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Past Events

Spring Women in Math Lecture
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 3:30 P.M. in MC 4041

Title: Formation of Animal Groups: The Importance of Communication
Speaker: Dr. Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta
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Gear up for Grad School - Panel Discussion
Tuesday March 27th at 4:00 P.M. in MC 5158

Are you midway through or nearing completion of your undergrad
studies? Have you thought about attending grad school in math?
Then next week's panel discussion is for you!

Our panel will include women in math representing each of our
faculty's departments, at different stages of their academic careers.
They will be ready to answer your questions about graduate school in
mathematics, as well as questions about life as a female
mathematician.

Refreshments will be provided. 

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Fall Women in Math Lecture
Maria Chudnovsky, Columbia University
Friday December 2, 2011 3:30pm
MC 5158

Grad Studies Info Session
Tues. Nov 8, 2011 4:30-6:00pm
MC 2065
Snacks will be served!

To view poster please click here!

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CIBC Career Panel
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:00 p.m.

Four panelists from CIBC Capital Markets at different stages of their careers (recent graduate, intermediate level, and senior employee) will be available to discuss career opportunities in finance and on the trading floor, a field where math skills are definitely needed, and where women are currently underrepresented.

Location: DC 1301 (Fishbowl)

To view poster click here!

To view CIBC Panelist Biographies click here!

To register please email wim@math.uwaterloo.ca

 

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Gear up for Grad School
Panel Discussion

March 24th 2011 at 5:30pm in MC5158

Are you midway through or nearing completion of your undergrad studies?
Have you thought about attending grad school in Math?

Are you midway through or nearing completion of your undergrad studies?
Have you thought about attending grad school in Math?

All are welcome! RSVP to dom-secretary@math.uwaterloo.ca by March 16th

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Fall Women in Math Lecture: Yael Karshon, University of Toronto

Monday, November 22, 2010 4pm-5pm, MC 5158

Professor Karshon will give a lecture related to her research area, accessible to upper year undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. All are welcome!

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Please join us for the following event brought to you by the University of Waterloo Women in Math Committee and the Women in Math Committee of the Canadian Mathematical Society:
 
Life as a Female Mathematician: Graduate Studies and Beyond
 
Thursday, July 8, 2010 6pm-8pm, MC 5158
 
This dinner and panel discussion is aimed at women in their final years of their undergraduate degree, who are thinking about the possibility of pursuing graduate studies in mathematics. The panelists are women in various stages of their careers, working both in industry and academia. See http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~csima/wim for more information.
 
There is no charge for this event, but registration is required by June 30. To register, simply send an e-mail including your name to Stephanie Evers at severs@math.uwaterloo.ca letting her know you would like to attend. Space is limited, so register early!

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UW Capital Markets Group Finance Careers

Date: March 25, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 7:30
Location: TC 2218

The UW Capital Markets Group and Women in Math Committee bring you a careers in finance event sponsored by Investment Technology Group (ITG). ITG is a specialized brokerage and financial technology firm that partners with asset managers globally to provide innovative solutions spanning the investment continuum.

Agenda:
5:30 – 6:00: Mix and Mingle
6:00 – 7:00: Presentation and Panel Discussion (advice on how to get a job in capital markets)
7:00 – 7:30: Mix and Mingle

On-line registration is now closed! However you may still register at the door.

Speakers:
Nick Thadaney, CEO, ITG Canada Corp.
Ian Williams, Managing Director, Trading and Sales, ITG Canada Corp.
Christine Ma, Vice President, Product Management, ITG Canada Corp.
Kelly Ashbee, Vice-President, Technology Relationship Manager, ITG Canada Corp.
Dora Lee, Trading Analyst, ITG Canada Corp.
Gisella Agusta, Vice President, Human Resources, ITG Canada Corp.
AnneMarie Ryan, Consultant to ITG Canada Corp, and Chair, High School Liaison Committee, Women in Capital Markets


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WIM Winter Speaker: Abby Goldrum
Friday January 15 at 3:30-4:30 pm in DC 1304
Come early for coffee and treats at 3:00pm!

Why do some videos on the Internet 'go viral' while others languish in
obscurity? What attributes of format, content and social network
sharing contribute to the diffusion of video content through the
internet? What type of content is most often shared, under what
circumstances, and across which pathways?   What are the variables
that mark online video virality?

This talk presents preliminary results from an Ontario Centres of
Excellence funded project that is exploring media distribution through
social networks.  The overarching goal of the project is to identify
the attributes of content and social network paths that are shared by
the most popular and frequently shared videos on YouTube. This is
considered a first step in developing a mechanism for determining the
‘virality’ of web videos overall. The presentation will examine
characteristics of popularity on YouTube and explore the manifestation
of these characteristics among videos having the greatest diffusion or
virality. Data from a sample of 4,725 of the most popular videos on
YouTubes during a 4 week period was collected. Seven indices of
popularity were studied: Most Viewed, Top Favorites, Top Rated, Most
Discussed, Most Linked, Most Responded and Recently Featured. Two
additional indices were collected but not studied in depth: Watched on
Mobile and Recently Added. For each index of popularity, the following
variables were examined: Age of video, Genre, Rate of ascension, and
Author. The diffusion of popular videos was studied using Link
Analysis and Google Hits and the resulting network maps were explored
for each variable.

Abby Goodrum holds the Rogers Research Chair in News Media and
Technology and is Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of
Communication and Design at Ryerson University.  She is currently
serving as Director for Social Science Research of a new Network
Centre of Excellence (NCE) in Graphics, Animation, and New meDia
(GRAND) which recently received $23 million in funding from the
federal government.  Although Dr. Goodrum holds a Ph.D. in Information
Science, her work bridges multiple disciplines and appears in the
journal literature of Computer Science, Humanities, Communication
Studies, Management, and Film Studies.   For over 10 years, Dr.
Goodrum's research has focused on Media Informatics: the study of how
humans seek, use, share, manipulate, store, retrieve, and organize
multimedia information.

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WIM Fall Speaker: Kate Stange
Monday November 23 4:00 pm
MC 5158

The Women in Math Fall Lecture will be Monday November 23 at 4:00pm in MC 5158,
with treats set out before the talk at 3:30pm.

This year's speaker is Kate Stange, BMath 2001. Kate holds a PIMS
Postdoctoral Fellowship jointly at UBC and SFU, and is on leave from
her NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard. Kate will be available to
chat informally about her experiences as a "Woman in Math" before and
after her talk.

Title:  The underlying geometry of recurrence sequences

Abstract:  If n is the index of the first Fibonacci number divisible
by a prime p (other than 5), then n divides p^2 - 1.  It turns out
that this is a result of group theory: certain recurrence sequences,
including linear recurrences such as the Fibonacci numbers, are
governed by related algebraic groups and their geometry.  We'll start
with Lucas's work on linear recurrences and the multiplicative group,
pause to consider another famous sequence associated to the additive
group, and then move on to sequences governed by elliptic curves.
We'll see a classification theorem and a higher dimensional analogue
to the Fibonacci numbers.  (No knowledge of elliptic curves will be
assumed.  The talk will be suitable for upper year undergraduates.)

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Thanks to all WIM volunteers at the Waterloo Food Bank!
Tuesday November 10

On Tuesday November 10, we sent a team of 10 volunteers from Women in Math to sort through food at the Waterloo Food Bank. Thanks to Meaghan, Samantha, Jane, Rachel, Shiwei, Tina, Shu Yan, Emily, Cecilia and Jen, we sorted through 5400 lbs of food! Look out for information regarding our next visit to the Food Bank.