Olga Paris-Romaskevich is a CNRS researcher at Marseille Institute of Mathematics, working in dynamical systems. In this interview Olga talks about the joy of popularizing mathematics and shares a truly inspiring story of how she (almost) quit math!
Olga's webpage: romaskevich.ca...
Olga's photo: from her private photo collection
Amur tiger's photo: from its wikipedia page
marielhuissier... (Marie Lhuissier, mathematical storyteller)
www.mathematiq... (French association Mathématiques Vagabondes created by Olga Paris-Romaskevich and Marie Lhuissier, to foster exchange between arts and mathematics)
matematika.mat... (site of the MАТЕМАТИКА project - exchanging with women in mathematics in Russia)
ciel.mmi-lyon.fr/ Exhibition Mathematics of the sky
#mathematician #mathlife #interview #popularization
#quitacademia #inclusivityacademia #mathskills
0:00 teaser
00:30 unexpected interview outcome
01:16 when math research became a choice
04:45 why you choose math
8:44 what being a mathematician means
10:43 how math changed you
12:50 which skills math research gives you
17:16 desired changes in the math community
21:21 what’s included in “inclusivity”
25:48 young mathematicians feeling included
28:14 math as an instrument in life
32:28 why popularize math
36:15 traveling through Russia to collect math stories
38:28 how Olya inspired me to start “Math-life balance”
39:19 the importance of dreaming
40:10 how Olya quit academia (not clickbait:) )
44:28 what happens when you decide to stop doing math
47:30 don’t change how you are, change the world around
49:57 not working when you don’t have motivation
51:38 how to learn a TED talk
53:24 cool metaphor of math research
56:12 advice to those who feel lost these days
5 окт 2024
