Abstract
The Women in Mathematics Symposia are a collection of annual regional mathematics conferences for women mathematicians which have all been organized by EDGE affiliates. To the best of our knowledge, they exist in California, the Midwest, Texas, the Carolinas, and Israel. We explore the history and original motivations of the WiMSoCal organizers and how WIMS spread and adapted to other regions. We include notes on participation, diversity and inclusion, and organization from the conferences. We include quotes from a survey about the conference’s effectiveness, data about the attendees, and reflections from attendees on the impact it has had on their research and careers.
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Thank you to all WIMS participants and organizers who filled out our survey. We also want to thank all the host departments and institutions for their support, and to Sylvia, Rhonda, and the NSF for the ADVANCE grant that supported the first EDGE clusters.
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Buchmann, A., Duong, Y., Radunskaya, A. (2019). The Women in Mathematics Symposia: An Organic Extension of the EDGE Program. In: D'Agostino, S., Bryant, S., Buchmann, A., Guinn, M., Harris, L. (eds) A Celebration of the EDGE Program’s Impact on the Mathematics Community and Beyond . Association for Women in Mathematics Series, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19486-4_10
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