Women in Maths Editathon, Cambridge University

Women in Maths Editathon - In a nutshell Where?: Central Core, CMS, Cambridge - part of University of Cambridge When?: 11th March 2014, 3-6pm Point of contact: Zoe Wyatt - zw253cam.ac.uk Twitter: @wikimediauk Cost: Free How do I sign up?:Here!

Join us for the event!

About the event

The Emmy Noether Society for women in mathematics at Cambridge University is hosting an editathon on Tuesday 11 March 2014, 3-6pm, to improve Wikipedia articles about female scientists, particularly focusing on Mathematics!

How do I prepare?

• Sign up for the event
• Create a Wikipedia account - en:Special:UserLogin/signup
• Bring a laptop (wi-fi will be provided)
• Learn about editing if you like: w:en:Wikipedia:Tutorial, or Getting started on Wikipedia for more information
• Think about what you would like to edit about - you can even prepare some materials to bring with you on the day
• Refreshments will be provided

Programme

It's an informal session guided by the participants.

Articles needing creation, updating and/or editing

• Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (include information about her mathematical work, not just biography)
• Paul Shellard (expand this page and include English translation)
• http://www.cam.ac.uk/women-at-cambridge/profiles (list of people to possibly make a page for)
• Paul Townsend include information about discovering the membrane of M-theory!
• David Tong (no mention of AdS/CFT)
• Michael Green (now works on higher-loop string amplitudes and their divergences -> SUGRA)

Attendees

1. Zoewyatt (talk) 12:10, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
2. Egpowell12
3. Grc28
4. em383

Useful Links

1. Women in Cambridge
2. Emmy Noether Society
3. How to typeset maths in wikipedia