Ada Lovelace Day - Women and the ICM
Today is Ada Lovelace day, an international celebration of women in science and mathematics. We love taking part every year and highlighting the many incredible women from across the field. This year saw the third woman to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians back in July. We were very excited to see Hong Wang be awarded her prize and we met a number of other brilliant women at the conference, so we thought that this year we would share some articles and podcasts about their work, as well as the previous two female medallists.
The Fields Medals 2026: Hong Wang
This year Hong Wang became the third woman to win a Fields Medal. In this article, we take you through her work and reflections on her success.
The Leelavati Prize 2026: Hannah Fry
Our beloved Hannah Fry was awarded the Leelavati Prize for her contributions to maths communication. We chatted to her about the prize and her favourite career moments.
The IMU President: Ulrike Tillmann
Ulrike Tillman started her term as President of the International Mathematical Union at the ICM in July. We spoke to her about her plans for her time in the role.
ICM Invited Speaker: Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb
While we were at the ICM, we spoke to one of the invited speakers, Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb. Our podcast with her will be coming out later in the year, but for now, we have a number of videos we made with her in the past.
The Fields Medals 2022: Maryna Viazovska
In 2022, Maryna Viazovska became the second woman to win a Fields Medal, for her ground-breaking work in the theory of sphere packings.
The Fields Medal 2014: Maryam Mirzakhani
Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to be awarded a Fields Medal in nearly 80 years of the award's history.