPB5R0X2ju195czRVZ9SmsgH8mzbv0cUxraiaC1i3TekJ8k8TQQgETHuGvYWMvU1AXQLSnCS9NJ28dvMxsVb74Dtv4hspM7xuMLog-hPa_B8akwJ8WRv7GOxB6N1vU2854OT9HYtF6wmC_rLpitB-3f0GG4MC1J4xSlUth6hmmhd-B0FCY-xgjUo8pijsNgGIYWGD_lbIoQOktv1vj9_PHBde3qy8aBI8w) by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), “for his efforts to build and maintain an enduring transnational African mathematical physics research and education  
community.”

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