The Noether Lecture is a distinguished lecture series that honors women "who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences". The
Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment o ...
(AWM) established the annual lectures in 1980 as the
Emmy Noether Lectures, in honor of one of the leading mathematicians of her time. In 2013 it was renamed the AWM-AMS Noether Lecture and since 2015 is sponsored jointly with the
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...
(AMS). The recipient delivers the lecture at the yearly American
Joint Mathematics Meetings The Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) is a mathematics conference hosted annually in early January by the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Frequently, several other national mathematics organizations also participate. The meeting is the largest ...
held in January.
The ICM Emmy Noether Lecture is an additional lecture series, sponsored by the
International Mathematical Union
The International Mathematical Union (IMU) is an international non-governmental organization devoted to international cooperation in the field of mathematics across the world. It is a member of the International Science Council (ISC) and supports ...
. Beginning in 1994 this lecture was delivered at the
International Congress of Mathematicians, held every four years. In 2010 the lecture series was made permanent.
The 2021 Noether Lecture was supposed to have been given by
Andrea Bertozzi
Andrea Louise Bertozzi (born 1965) is an American mathematician. Her research interests are in non-linear partial differential equations and applied mathematics.
Education and career
She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Princeton ...
of
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
, but it was cancelled due to Bertozzi's connections to policing.
The cancellation was made during the
George Floyd protests: "This decision comes as many of this nation rise up in protest over racial discrimination and brutality by police".
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Noether Lecturer
ICM Emmy Noether Lecturers
See also
* List of mathematics awards
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://awm-math.org/awards/noether-lectures/
Lists of women scientists
Women in mathematics
Science awards honoring women
Awards and prizes of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Lecture series