BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20171207T203000Z UID: 68289b322e6ef DTSTAMP:20250517T092034Z LOCATION:Olin Center for Educational Technology DESCRIPTION:Phi Beta Kappa \;Visiting Scholar George Dyson will \;talk on "Women in Mathematics."\n\n(At 7 \;p.m. in Hanson 102\, Dyson \;will speak on the evolution of artificial intelligence.)\n\nDescription: "In early computing\, women played a key role\, now being recognized\, but why is this so rare\, especially in computer science (and engineering) today?\n\n"My mother was a mathematician (logic\, foundations of mathematics\, group theory) who came to America in 1948 and followed a convoluted path\, often dragging me along. ˇ°Women should not be encouraged to go into mathematics for any motive other than their own stubborn preference and curiosity\,ˇ± she wrote in a letter of final instructions. A subject for debate."\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2017/george-dyson-women-mathematics SUMMARY:George Dyson: Women in Mathematics DTSTART:20171207T203000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR