Invitation to the 2020 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony and a Celebration of Mathematics on Wednesday 9 December at 15:00 hrs CET

[ICTP/director]

*ICTP is pleased to announce that the **2020 Ramanujan Prize Ceremony 
and a Celebration of Mathematics will take **place at ICTP,  via remote, 
on Wednesday 9 December 2019, starting at 15:00 hrs
*

The 2020 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing 
Countries has been awarded to Prof. Carolina Araujo of the Institute for 
Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The prize is in recognition of Araujo's outstanding work in algebraic 
geometry, in particular in birational geometry and the theory of 
extremal rays, of which she gave important applications, in particular 
obtaining a characterization of projective spaces and hyperquadrics; for 
her work in the study and classification of Fano varieties, and her 
study of algebraic foliations.

Carolina Araujo has also played a key role in promoting women in 
mathematics and in the organization of important mathematical 
activities. She specializes in algebraic geometry, including birational 
geometry and foliations. She has been a Simons Associate with ICTP since 
2015, and is the vice president of the Committee for Women in 
Mathematics at the International Mathematical Union.

The programme for the ceremony will include a talk by Professor Caucher 
Birkar (University of Cambridge, UK) on "Algebraic geometry and beyond".

ICTP administers the Ramanujan Prize jointly with the Department of 
Science and Technology (DST, Government of India), and the International 
Mathematical Union (IMU).

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gejri_kDRKan47M4-LwV7g
After registration you will receive a confirmation with the link and 
password.

Livestreaming is avaialble at: video.ictp.it/livestream

More information is available at the following link: 
http://indico.ictp.it/event/9493/

Looking forward to seeing you on this special occasion!

Office of the Director,  ICTP