Women in Maths Day

Date: 2 May 2024, Time: 2pm - 4pm AEST, Location: Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus, Room PS-EB.3.18, Zoom: TBA, Speakers for this year are Dr Elizabeth Pacheco (Western Sydney Uni) and Professor Nalini Joshi (Sydney Uni)

Western's Women in Mathematics Event will be held on the 2nd of May to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women active in Mathematics. This hybrid online and in person event offers Women in Mathematics speaking on their experiences and fields of expertise.

Speakers for this year are Dr Elizabeth Pacheco (Western Sydney Uni) and Professor Nalini Joshi (Sydney Uni)

  • Date: 2 May 2024
  • Time: 2pm - 4pm AEST
  • Location: Western Sydney University Parramatta Campus, Room PS-EB.3.18
    • Parramatta Campus - Building EB - Level 3 - Room 18
  • Bookings Required:

Women in in Mathematics Day is held on 12 May in honour of Maryam Mirzakhani’s birthday.
Maryam Mirzakhani was an Iranian mathematician and a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University. She was one of the world’s leading experts in geometry and dynamical systems. In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani was awarded the Fields Medal for her outstanding contributions to the dynamics and geometry of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces, becoming the first woman, and the first Iranian, to be recognised for her mathematical achievements by this top mathematical prize.
She died tragically from cancer in 2017 at the early age of 40