WIMSIG NEWSLETTER — August 2023
Get involved in WIMSIG!
We are looking for WIMSIG members who would like to get more involved in some of our activities. Here are some ways you could contribute to WIMSIG’s goals of supporting women, trans and gender diverse people in the mathematical sciences in Australia:
- WIMSIG Incoming Chair (from January 2024)
- WIMSIG Secretary (from January 2024)
- Student Member — WIMSIG Executive Committee (from January 2024)
- Awards Committee Member (from October 2023)
- Newsletter Editor (from January 2024)
- Website Editor (from November 2023)
If you are interested in any of these roles, or would like more information, please email WIMSIG Chair, Jennifer Flegg (WIMSIG-chair@austms.org.au). Even if you’re just curious about possibly doing any of these roles in the future, we would love to hear from you.
OPPORTUNITIES
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Imaging Black Holes (fixed term, 3yrs, Perth)
— Closing date: Thursday 31 August 2023 - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Fairness Research in Machine Learning (fixed term, 3yrs, Melbourne)
— Closing date: Thursday 31 August 2023
FUNDING
Hanna Neumann Fellowships for 2024
Berlin Mathematics Research Center (MATH+) awards the Hanna Neumann Fellowship to young female scientists in recognition of their outstanding mathematical achievements.
For details, see: https://mathplus.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2024-HannaNeumannFellowships.pdf
Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2023.
MEDIA
- The shape of our mathematical beliefs — Wonder in Mathematics (blog)
- The federal government has tools to pull universities into line. Will it use them to tackle sexual violence? — ABC News, July 2023
- How centuries of sexism excluded women from science, and how to redress the balance — Nature, July 2023
Have you read an interesting article? Have some news? Have an opportunity available?
Please send items to WIMSIG-news@austms.org.au.
Note: Newsletters are published on the 1st day of each month (or soon after). The deadline for submitted items is the 27th day of each month.
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