Monique Chyba: Mathematics: Think Again....

October 28, 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Saunders 637 Add to Calendar

Monique Chyba: Mathematics: Think Again....

Imagine being the only woman professor among 30 men colleagues, what impact could it have on your career and vision of your field? As a woman, do you perceive mathematics in a different way and do you talk about them in a different way? Maybe or maybe not… Moreover, mathematicians often refer to the beauty and elegance of mathematics as the driven force behind their passion, but what do they mean by that? Most people find beauty in arts and music but in mathematics...? And why does everyone says that mathematics is important. Is it really, and if yes what do we mean by important or is that just a myth? Mathematics is feared and as mathematicians we are responsible most of time for conveying this perception. When people ask me “Why do you like mathematics?”, I am thinking is “How can you not like mathematics?” Mathematics is hard, puzzling, even at times cold and austere but it is truly beautiful and never deceived me. It is truly a gift we received from nature.

Monique Chyba is Professor of Mathematics at University of Hawaii-Manoa, She earned her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Geneva and the University of Burgundy (1997). Chyba’s expertise lies in the development of geometric optimal control methods and its application to real problems especially from physics, biology and engineering. Her contribution varies from robotics, especially optimal guidance and navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles, to applications in the medical field. Her most recent work focuses on designing efficient spacecraft rendezvous mission with temporarily captured orbiters, mathematical modeling of brain morphogenesis based on the distribution of the extracellular matrix structures fractones and the optimization of the protein misfolding cyclic amplification procedure.


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Open and Free to the Public

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Women's Studies, Mānoa Campus

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Susan Hippensteele, 956-7464, hippenst@hawaii.edu, http://www.womenstudies.hawaii.edu/

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