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Newsletter September 2020

Dear all,

Welcome back after a hopefully restful Summer break! Also in the new academic year, EWM-NL is here for you with events, our mentor network, grants and news items. Check out our website http://www.ewmnetherlands.nl/ or connect with us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/ewm_nl) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ewmNL):

If you would like to join the board to help and keep these things going, please email us at info@ewmnetherlands.nl.

This first EWM-NL newsletter of the academic year 2020-2021 is completely packed with exciting news items - enjoy!

All the best,
Valentijn Karemaker, on behalf of the EWM-NL board
The EMS Council elects Executive Committee members and selects site for ECM 2024
The meeting of the Council of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) https://euro-math-soc.eu/ on 4 July had to be carried out online. Apart from listening to a short report by EMS president Volker Mehrmann, the delegates representing member societies and institutions and the individual member of the EMS acknowledged the financial report and the budget for the next two years. The remaining agenda concentrated on elections with the following results:
As of 1 January, 2021, Jorge Buescu (Lisbon, Portugal) will be one of the two vice-presidents, and Jiří Rákosník (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic) will act as secretary of the society. Beatrice Pelloni (Edinburgh, UK) was re-elected as member-at-large of the EMS Executive Committee. Newly elected members of that Committee are: Frédéric Hélein (Paris, France), Barbara Kaltenbacher (Klagenfurt, Austria), Luis Narváez (Seville, Spain) and Susanna Terracini (Torino, Italy).
 
The 8th European Congress of Mathematicians https://www.8ecm.si/ had to be postponed because of the pandemic. It will take place in Portorož (Slovenia) in the week 20-26 June, 2021. For the 9th European Congress https://www.ecm2024sevilla.com/, the Council had to select between two excellent bids. It decided that this congress will be held in Seville (Spain) in the week 15-19 July, 2024.
 
New Executive Committee of ICMI elected
On 13 July, the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), a commission of the IMU, hosted its quadrennial General Assembly as a web event. The event concentrated primarily on the election of the new ICMI Executive Committee.
 
The newly elected Executive Committee of ICMI for the term 1 Jan 2021 – 31 Dec 2024 is as follows:
President: Frederick Leung (Hong Kong SAR China)
Secretary General: Jean-Luc Dorier (Switzerland)
Vice Presidents: Merrilyn Goos (Australia/Ireland) and Anjum Halai (Pakistan).
Members-at-large: Marta Civil (USA), Patricio Felmer (Chile), Mercy Kazima (Malawi), Núria Planas (Spain), and Susanne Prediger (Germany).
 
In addition, Jill Adler (South Africa) will serve as Past President on the new EC.
The IMU President and Secretary General also serve ex officio on the ICMI EC.
SIAM's Ralph E. Kleinman Prize accepting nominations
The deadline for the nominations for the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize of SIAM is on October 15, 2020.
 
The Ralph E. Kleinman Prize is awarded every two years to one individual for outstanding research or other contributions that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications. Work that uses high-level mathematics and/or invents new mathematical tools to solve applied problems from engineering, science, and technology is particularly appropriate. Last year Andrea Bertozzi (UCLA) was awarded the prize.

https://www.siam.org/prizes-recognition/major-prizes-lectures/detail/ralph-e-kleinman-prize
KWG PhD-prize and Stieltjesprize
Due to the cancellation of the NMC 2020, also the prize ceremonies for the KWG PhD-prize and the Stieltjesprize have not taken place. From 9.30 on October 6 these prizes will still be awarded.

More information on https://www.wiskgenoot.nl/
 
(in Dutch) Symposium "In de geest van Stevin"
Op 10 oktober 2020 vindt het jaarlijkse symposium van de werkgroep Geschiedenis van de Nederlandse Vereniging van Wiskundeleraren plaats. Het thema is 'In de geest van Stevin'. Met dit thema vraagt men aandacht voor de rijke nalatenschap van Simon Stevin, die 400 jaar geleden overleed. Het symposium zal dit jaar geheel online zijn georganiseerd.

Zie voor meer informatie de conferentiewebsite
Princess of Asturias prize for technical and scientific research 2020 awarded
First awarded in 1981, the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research is aimed at recognizing the work of fostering and advancing research in the field of mathematics, astronomy and astrophysics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, medical sciences, earth and space sciences or technological sciences. In 2020, the prize was awarded to Yves Meyer (French), Ingrid Daubechies (Belgian and American), Terence Tao (Australian and American), and Emmanuel Candès (French).

From the citation: The laureates have made immeasurable, ground-breaking contributions to mathematical theories and techniques for data processing, which have extraordinarily expanded our sensorial capabilities of observation and which constitute the foundations and backbone of the modern digital age.

