Korean Women in Mathematical
Sciences (KWMS)
Soon-Yi Kang (Kangwon National University)

Women in Mathematics , RIMS
September 7-9,2022

Objectives of Establishment
Korean Women in Mathematical Sciences was founded tocontribute to the development and dissemination ofmathematical sciences by fostering the academic growth
and active exchange of Korean mathematicians and byexpanding the base of female mathematicians.
KWMS
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Collect

Enhanceequal
opportunities
for female
mathematicians

Women’s
participation inresearch
activities andcollaboration

the rights offemale
mathematicians
and promote
their well-being

math-related
data andpublish reports

publicunderstandingof mathematics

KWMS Activities
International Conference

Next Generation Career Leaders Forum- To form a global network of female
mathematicians and to visualize themathematical competence of them

- To foster next generation of female
mathematicians and to train them inleadershipStudent Reporters- To offer female students with early
exposure to mathematics community
activities

Travel Grant- To provide opportunities for female
mathematicians to lay the foundationfor establishing academic exchangenetworks

KWMS International Conference
Plenary LecturesSanoli Gun(Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Seonhee Lim(Seoul National University/ UCSD)

The mysterious Ramanujan taufunction

Local limit theorem in negative
curvature

Dongmei Xiao
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

Sylvie Corteel(UC Berkeley/CNRS)

Limit cycles bifurcating from a period
annulus of planar Hamiltoniansystems

Cylindric partitions and Rogers Ramanujan identities

Public Lectures- To ensure thecontinued
advancement offemale
mathematicians

Trilemma of Blockchain : how to scale up securely as a distributed ledger?
by Jiyoon Kim (NEWZ Chief Operating Officer)
Since 2017, blockchain has become popular because of cryptocurrencies including
Bitcoin, the most valuable crypto asset in the world.
Also, some concepts related to blockchain such as NFT, DeFi got a spotlight.
However there is still a trilemma of blockchain unsolved from the beginning.
How can we speed up the distributed ledger in a more secure manner?
Is it inevitable to become a centralized network in order to scale up?
Let’s talk about some efforts in these days to solve this problem.

Role of scientists in an era of fake news and democratic crises
by Yoo-Hyang Kim (National Assembly Research Service)
Digital technology has achieved diversification of participation and democratization ofinformation. At the same time, it can actually put democracy at risk.
The post-truth era emerged in the historical and political background of political polarizationand the re-emergence of populism. The era filled the ideological gap that emerged as the worldtransitioned from the 20th century into the 21st century after the end of the Cold War.
The post-truth era demands distrust of public institutions and media, and even demands apolitical statement on science and technology. This presentation raises questions about the roleof Scientists in an era of technological advances, fake news, and democratic crises.

Panel Discussion- Science policy for sustainablegrowth of scientists : female
mathematicians’ perspective

KWMS News Letter

Solidarity and Support
Government-led action- Law to support and cultivate female human resources in science andtechnology (2002)- Revision of the Education Public Officials Act (2020) : efforts should
be made to ensure that the proportion of the specific gender amongprofessors at national universities does not exceed three-quarters.

Support from friends- Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)- Korean Mathematical Society (KMS)- Non-female mathematicians and scientists

Solidarity- Korea Federation of Women’s Science and Technology
Associations (KOFWST)- Association of Women Professors at National and Public
Universities- SNU Diversity Council- AOWM, AWM, EWM,….

Courage