Country coordinators’ report for EWM Romania

Starting from October 2020, the country coordinators for Romania are Georgia Irina
Oros (University of Oradea, Romania) and Maria-Magdalena Boureanu (University of
Craiova, Romania). Maria-Magdalena Boureanu is also CWM Ambassador alongside
Loredana Bălilescu (University of Pitești, Romania).

We have started our activities on November 16th, 2020 when a team of six Romanian
women mathematicians met online for the first time and decided to create a network of
Romanian mathematicians and provide them a mean to keep in touch, to support each other,
to exchange ideas regarding topics of common interest.

Invitations to join the network have been sent to women mathematicians from the
main universities in Romania. A Google mailing group, that is RWM_coordonatoare, has
been created. This became Romanian Women in Mathematics Network (RWM Network) and
consists of 49 women mathematicians from 24 academic institutions, 22 from Romania and 2
from abroad.

Our first meeting as a network on December 17th, 2020 had over 20 participants.
Elena Resmerita (Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria), who was already strongly
involved in EWM and in its activities, has presented some details regarding EWM’s history
and its aims. Maria-Magdalena Boureanu and Loredana Balilescu presented some ideas
regarding the role of a CWM Ambassador. It was at this meeting that the idea of a monthly
seminar emerged.

The monthly seminar “Mathematics and Life” started on February 11th, 2021 when
we celebrated together for the first time the international day of girls and women in science.

Here are all our activities:
● February 11, 2021:
1. Dana Constantinescu (University of Craiova) – Online education
2. Maria Jivulescu (Politehnica University of Timisoara) – Challenges of teaching
mathematics online

● March 11, 2021: Ioana-Alexandra Somîtcă (Technical University of Cluj-Napoca) –
Teaching / communicating mathematics

● April 12, 2021: Eva Kaslik (West University of Timisoara) – Google Forms (for feedback
from students)

● May 11, 2021:
1. Maria-Magdalena Boureanu (University of Craiova) – Feedback from students based on
Google Forms
2. Dana Constantinescu (University of Craiova) – Conceiving and presenting papers on
differential equations by students from technical faculties first year: Teamwork
3. Maria Jivulescu (Politehnica University of Timisoara) – Breakout rooms (Zoom); Overleaf
as a Latex work platform

● June 14, 2021: Roxana Ardeleanu (Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău) – Experiential
learning

● July 13, 2021: Antonela Toma (University Politehnica of Bucharest) – Presentation on the
organization of scientific events and collaboration facilities.

● October 11, 2021: Dana Constantinescu (University of Craiova) – Presentation of Center
of Interdisciplinary Research in Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Craiova

● November 12, 2021: Round table

● December 14, 2021: Gabriela Cristescu (Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad) – Organizing
conferences and other meetings

●January 11, 2022: Dana Ficuț-Vicaș (Romanian Academy Astronomical Institute,
Astronomical Observatory Cluj-Napoca) – Interdisciplinarity of Mathematics

● February 10, 2022: Launch of the group’s website – 1 year celebration of the group and
celebration of the international day of girls and women in science.

● March 11, 2022: Mira-Cristiana Anisiu (Tiberiu Popoviciu Institute of Numerical Analysis
– Romanian Academy, Cluj – Napoca) – Fighting the retirement gender gap

● April 6, 2022: Elena Resmerita (Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria), Loredana
Bălilescu (University of Pitești, Romania) – About a personal webpage

● May 12, 2022: Celebrating women in Mathematics:
1. Georgia Irina Oros (University of Oradea, Romania) – how to create a webpage (the story
behind the page of the RWM Network)
2. Mathematical Fair

● May 18, 2022: Diana Biclea (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu) – Focus Group: Anxiety in
Mathematics

● June 16, 2022: Round table

Our Website was launched when the Romanian Women in Mathematics Network
celebrated its one year anniversary, on February 10th, 2022.
https://sites.google.com/view/romanianwomeninmath/home?authuser=0

We keep the site updated. Feel free to check it!