For their part, Yves Meyer and Ingrid Daubechies have led the development of the modern mathematical theory of wavelets, which are like mathematical heartbeats that enable us to approach Van Gogh and discover his style or to listen to the music enclosed in the apparent noise of the Universe, among many other applications of all kinds. In short, they enable us to visualize what we cannot see and listen to what we cannot hear.

On the other hand, in addition to the undeniable advances in medical imaging and other diagnostic tests derived from the collaboration between Terence Tao and Emmanuel Candès, their contributions to the techniques of compressed sensing enable us to complete electromagnetic signals or reconstruct melodies from which time has stolen notes.

https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2020-yves-meyer-ingrid-daubechies-terence-tao-and-emmanuel-candes.html?especifica=0
WISDOM Forum
WISDOM (Women in Society: Doing Operational Research and Management Science) is a forum within the EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies) that aims to support, empower, and encourage the participation of all genders in Operations Research and Management Science (shortly OR). It has started this year.

In particular it aims to promote inclusivity by the following actions:
1. Advise/make recommendations/highlight best practices to the EURO executive on issues women in OR face.
2. Promote championing, networking and mentoring, particularly of women at the early stages of their career in OR.
3. Promote a conversation around how OR can be utilised to help create a diverse and inclusive future.

The WISDOM forum has one or two members from each national OR society. The Dutch representatives are Marjan van den Akker (Utrecht University) and Caroline Jagtenberg (Free University Amsterdam).

For more information see the website https://www.euro-online.org/web/pages/1654/wisdom and LinkedIn: https:www.linkedin.com/groups/12400031/.

Recently a call for applications in the YoungWomen4OR initiative has been opened. The WISDOM forum will promote selected individuals by spotlighting their work through EURO channels and providing networking and mentoring opportunities. Young women working in OR are strongly encouraged to participate. For more information and registration: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j21ljy2w1bl4sbf/WISDOM_YoungWomen4OR_Announcement_final.pdf
Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science and Gender Gap in Science Project
A major offspring of the Gender Gap in Science Project is the creation of a Standing Committee for Gender Equality in Science (SCGES), a permanent organization founded by nine unions and partners that will start working in September 2020. IMU is one of the founding members and will be represented by Marie-Françoise Roy (CWM chair) and Carolina Araujo (CWM vice-chair). SCGES goals include following up the recommendations of the Gender Gap in Science project as well as to maintain and develop further the tools created during the three years of the project.

Moreover, the Gender Gap in Science Book remains freely available online at https://zenodo.org/record/3882609. The book is also available as print-on-demand and can be ordered through various distributors worldwide, e.g. Book Depository, at https://www.bookdepository.com/Global-Approach-Gender-Gap-Mathematical-Computing-Natural-Sciences/9783000655333 .

Details for the book:
A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It? Editors Guillopé, Colette; Roy, Marie-Françoise; International Mathematical Union; 6 June 2020; English; Paperback; 244 pages;  ISBN-10 3000655336; ISBN-13 9783000655333.
More at https://gender-gap-in-science.org/ .
 
ICM 2022: Nominations of speakers and laureates of IMU prizes

The Adhering Organizations of IMU and the mathematical societies worldwide are invited to nominate plenary and sectional speakers for the International Congress of Mathematicians 2022 in St Petersburg, Russia, 6–14 July 2022. The list of the ICM 2022 sections, as proposed by the ICM Structure Committee and decided by the Executive Committee of the IMU can be found here. When you make nominations for speakers please specify whether you suggest them as plenary speakers or sectional speakers. In case of proposals of sectional speakers, please indicate to which sections you would like the persons to be invited. Shared lectures between sections are also possible.

All communication concerning the scientific program of ICM 2022 is handled by the Chair of the Program Committee, Martin Hairer. Please direct all your proposals for invited plenary and sectional speakers to Martin Hairer using the email address chair@pc22.mathunion.org.
Nominations should be received by the PC Chair no later than 1 November 2020.

The Adhering Organizations of IMU are also invited to submit nominations for the IMU distinctions listed below, thus assisting the corresponding committees in their task of selecting the awardees who will receive their distinctions at the ICM 2022. Nominations are solicited for

Information about each of these awards and the Noether lecture, as well as lists of past laureates, can be found on the IMU website at https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/imu-awards-prizes-and-special-lecture .To allow the committees sufficient time for their decision process, the IMU has set 31 December 2020 as the deadline for nominations.

The local organizers have issued the first ICM Newsletter, which can be retrieved from https://yastatic.net/s3/contest/icm2022/icm%20newsletter.pdf. You may sign up directly for future newsletters via https://icm2022.org (scroll to the bottom of the page for the sign-up field).

