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Newsletter May 2020
Dear all,

Welcome to this EWM-NL newsletter, brought to you for the first time by Valentijn Karemaker, in coordination with Maria Vlasiou.

Even in these isolated times there is more than enough news to share with you, both from EWM(-NL) and other organisations. And while many physical events have been cancelled, there are more and more online events to attend instead (see also https://mathseminars.org/ for a list of those).

Below we share some of this news and these events with you. Wishing you a great weekend!
 
Join the EWM-NL board
The EWM-NL board is in urgent need of reinforcements, since two board members have just left or will be leaving us soon. If you are interested, please email us at info@ewmnetherlands.nl.
EWM-NL grants available
We have had to cancel several of our events due to the pandemic situation. While this is unfortunate, it has the positive side-effect that more EWM-NL grants are available this year. 

EWM The Netherlands has  a few small grants of up to €500,- available to support the career development of its members. The purpose of the grants is to facilitate the participation of grantees to events significant to their career by covering expenses not otherwise covered by existing means. Examples of potential events can be training courses, conference attendance, collaboration visits or memberships.

It is required that the applicant justifies why no other funds could be found for the proposed expense. Expenses must be documented by receipts. Members at any stage of their career may apply. The applications will be judged on the criterium of being relevant to the applicant’s career.

Please email your applications to grants@ewmnetherlands.nl. Include a justification and an estimated budget.
EWM-NL grants webpage
Discussion: progression of female students
A new discussion on the progression of female students to postgraduate degree programmes has been launched.

Many of us observe: female undergraduate student seem to be less likely to continue to a mathematics master and later PhD degree. What are the reasons for this dropout? And what can we do against it?
Please share your thoughts and experiences in the forum discussion:
https://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/activities/discussion-forum/forum-progression-of-female-students/

A team from Utrecht University, lead by educational director Barbara van den Berg, is very interested in your opinion and your best practices on the topic. They will be participating in the discussion forum, so please use this as our new discussion tool.
CWM newsletter
The IMU  Committee for Women in Mathematics Newsletter can be found at https://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CWM/Initiatives/CWMNewsletter3.pdf
 
Dutch medals at EGMO and Benelux Olympiad
From 15 to 21 April, the EGMO (European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad) took place online. The Dutch participants Ana Mekerishvili, Hanne Snijders, and Kati Overbeeke all won bronze medals. Together with five other Dutch girls they competed with over 200 girls from 51 other countries. Because of the coronavirus, the event took place online instead of in Egmond aan Zee as planned. The participants worked on six difficult mathematical problems for two times 4.5 hours from their own homes.
As the organising country, in addition to a team of four, the Netherlands sent a talent team.

Then from 26 to 28 April, the Benelux Olympiad took place online. The 30 participants worked on problems for 4.5 hours. The Dutch team took home one gold, three silver and five bronze medals.
L’Oréal-UNESCO awards open for nomination
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Awards recognise outstanding contributions to the advancement of science by female scientists. The awards alternate each year between life sciences and physical/computer/engineering sciences. For the 2021 International Awards edition, nominees are sought from the fields of physical sciences, mathematics and computer sciences.
There are five awards of €100.000,- ; one award is presented per geographical region: Africa/Arab States; Asia (including Oceania and Pacific); Europe; Latin America; and North America (including Canada and USA).

To be eligible for nomination, the candidate must be:
- Recognised for her personal scientific excellence by the international scientific community within the specified field(s).
- Actively involved in scientific research.
Nominations are invited from eminent scientists located anywhere in the world, including Heads of University or Scientific Institutions, Members of Academies of Science, Research Chairs, Full professors, Past For Women in Science Award Laureates and holders of a PhD in science. Self-nominations are not permitted.
Nominations will be assessed according to the candidate's outstanding contribution to the general advancement of science, the impact of the candidate's research, recognition of the candidate by peers in the same discipline, and recognition of the candidate's commitments to education, teaching activities, mentoring and/or to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals more broadly.
Nominations must be submitted via the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Awards website (www.unesco.nl/fwis) by the closing date of 31 May 2020.
Awards will be presented at a ceremony in Paris in March 2021.
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Mirela Popa

Postdoctoral Researcher on Computer Science – Human Behaviour Understanding, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence

During secondary school, I have learned to program a simple game on a computer connected to the TV. It was very interesting to me and increased my motivation to study computer science.
 
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