2025-2026 Women in Mathematics Lecture
About the Event
The FSU Women in Math departmental lecture series is an annual event aimed at promoting the achievements of women in mathematics and fostering an inclusive community within the field. Held each March, the series features a one-day program that includes a lunch with graduate students, AWM Chapter members, female faculty and postdocs, followed by a colloquium lecture delivered by a distinguished female mathematician. The event provides a platform for networking, mentorship, and inspiring discussions on current mathematical research and gender diversity in the mathematical sciences.
Dynamical symmetry
The symmetries of an object are widely understood to be the collection of motions that preserve that object, which forms a group under composition. The field of dynamical systems takes static mathematical objects and sets them in motion, watching them evolve over time. What are the symmetries of a dynamical system? I will discuss some of the history of the subject, which naturally highlights work of women in mathematics, as well as recent work of my own and others on an emerging program we call centralizer rigidity.
Amie Wilkinson is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, where she has been on the faculty since 2012. She earned an A.B. in mathematics from Harvard (1989) and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1995) under Charles Pugh, then rose through the ranks at Northwestern University before moving to Chicago. Wilkinson's work sits at the heart of smooth dynamical systems and ergodic theory; her results on stable ergodicity, partial hyperbolicity, and (with Christian Bonatti and Sylvain Crovisier) the C1-centralizer problem provided a partial resolution of Smale's 12th problem for the 21st century. Her research excellence and expository skill have been recognized with the 2011 Ruth-Lyttle-Satter Prize and the 2020 Levi L. Conant Prize of the AMS. She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013), a member of Academia Europaea (2019), and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021. An invited speaker at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians and a frequent plenary lecturer worldwide, Wilkinson continues to shape modern dynamics while mentoring the field's next generation.
The Sum of Us: A Lunch for Aspiring Mathematicians | Friday, March 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Global and Multicultural Engagement Building 2400 and Dining Room
Lecture | Friday, March 27, 3:05-3:55 p.m.
Convergence & Conversation: A Dinner for Junior Math Faculty and Graduate Students | Friday, March 27