program Description

Description:

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Lisa Simonyi, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), the Minerva Research Foundation, the Robert S. Hillas Fund and the Princeton University Department of Mathematics, Women⁺ and Mathematics (W⁺AM) is an annual program with the mission to recruit and retain more women in mathematics. W⁺AM aims to counter the initial imbalance of those entering mathematics training as well as the higher attrition rate of female and underrepresented groups of mathematicians at every critical transition stage in mathematical careers. W⁺AM encourages mathematicians to form collaborative research relationships and to become active in a vertical mentoring network spanning a continuum from undergraduates to emeriti professors, which provides support and reduces the sense of isolation experienced by many underrepresented groups in mathematics. While there are a number of programs targeted solely at undergraduates, or graduate students, or postdocs, very few programs provide the depth and breadth that come from simultaneously including features tailored for undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers from a broad spectrum of US institutions, all in one united community of scholars, as W⁺AM does.

This year's program will take place May 18-23, 2025, on the topic of Convexity and Combinatorics in Algebraic Geometry; see https://www.ias.edu/math/wam/program-years/2025-program-women-and-mathematics for detailed course descriptions.

Eligibility:

There are three levels of participants:

• undergraduate students

• graduate students

• postdoctoral researchers and faculty

Funding:

• Shared lodging in apartments on or near the IAS campus.
• All meals
• Reimbursement for travel
• A childcare fund has been created to cover costs of dependent child care, so participants with children can more easily attend the program. More information can be found at https://www.ias.edu/math/wam/program-years/2025-program-women-and-mathematics/child-care-fund

Prerequisites (for both courses):

Terng Lecture: Linear algebra and some exposure to each of algebra, combinatorics, graph theory, and probability

Uhlenbeck Lecture: Exposure to combinatorics and graph theory, and a semester of algebraic geometry or algebraic topology

Undergraduates and Beginner Graduate Students must submit a transcript. Advanced Graduate Students and Postdocs do not have to submit a transcript.