Conference diaries: Women in Numbers – Europe

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Adriana Salerno
Kristin Lauter, showing the group the first WIN proceedings volume.

Kristin Lauter, showing the group the first WIN proceedings volume.

 

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the latest installation of the Women in Numbers conferences, Women in Numbers – Europe at the CIRM in Luminy. (Side note: WINE must be the best acronym for a conference held in France ever).  This successful series of conferences started in 2008, mostly under the impetus of Kristin Lauter. The conferences have been great for creating a network of women doing research in Number Theory, and have led to fruitful collaborations and two proceedings volumes (one of which is in the presses as we speak, er, write). I have written before about how much I love these research-focused workshops for women, and my love for workshops in general, so in an effort not to repeat myself in this post I will mainly share some photos and memories from the experience, in no particular order.  Continue reading →

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Conference diaries: Maine-Quebec Number Theory

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Adriana Salerno
On the coffee break on Saturday, there was cake! This was actually one of the conferences with the best baked goods I've ever been to, mainly because they were all homemade!

On the coffee break on Saturday, there was cake! This was actually one of the conferences with the best baked goods, mainly because they were all homemade!

Two weekends ago, I attended the Maine-Quebec Number Theory conference at the University of Maine in Orono. This year the conference was special in that it honored two of its co-founders, Claude Levesque and Chip Snyder, who have recently retired. I love attending the conference for a few reasons, but the main (Maine?) one is that I get to catch up with number theorists in the area and form some good connections. It doesn’t hurt that I can drive to it, that it’s short, and that there is support for lodging and a fancy lobster banquet! Continue reading →

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A week at the Clay Math Institute

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Adriana Salerno
A Penrose tiling in front of the new Math Institute Building. My favorite anecdote is when someone saw Roger Penrose looking at the tiling pensively, as if trying to check that it was correct.

A Penrose tiling in front of the new Math Institute Building. Apparently someone saw Roger Penrose looking at the tiling pensively, as if trying to check that it was correct.

Last week, I attended Sage Days 53: Computational Number Theory, Geometry, and Physics, at the Clay Mathematics Institute in Oxford. Like most workshops, for which I have already professed my love, it was an extremely productive and positive experience. I was able to finish something I was trying to do for months, talk to a few of my collaborators in person, and learn more about developing code for Sage. In this post, I will share some of my experiences during the past week.

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