[CvGmt News] EMS e-News 3, May 2012

[Terhi Tuulia Hautala]

EMS e-News 3, May 2012

Headlines

- EMS Monograph Award
This is awarded every two years to the author(s) of a monograph in any 
area of mathematics that is judged by the selection committee to be an 
outstanding contribution to its field. The prize is 10,000 euros, and 
the winning monograph is published by the EMS Publishing House in the 
series EMS Tracts in Mathematics.
http://www.ems-ph.org/EMS_Monograph_Award.php

- European Latsis Prize 2012
The European Science Foundation (ESF) invites nominations for the 
European Latsis Prize 2012.
The prize, of 100,000 Swiss Francs, is awarded each year by the Latsis 
Foundation through the ESF to a scientist or research group in 
recognition of outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected 
field of research. The research field for the 2012 Prize is "Mathematics"
http://www.esf.org/activities/european-latsis-prize-2012.html

- 6ECM, 6th European Congress of Mathematics, Krakow (Poland), 2-7 July 2012
Not yet registered?
http://6ecm.ptm.org.pl/
http://www.6ecm.pl/en/local-travel-info/accommodation

See the Scientific Programme at
http://www.6ecm.pl/en/programme

List of Panel Discussions
* Financing of mathematical research
Moderator: Pavel Exner
* The role of mathematics in the emerging economies
Moderators: Andreas Griewank, Tsou Sheung Tsun
* Redressing the gender imbalance in mathematics: strategies and 
outcomes  (Joint EMS/EWM Panel Discussion). Moderator: Caroline Series
* What is expected from European learned societies?
Moderator: Marta Sanz-Solé

Follow the preparations at http://www.6ecm.pl/

- Initiative for Science in Europe Conference:
Strengthening the European Research Area: what does science need to 
flourish?
http://www.initiative-science-europe.org/conf-intro.html
The Initiative for Science in Europe invites stakeholders from the 
European Parliament, the European Commission and member states to review 
and discuss with representatives from science and learned societies 
about the most pressing issues for science.

- Call for proposals of EMS Distinguished speakers and EMS weekends
http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/node/2622

- Donations
The EMS asks its members and its friends for donations. Donations  can 
be given to
* support the initiatives and programs of the Society itself (e.g. 
training activities, grants for young people to participate in 
scientific activities, etc.)
* support the work of the EMS Committee for Developing Countries
The EMS is pleased to show its gratitude to its donors by publishing 
their names on the web page Thanks to EMS donors.
http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/node/2466

- Springer and the European Mathematical Society launch the Encyclopedia 
of Mathematics open access wiki
http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Main_Page

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News from EMS

- EMS Newsletter
Lucia Di Vizio (Université de Versailles-St Quentin, France) has been 
appointed Editor-in-Chief for the period 2013-2016.

- The 5th meeting of Presidents of member societies was held in Prague 
in the weekend March 31-April 1 : http://mp2012.zcu.cz/

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News from EMS Committees

- CDC (Committee for Developing Countries)
* Annual meeting
This took place in Limoges on April 14. The meeting was preceded by a 
talk on the Swedish programme ISP by member Leif Abrahamsson and a round 
table on "Which mathematics for developing countries?".
* Donations
  Zentralblatt gives welcome donations. For the first time there were 
online donations through EMS.
More on: http://ems-cdc.org

- ERCOM (European Research Centres on Mathematics)
The annual ERCOM meeting took place in Budapest on March 2012.
It was attended by representatives of 18 research centres and EMS 
President Marta Sanz-Solé who discussed recent developments at the 
centres, changes in national and European research policies as well as 
new ERCOM membership
applications.
Additional topics were the common European Post-Doctoral Institute
for Mathematical Sciences (EPDI) which is formed by 10 ERCOM institutes, 
the Zentralblatt MATH as a publication of the EMS and initiatives to 
raise public awareness for mathematics, in particular the project 
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013.
www.ercom.org

- Women in Mathematics
* EWM and EMS Joint Women in Mathematics Scientific Committee
In 2008, the European Mathematical Society  and EWM jointly set up a 
Scientific Committee of twelve distinguished women mathematicians whose 
main role is to advise on speakers for events organised by EWM, such as 
the last general EWM meeting in Barcelona.
http://womenandmath.wordpress.com/emsewm-scientific-committee/
* The new chair of the Committee is Isabelle Gallagher (Paris, France)

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News from EMS Member Societies

- French Mathematical Society (SMF)
* Annual Conference "Math en Jeans",19-22 April, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Around 350 people (295 of whom are pupils from 11 to 18 years old) are
expected from 15 countries to share their work and meet with recognized 
mathematician researchers.
http://www.mejlfph.sitew.com/#BIENVENUE.A
* Support the renovation of "Jean Morlet's house"
Jean Morlet (1931-2007) was a major actor in the discovery of wavelet
theory. Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, the LabEx CARMIN, the city of
Marseille and the SMF are creating a Professor Chair in honor of Jean 
Morlet.
The CIRM (Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques) and the SMF
will renovate a "Jean Morlet" house to make  a home for these 
researchers. The Fondation Total through the Fondation du patrimoine 
also supports this project.
To complete the funding, SMF invites you to contribute to the success of 
this project by making a donation.
http://smf.emath.fr/content/comment-souscrire

-  Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO)
* This year, SEIO is celebrating its 50th birthday. SEIO publishes two 
international journals indexed by Journal Citation Reports: TEST and 
TOP, and a tutorial journal, BEIO.
More information at http://www.seio.es
*Leandro Pardo was elected new president of the SEIO at the XXXIII 
National Conference of Statistics and Operational Research held in 
Madrid on February 17-20.

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EMS PUBLISHING HOUSE

Most recent Books

- Faber Systems and Their Use in Sampling, Discrepancy, Numerical 
Integration
Hans Triebel
March 2012

- Lectures on Algebraic Categorification
Volodymyr Mazorchuk
March 2012

- Concentration Compactness for Critical Wave Maps
Joachim Krieger, Wilhelm Schlag
February 2012

- Strasbourg Master Class on Geometry
Athanase Papadopoulos, Editor
January 2012

More information available on:
http://www.ems-ph.org/
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Miscellanea

- The EMS Council meeting will be held on June 30 – July 1, 2012, in 
Krakow, Poland. Follow the preparations on
http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/node/2469

- Announcements on Conferences and Workshops
http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/conferences.html

- Open Positions
http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/jobs.html

- A web site for mathematics in Europe
http://www.mathematics-in-europe.eu

- Mathematics of Planet Earth
Main projects of the Raising Public Awareness Committee of EMS are:
* Two brochures (one for the general public and one more technical on 
the themes of "Mathematics of Planet Earth".
* A EMS Diderot forum “Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013" in December 
2013, as a closing of MPE 2013.
* Some articles published in the EMS Newsletter.
* A variety of individual activities: lectures, articles in newspapers, etc.
More details on
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/Math2013/en/pdf/EMS_e.pdf

- ISSMYS 2012 in Lyon (France)
The second International Summer School in Mathematics for Young Students 
will be held at Lyon, France from August 20-30, 2012.
Information: http://www.issmys.eu/

- For regularly updated news of interest to mathematicians, please 
consult http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/news.html
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