Open access publishing: Plan S
The push for immediate open access to published papers continues to cause controversy, with the ERC (European Research Council) Scientific Council deciding to withdraw its support of cOAlition S, a group of funding agencies working to develop policies to promote open access. The ERC had been a high-profile supporter of Plan S, and while this loss seems unlikely to derail the plan, it illustrates the debates and uncertainty within the research community.

The ERC statement focuses on researchers’ needs, particularly for junior researchers, as well as equity between countries and research areas:
https://erc.europa.eu/news/erc-scientific-council-calls-open-access-plans-respect-researchers-needs

See also the cOAlition S response:
https://www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-response-to-the-erc-scientific-councils-statement-on-open-access-and-plan-s/

Meanwhile, supporters of Plan S are working on strategies intended to ensure that open access mandates will not restrict the ability to publish in non-open-access journals, by reserving the right to distribute preprints through open access repositories:
https://www.coalition-s.org/rights-retention-strategy/

The current strategy for Plan S involves releasing the “author accepted manuscript” under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license if the authors publish in a non-open-access journal. This license grants substantially more rights than the default license on the arXiv, for example, and it remains to be seen how many publishers will agree to such a license. Currently, in mathematics almost all publishers allow the arXiv license, but not necessarily a CC BY license, so this would represent a change in publishing practices.

NWO announces implementation guidelines for Plan S
Plan S will apply to all new NWO calls published as of 1 January 2021. To give researchers sufficient time to prepare, NWO is already announcing how it will implement the guidelines for Plan S in its grant rules.
More information: www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2020/07/nwo-announces-implementation-guidelines-for-plan-s.html
NWO news, calls, and events
Call open: Third call DeepNL programme open

The third call of the DeepNL programme is now open. Researchers can request funding for a research project with the approximate size of one PhD or postdoc position.
More information: www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2020/07/third-call-deepnl-programme-open.html
Call website: www.nwo.nl/en/funding/our-funding-instruments/enw/deepnl-call-2a/deepnl-call-2a.html
 

Call open: NGinfra Responsive Futures: Modelling and Governance for Infrastructures in Transition

Together with Next Generation Infrastructures (NGinfra), NWO is opening the new call “Responsive Futures: Modelling and Governance for Infrastructures in Transition”. This call is a continuation of the existing collaboration between NWO and NGinfra. The aim of the new call is to fund interdisciplinary research that generates insights for the development of a “multi-infrastructure system”. Such a system crosses the boundaries of traditional infrastructure silos and facilitates broad decision-making.
More information: www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2020/07/new-call-in-collaboration-with-nginfra-responsive-futures.html
Call website: www.nwo.nl/en/funding/our-funding-instruments/sgw/ngfinfra-responsive-futures-modelling-and-governance-for-infrastructures-in-transition/ngfinfra-responsive-futures-modelling-and-governance-for-infrastructures-in-transition.html
 

Event: NWO organiseert een webinar over NWA-onderzoeksprogramma Onderzoek op Routes door Consortia 2020/21 (in Dutch)

Wilt u meer informatie over het NWA-onderzoeksprogramma Onderzoek op Routes door Consortia 2020/21? Neem dan donderdag 17 september 2020 van 13.30 tot 15.30 uur deel aan het webinar over de NWA-ORC.
More information: www.nwo.nl/actueel/nieuws/2020/08/nwo-organiseert-een-webinar-over-nwa-onderzoeksprogramma-onderzoek-op-routes-door-consortia-2020-21.html (in Dutch)
 

Call open: Key Technologies
Within the KIC 2020-2023, budget will be made available for research, in the context of the Knowledge and Innovation Agenda (KIA) Key Technologies. Consortia including research institutes and public and private organisations can submit project proposals for fundamental or application-oriented research on innovative and groundbreaking technologies within 8 clusters of key technologies: Chemical Technologies; Digital Technologies; Engineering and Fabrication Technologies; Photonics and Light Technologies; Advanced Materials; Quantum Technologies; Life science technologies; Nanotechnologies.
Call website: www.nwo.nl/en/funding/our-funding-instruments/enw/knowledge-and-innovation-covenant-kic/key-technologie/key-technologies.html
 

Event: Information meeting Perspectief - round 2020/2021
At Monday 7 September (from 15.00 till 17.00h), an online information meeting will take place about Perspectief round 2020/2021.
More information: www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/calendar/2020/information-meeting-perspectief-2020-2021.html
 

Money follows Cooperation agreement with Switzerland
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and NWO have signed a bilateral Money Follows Cooperation (MFC) agreement.
More information: www.nwo.nl/en/news-and-events/news/2020/07/the-swiss-also-join-money-follows-cooperation.html
 
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Fleur Zeldenrust

Assistant professor in computational neuroscience, Radboud University

 

I have become a scientist out of curiosity. I just want to know "how it works". I started in physics and switched to neuroscience. These two disciplines together help me to figure out how the brain works.
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