program Description

Description:

Sponsored by Lisa Simonyi, the Minerva Research Foundation, the Robert S. Hillas Fund, Jane Street, the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation, and the Princeton University Department of Mathematics, WAM is an annual program designed to nurture emerging mathematicians of exceptional talent. WAM brings together mathematicians of promise at all career stages (including undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty) to IAS for a week-long workshop each year. Founded in 1994 with the mission to recruit and retain more women in mathematics, WAM is committed to identifying and supporting talent wherever it is found. Women and all who support its mission are welcome to apply.

This year's program will take place May 17-22, 2026, on the topic of Waves, Wave Packets, and Their Interactions; see https://www.ias.edu/math/wam/wam-2026 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/wam-2026/child-care-fund

Prerequisites:

Terng Course: A first course in proof-based analysis is expected. Exposure to Fourier series, Hölder's inequality, and L^p spaces will be helpful.

Uhlenbeck Course: Familiarity with measure spaces, convergence theorems, function spaces, and the Fourier transform at the level of a first-year graduate course. A first course on harmonic analysis is recommended.

Undergraduate and beginner graduate student applicants must submit a transcript. Advanced graduate students, postdocs, and faculty do not have to submit a transcript.