Monthly Archives: July 2017

Where shall one sit in a meeting room, or how can one be accused “bully and harassment”? “[she] finds [his] behaviour around her to be intimidating. She notes that he sometimes sits behind her in meetings where she cannot see him, or directly in front of her even if the room has few people in it. She sometimes thinks he comes too close to her.” Sigh…

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Fog and MEC workshop on July 30@BJTU

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Welcome to attend and participate. Thanks!

http://rwng.bjtu.edu.cn/fmec2017

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Mountains—back by i5 already for students deadlines ;-)

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“You have to ignore low-hanging fruit, which is a little tricky,” she said. “I’m not sure if it’s the best way of doing things, actually — you’re torturing yourself along the way.” But she enjoys it, she said. “Life isn’t supposed to be easy.” https://www.quantamagazine.org/maryam-mirzakhani-is-first-woman-fields-medalist-20140812/

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“Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی‎‎; May 3, 1977 – July 15, 2017) was an Iranian-American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.[6][7][8] Her research topics include Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry.[1]”

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Speechless.

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Fall into falls… ;-) seas, and mountains: 9 years old now!

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