Update Plenary Speakers at EWM 2009 General Meeting

We are pleased to announce list, not jet complete, of the plenary speakers at the 14th general meeting of EWM.

The 2009 European Mathematical Society Lecturer will be Ingrid Daubechies, Professor of Princeton University, and she will give some of her EMS lectures at the EWM meeting in Novi Sad.

Jelena Kovačević, Carnegie Mellon University, Marta Sanz-Sole, Barcelona University, Reidun Twarok, University of York, Tatiana Suslina, St. Petersburg State University, Brigitte Vallee, CNRS, has also agreed to give a plenary lecture at the meeting.

The complete list of invited speakers and the scientific programme will be planned in collaboration with the Scientific Committee, consisting of twelve internationally leading women mathematicians, which has been recently established jointly by the European Mathematical Society (EMS) and EWM.

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PREMA project

Dear colleague,

As a member of “European Woman in Mathematics Association” we want to
inform you on PREMA project and invite you to collaborate with us
promote a gender sensitive math education.

PREMA aims at understanding the socio-cultural and pedagogic factors
responsible for the gender gap in Math education. PREMA is about
initiating an intervention to alleviate the gender gap in Math’s
education.

This is to be achieved by the articulation of a teacher training
curriculum framework on gender and mathematics that will include a set of
reflective tools to assist teachers to be aware, ask questions and reflect
on gender issues.

Through virtual meetings, brainstorming and discussions forums, a
preliminary version of the tools kit developed by PREMA will be presented
for analysis , criticism and discussion, in Prema 2 Network. It is through
this knowledge sharing process with teachers, trainers and researchers
from across Europe that we will be able to develop a powerful set of
tools.

The Network activities will be followed by National workshops in several
Europeans cities to test the tools to be developed.
The registration process is easy and short. All you have to do is follow
the link http://prema2.iacm.forth.gr

We hope to collaborate with you in PREMA2 Network.

For any questions or further information,

Alexander Landsman
Network Responsible
PREMA Project
alex@ostenso.com

Professorship in the Analysis of Partial Differential Equations

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Applications are invited for the above post, tenable from 01 October 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter. The professorship will be held in the Mathematical Institute, in association with a non-stipendiary professorial fellowship at Keble College.

The university is seeking a world-class mathematician who, through leadership and distinction of his or her contribution to the field, will ensure the continuing pursuit of excellence in research and teaching in partial differential equations. The person appointed will be expected to play a leading role in the development of the newly-formed Oxford Centre for Nonlinear PDE (OxPDE).

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or from the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK (tel: +44(0)1865 270200). The closing date for applications is Monday 23 June 2008.

Further information may be obtained on a strictly confidential basis from Professor Sir John Ball (john.ball@maths.ox.ac.uk).

The LIPN offers a Ph.D position

funded by the French Ministry of Research. The research will be carried out within the CIP (Combinarorics, Information & Physics) research group.

The LIPN is the Computer science laboratory of the university of Paris
13 and is associated to the CNRS (UMR 7030).

Offer :
- 3 years (starting from October 200
- Gross salary: about 1650 €/month
- Location : Villetaneuse (inner outskirts of Paris)
- Subject : Quantum operators and Combinatorics A detailed description of the subject (in French) is available from the following website:
http://opale.dgri.education.fr/depotFichiers/demande/ED146/2008/0931238R_SES_3_10_PROJET_ATP-Duchamp-DS9-ED146.pdf

The applicants must have a strong interest in Combinatorics, Computer Science and/or Physics

Eligibility conditions: [for the details, please read:
http://dr.education.fr/Alloc_doc/ ]
- be under 25
- be entitled with a Master degree or equivalent (pre-doctoral level)

The candidates are requested to send a CV before the end of July to gerard.duchamp@lipn.univ-paris13.fr (Pr G.H.E. Duchamp, head of CIP group) christophe.tollu@lipn.univ-paris13.fr (Dr C. Tollu)

two-year postdoctoral position at University of Aberdeen, U.K.

On a short notice, there will be a two-year postdoctoral position available at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, U.K. The start date is in principle September 2008, but could possibly be shifted by mutual agreement.

Details can be found on the “Jobs”, then “Research” link at www.abdn.ac.uk
The job reference is MTS001RX.

Final Conference of the EU-projects ‘Encouragement to Advance’ and ‘Advance’

Registrations welcome now!

