WIMSIG Conference 2024

Organised by Women in Mathematics Australian Mathematical Society Inc.

WIMSIG Conference 2024 will celebrate the achievements of women, trans and gender diverse people in the mathematical sciences, with plenary speakers and special sessions spanning pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, and mathematics in industry.

Tuesday 1 – Wednesday 2 October 2024, Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), the University of Sydney.

Earlybird registration opens 1 May 2024, closes  2 September 2024. REGISTER NOW!

• Earlybird Full: $250 AUD
• Earlybird Student or Unwaged: $150 AUD

See “Program and Events” below for some information about the Welcome Reception, Conference Dinner and LGBTQI+ lunch (you will be asked whether you’d like to attend these events when you register).

Important dates

• 1 May 2024 – Earlybird registrations open, abstract submissions open
• 1 June 2024 – Travel award scheme opens (see below)
• 16 August 2024 – Travel award scheme closes
• 2 September 2024 – Earlybird registrations close
• 3 September 2024 –  Late registrations open
• 8 September 2024 – Abstract submissions close
• 20 September 2024 – Late registrations close

You can submit an abstract when you register, or register first and submit your abstract later. 

Please note, for anyone who doesn’t have regular childcare, we will also be organising one or two carers for children of participants who need it – you will be asked whether you need this service when you register.

Travel awards for early career researchers and students

The WIMSIG Conference 2024 Travel Award Scheme for ECRs and students is now open. For more information and to apply, please visit the Google form.  Applications close on Friday 16 August 2024.

WIMSIG members who are not eligible for this ECR Travel Award Scheme may wish to apply for the AustMS-WIMSIG Cheryl E Praeger Travel Award.  The next round closes on 1 October 2024.

Plenary speakers 

Grace Chung (co-lead, Google Research Australia)

Leah Edelstein-Keshet (University of British Colombia)

Antoinetta Mira (Università della Svizzera italiana)

Valentina Wheeler (University of Wollongong)

Program and Events

Monday 30 September:  Welcome Reception, around 5pm, somewhere on campus at the University of Sydney (time and venue to be confirmed)

Tuesday 1 October: Conference Dinner at the Darling Rooms, Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, from 6:30pm.

Wednesday 2 October:  LGBTQI+ and Allies Lunch

When you register, please indicate whether you plan to attend these events (no additional charge). We will provide morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for all conference participants on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Note: due to capacity constraints we are not offering extra conference dinner tickets for guests.  We may be able to offer these later.

Satellite event

There will be an AustMS Early-Career workshop on Monday 30 September: More details to come. 

Special sessions

A matter of scale: mathematical modelling of infectious disease dynamics at the population, people and pathogen levels

• Organisers: Alexandra Hogan (UNSW), Patricia Campbell (Melbourne) and Eva Stadler (Kirby Institute, UNSW)

Algebra and Representation Theory

• Organisers: Asilata Bapat (ANU) and Bregje Pauwels (Macquarie)

Building confidence in mathematics of secondary and tertiary students

• Organisers: Kerri Morgan (RMIT), Ingeborg Koch (RMIT) and Stella Stylianou (RMIT)

Geometric and analytic properties of partial differential equations

• Organisers: Serena Dipierro (UWA) and Valentina Wheeler (Wollongong)

Hybrid modelling: Leveraging the nexus between domain-based modelling and machine learning

• Organisers: Rachael Quill (Dept of Energy, Environment and Climate Action), Melissa Humphries (Adelaide), Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi (Data61) and Ainura Tursunalieva (Data61)

Mathematical Histories

• Organiser: Rowena Ball (ANU)

Mathematical Physics and Symmetry

• Organisers: Justine Fasquel (Melbourne) and Milena Radnovic (Sydney)

Modelling for decision making

• Organisers: Isobel Abell (Melbourne) and Lucinda Harrison (Melbourne)

Modelling the immune response to diseases

• Organisers: Punya Alahakoon (UNSW) and Claire Miller (Auckland)

Recent Advances in Statistics and Biostatistics

• Organisers: Shila Ghazanfar (Sydney) and Rachel Wang (Sydney)

Shiny Math Bio: Non-traditional approaches to mathematical biology

• Organisers: Angese Barbensi (UQ), Adriana Zanca (Melbourne) and Meagan Carney (UQ)

Topology

• Organisers: Jessica Purcell (Monash) and Zsuzsanna Dancso (Sydney)

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) for Mathematics and Statistics

• Organisers: Geetika Verma (RMIT) and Asha Rao (RMIT)

There will also be at least one session of contributed talks.

Organising committee

Harini Desiraju (SMRI)

Kate Doyle (SMRI)

Catherine Greenhill (UNSW Sydney) – Chair

Xiaoping Lu (University of Wollongong)

Catherine Penington (Macquarie University)

Rachel Wang (University of Sydney)