Brazilian women participate in Women in Algebraic Geometry.
As pesquisadoras Carolina Araujo, Cecília Salgado e Aline Zanardini
Researchers in algebraic geometry from around the world will begin next week immersed in a virtual workshop to unravel problems in the field. The Women in Algebraic Geometry workshop , from the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), aims to expand the boundaries of the field and strengthen the community of women mathematicians. Three Brazilian women are participating in the event: Carolina Araujo, from IMPA; Cecília Salgado, from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ); and Aline Zanardini, a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania.
Originally scheduled to take place in the United States, the meeting had to be remodeled into an online format due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the division of labor was maintained. The idea is that, from July 27 to 31, senior researchers will mentor those in the final years of their doctoral studies or recently graduated PhDs, explains Carolina.
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“We, as team leaders, made the work proposals and the participants chose the topics. The organizing committee made this 'match,' forming the research groups, which have four to six people,” details the IMPA researcher. She will lead the group that brings together researchers from the United States, Russia, and India, along with professors from Iran and Romania.
The researchers will focus on issues of modular spaces and combinatorics, degeneracies, and birational geometry. Other proposed projects also involve experimentation and computation, which will contribute to advancements in computational mathematics.
“Even as a leader, you learn because you'll be in contact with people who have studied different things. Building networks made up of women, who are newer to mathematics, is important to see that there's room for everyone, and that it's not a world dominated by men, as it once was,” Cecília points out. “The invitation to lead a group gives you the opportunity to share your research agenda, giving visibility to your work.”
Aline is one of the group members who will focus their work on research about K3 surfaces. “In my doctoral studies, I'm studying certain geometric objects that are related to some of these surfaces, and I would like to explore this relationship in future projects. The workshop is a great opportunity to learn from researchers who are experts in the field.”
In addition to contributing to the inclusion of women mathematicians in the field of algebraic geometry, "it is hoped that the workshop will be a starting point for developing new academic collaborations in the near future," highlights Carolina. The Women in Algebraic Geometry workshop is organized by researchers Antonella Grassi, from the University of Pennsylvania; Julie Rana, from Lawrence University; Isabel Vogt, from Stanford University; and Melody Chan and Rohini Ramadas, both from Brown University.