WIP Events
- Great dinner on October 24th 2007, at Claudia’s place. Pictures coming soon.
- First meeting, July 25th 2007!
- Network Structure of Japanese Business Firm
Wed, 08/26/09 04:30PM Misako Takayasu, Tokyo Institute of Technology , Hideki Takayasu, Sony Computer Science Laboratories
Location: SCI Second floor lounge
NOTE: Tea Time, 4:30 PMABSTRACT
We analyze network structure of about 1 million Japanese business firms based on a huge data including information about business connections. Clear power law distributions are confirmed for link numbers and Page ranks, and less clear power law laws hold for hub and authority. We observe correlations among network characteristics and economics quantities such as sales, incomes and growth rates. Summarizing all empirical facts we discuss about how to construct numerical models. - Women in Physics Luncheon
Wed, 08/19/09 01:00AM Kristen Stoops, Rosetta Biosoftware
Location: SCI352 - Why are there so few women in physics?
Mon, 06/22/09 01:00PM Gene Stanley, Boston University
Location: SCI 352
NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon - A journey in search for new physics: from India to the LHC
Wed, 05/27/09 01:00PM Tulika Bose, Boston University
NOTE: Women in Physics Luncheon - CANCELLED: Snapshots of my life as a Woman Physicist/Women in Physics Event
Tue, 03/24/09 12:30PM Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University
Location: SCI 352
NOTE: Please RSVP for this event: Women in Physics Lunch, Lunch Served - WIP/ A Fresh Perspective on Careers Beyond the Ivory Tower
Thu, 10/09/08 12:30PM Rama Bansil, Boston University
Location: SCI 352
NOTE: Women in Physics/Lunch served - A curiosity-driven ride through uncertainties of my physics career pathway
Wed, 05/28/08 12:00PM Brigita Urbanc, Boston University
Location: SCI 352
NOTE: Women in Physics LuncheonBrigita is a researcher at here at Boston University studying protein folding in relation to Alzheimer’s disease. She shared with us her story of about how she developed her interest in science and the personal and academic path that brought her to BU.
- EU gender policy and other stories
Thu, 04/24/08 02:00PM Giulia Pancheri, INFN, Italy
Location: PRB 595
NOTE: Special Women in Physics SeminarProf. Giulia Pancheri, from the INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics) in Frascati, Italy gave a talk about gender policies and status of women physicists in EU. Prof. Pancheri is a theoretical physicist and her research focuses on high energy phenomenology. She was the national chair of the INFN Equal Opportunity Committee from 2000-2002 and has given many talks on the subject of women in physics, including a recent talk at the APS meeting in Missouri. Please take a look at the slides from her talk. She gives her own historical analysis of why there are so few women in physics as well as lots of statistics comparing the status of women in various European countries and the US.
- My life in science: a biased random walk approach
Wed, 04/23/08 12:15PM Anna Swan, Boston University
Location: PRB 595
NOTE: Women in Physics LuncheonAnna was a product of the Boston University graduate program herself. She gave us a personal narrative of her career path from her graduate training to her position now as Professor in the Engineering and Physics Departments, with the ups and downs along the way. She also offered the students advice and insight into how to navigate the field, especially as a female.
- A Woman in Physics
Fri, 04/18/08 02:30PM Marcia Barbosa, Institute of Physics Rio Grande University Brazil
Location: PRB 365Marcia is an active member of the Women in Physics community in her home country of Brazil and also on the international level. She shared with us some of her experiences at international conferences, such as the IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics and the jury for the Loreal Prizes for women in science. She also described what it is like to be a female physicist in Brazil. It is clear that she has lots of fun being a scientist and spreads this positive attitude to those around her.
- A Parental Leave Policy for Graduate Students at Boston University
Wed, 03/19/08 01:00PM Elizabeth Ewen, BU Biology Department
Location: PRB 595Liz Ewen is a 5th year graduate student in the Biology department working with Dr. Frank Naya. Her research investigates how mutations in genes cause human diseases. She is a member of the Biology Graduate Student Association, a founding member of the Women in biology and the Chair of the Parental Leave Comittee for the graduate organization.
Liz’s talk on “A graduate student parental leave policy for Boston University” reviewed the policy currently under consideration by the BU administration. Liz, along with Elizabeth Tanner and the Women in Biology, have compiled information on parental leave policies for graduate students in place in other universities. In her talk, she discussed the need for the policy as well as the details of the proposal.
There were many questions and comments from the audience, as well as much discussion as to what we can do to get the administration to move forward with the policy. Liz mentioned that some advice that she was given by women from other universities is that we need to enlist the support of the faculty members. We decided to put together a statement which we could get faculty members from our departments to sign in support of out goals.
- A career transition: Hong Kong to the US
Thu, 02/28/08 12:00PM Ophelia Tsui, Boston University
Location: SCI 352
NOTE: Women in Physics LuncheonOphelia’s career path included an undergraduate training in Hong Kong, graduate school and two Post Docs in America, a faculty position back in Hong Kong, and finally a position in the BU Physics department. She explained the transitions she had to make along the way; skills she learned and challenges she faced along the way. She also gave lots of advice to the students, many of whom were considering looking for a job in a foreign country after they graduate.