The final conference ‘Supporting Women in scientific careers’ of two EU-projects will be held in Brussels on June 26^th and 27^th, 2008. Coordinators of the EU-projects ‘Encouragement to Advance – Training Seminars for Women Scientists’, coordinated by the Center of Excellence Women in Science, and ‘Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research’, coordinated by Danube University Krems decided to host the final conference of their projects jointly, because both projects compass similar objectives. At the conference, the two projects for women in science display their experiences and results gained in recent seminars and mentoring.

As concrete results of the conference the following key points for the development of sustainable career paths in academia are aspired: The implementation of a mentoring program at universities accompanied by a special targeted training; supporting the implementation of the seminar and training concept of ‘Encouragement to Advance’ which supports female scientists in getting prepared for appointment procedures for professorships. All stages of academic careers at universities are covered by the conferences output.

The conference addresses HR responsibles from universities and research organisations, who would like to gain information on instruments and supportive modules like training seminars, mentoring and summer schools for women scientists. Furthermore, the conference addresses post-graduates, doctoral students, post-doc researchers, and senior level researchers who are interested in career development as well as commissioners for equal opportunities.

Both projects intend to improve the situation of female scientists in the European Union and are funded within the 6^th EU research framework program. For further information about the program please visit our websites. If you would like to participate, please send the registration form to silke.toelle@cews.org or to manuela.krug@donau-uni.ac.at until May 9^th 2008. Participation in the conference is free.
Registration (pdf)

Preliminary Agenda

1st day	June 26th, 2008	Supporting Women in Scientific Careers
	12.00-02.00 p.m.	Registration
	01.00-02.00 p.m.	Lunch
	02.00-02.10 p.m.	Welcome address by European Commission Official
	02.10-02.30 p.m.	Welcome note by coordinators
	02.30-02.50 p.m.	Keynote 1
	02.50-03.10 p.m.	Keynote 2
	03.10-03.30 p.m.	Keynote 3
	03.45-04.45 p.m.	Round table discussions on different subjects
	05.00-05.45 p.m.	Round table discussions
	05.45-06.15 p.m.	Summary of the discussions
	06.15-07.15 p.m.	Reception/Collation
2nd day	June 27th, 2008	Supporting Women in Scientific Careers
	09.30-09.40 a.m.	Welcome address by European Commission Official
	09.40-10.00 a.m.	Keynote 1
	10.00-10.20 a.m.	Keynote 2
	10.20-10.40 a.m.	Keynote 3
	11.00-12.30 p.m.	Expert talk with trainers, keynote speakers, participants and coordinators
	12.30-01.15 p.m.	Summary & conclusion
	01.15-02.15 p.m.	Lunch

‘Encouragement to Advance – Training Seminars for Women Scientists’ intended to empower women scientists within the European Research Area (ERA) by offering training on appointment procedures for professorships in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. The trainings encouraged mobility and supranational careers in research and higher education and offered access to a Europe-wide network of women scientists. The EU-project is coordinated by the CEWS and funded through the 6th Framework Program of the European Commission.

The Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS) is a department of GESIS-IZ. CEWS is the national node for the realization of equal opportunities for women and men in the area of science and research in Germany. CEWS serves as think tank for this field of policy, stimulates thinking, initiates alteration processes for which it provides scientific support, and actively co-organises the required transfer processes between science and politics.

GESIS provides services in support of social science research including development and supply of databases with information on social science literature and research activities as well as the archiving and provision of survey data from social research. Services including consultation on methodological questions, development of complex methods of empirical social research as well as GESIS’ own long-term observation of social developments with the aid of these instruments are also available. GESIS was established in 1986 and is divided into three local centres: the Social Science Information Centre in Bonn, the Central Archive for Empirical Social Research in Cologne and the Centre for Survey Research and Methodology in Mannheim. Besides, GESIS maintains a Service Agency Eastern Europe in Berlin. GESIS is member of the Leibniz Association.

ADVANCE (Advanced Training for Women in Scientific Research) is intended to counteract the phenomenon of the “leaky-pipeline” and is directed towards women both from universities and from non-university institutes. In cooperation with five partner institutes from Poland, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands and Bulgaria and also – for the first time – in interdisciplinary collaboration with four departments of Danube University Krems, a specific training programme for the participants was developed, together with a mentoring and coaching programme. The two-year EU project is aimed in particular at women researchers from engineering and science in the pre- and post-doctoral phase. ADVANCE therefore encompasses not only the working and living situation of women active in science and research, but also the structures and conditions of scientific institutions.

