Math-Life Balance
Math-Life Balance
Mura Yakerson
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Interview with Olga Paris-Romaskevich
57 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2021 at 8:32 pm.
​ teaser
​ unexpected interview outcome
​ when math research became a choice
​ why you choose math
​ what being a mathematician means 
​ how math changed you
​ which skills math research gives you
​ desired changes in the math community
​ what’s included in “inclusivity”
​ young mathematicians feeling included
​ math as an instrument in life
​ why popularize math
​ traveling through Russia to collect math stories
​ how Olya inspired me to start “Math-life balance”
​ the importance of dreaming
​ how Olya quit academia (not clickbait:) )
​ what happens when you decide to stop doing math
​ don’t change how you are, change the world around
​ not working when you don’t have motivation
​ how to learn a TED talk
​ cool metaphor of math research
​ advice to those who feel lost these days
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Olga Paris-Romaskevich is a CNRS researcher at Marseille Institute of Mathematics, working in dynamical systems. In this interview Olga talks about the joy of popularizing mathematics and shares a truly inspiring story of how she (almost) quit math!
Olga's webpage: https://romaskevich.carrd.co​
https://marielhuissier.carrd.co​ (Marie Lhuissier, mathematical storyteller)
https://www.mathematiquesvagabondes.fr​ (French association Mathématiques Vagabondes created by Olga Paris-Romaskevich and Marie Lhuissier, to foster exchange between arts and mathematics)
https://matematika.mathematiquesvagab...​ (site of the MАТЕМАТИКА project — exchanging with women in mathematics in Russia)
http://ciel.mmi-lyon.fr/​ Exhibition Mathematics of the sky
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