Danube University Krems is facing up to the social challenge of lifetime learning: established in 1995 it is still the only university in Europe that has specialised in postgraduate continuing education. Enthusiasm for the qualified and innovative involvement with the complex social, organisational and technical challenges presented by our society in the new Europe is what motivates the researchers, students, the teaching staff and everyone else working at Danube University Krems.

Participation in the conference is free. Hotel and travel costs have to be booked and paid single-handed by participants. We recommend two close-by hotels in Brussels. Please find an online reservation form for these hotels at the bottom of this page.

GESIS-IZ

Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS)

Silke Tölle

Dreizehnmorgenweg 40-42

D-53175 Bonn

Germany

Fon: + 49 (0)228- 22 81 537

Fax: +49 (0)228- 22 81 550

silke.toelle@cews.org

www.gesis.org

www.cews.org

Danube University Krems

Manuela Krug

Dr.-Karl-Dorrekstraße 30

A-3500 Krems

Austria

Fon: +43 (0) 2732-893-2310

Fax: +43 (0) 2732-893-4335

manuela.krug@donau-uni.ac.at

www.donau-uni.ac.at

www.advance-project.eu

Resotel has been appointed by the organizing committee to assist you with your hotel reservations

RESOTEL is a free independent hotel reservation services working with a various range of hotels at very competitive conditions. Click on the link : www.resotel.be/cews connected with the on-line booking system for the exhibitors and to consult the selected hotel. Should the hotel selected not meet your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact Resotel. They will be glad to suggest you other hotels in different categories.

RESOTEL can be contacted at :

RESOTEL
6, avenue Van Nieuwenhuyse
1160 Brussels - Belgium
Tel. + 32 (0)2 777 01 58
Fax + 32 (0)2 779 39 00
ronny@resotel.be

“Women Shaping Science”, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-7 June 2008

EPWS 2008 Annual Conference

“Women Shaping Science”, Vilnius, Lithuania, 5-7 June 2008

The European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS cordially invites you to the First EPWS Annual Conference 2008 “Women Shaping Science”, organised in collaboration with BASNET, the Baltic States Network: Women in Sciences and High Technology, in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 5-7 June 2008.

The participation of women in science and their impact on research has been growing in recent decades. Women are increasingly involved in shaping the scientific agenda as researchers, academic teachers, science policy makers, administrators of universities and research funding institutions. What is this impact? What difference do they make?

With the support of the European Commission, networks of women scientists across Europe and across disciplines have joined forces and created the European Platform of Women Scientists. EPWS offers a vibrant forum for sharing experiences and knowledge, and envisioning new tools and directions for change towards gender equality in science and research policy – an aim that is in keeping with the goals of the Lisbon Agenda of the European Union.

The conference will explore and highlight the current and future impact of women scientists on the scientific community, in the policy making process, and in reflecting social aspects of science. Particular attention will be paid to the contribution and situation of women scientists from the Baltic States. Prominent keynote speakers will address core questions such as the relative progress and continuing contradictions regarding women and science. The conference will be a lively market place of networks, ideas, and partnerships. Women scientists will have the opportunity to present their work both through participating in topical sessions and/or through a poster exhibition highlighting research conducted at EU level.

Further information and registration

postdoc position at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia

A position of postdoctoral fellow or research fellow has been advertised
in the Centre for Mathematics and its Applications at
the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
It is for 1-2 years, and is funded by a Research Grant of Alan McIntosh
on Harmonic Analysis of Elliptic Systems on Riemannian manifolds.

For further details, see
http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/jobs/

Post-doctoral positions at the University of Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg has the following vacancies:

1 post-doctoral position in mathematics (area: Non-commutative Harmonic
Analysis; further information from carine.molitor@ uni.lu)

1 post-doctoral position in mathematics (area: Harmonic Analysis and/or
Differential Geometry; further information from martin.olbrich@ uni.lu)

The job descriptions may be found at www.uni.lu or
www.uni.lu/offres_ d_emploi/ assistant_ chercheur_ postdoc

The closing date is 31 May, 2008.

Best wishes

Carine Molitor-Braun
Professor
University of Luxembourg
carine.molitor@ uni.lu