Interview with Olga Paris-Romaskevich

<p>Olga Paris-Romaskevich is a CNRS researcher at Marseille Institute of Mathematics, working in dynamical systems. In this interview Olga talks about the joy of popularizing mathematics and shares a truly inspiring story of how she (almost) quit math!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Olga's webpage: <a href="https://romaskevich.carrd.co">https://romaskevich.carrd.co</a>​</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://marielhuissier.carrd.co​ (Marie Lhuissier, mathematical storyteller)</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://www.mathematiquesvagabondes.fr​ (French association Mathématiques Vagabondes created by Olga Paris-Romaskevich and Marie Lhuissier, to foster exchange between arts and mathematics)</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://matematika.mathematiquesvagab...​ (site of the MАТЕМАТИКА project — exchanging with women in mathematics in Russia)</p> <p><br></p> <p>http://ciel.mmi-lyon.fr/​ Exhibition Mathematics of the sky</p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00​ teaser</p> <p>00:30​ unexpected interview outcome</p> <p>01:16​ when math research became a choice</p> <p>04:45​ why you choose math</p> <p>8:44​ what being a mathematician means&nbsp;</p> <p>10:43​ how math changed you</p> <p>12:50​ which skills math research gives you</p> <p>17:16​ desired changes in the math community</p> <p>21:21​ what’s included in “inclusivity”</p> <p>25:48​ young mathematicians feeling included</p> <p>28:14​ math as an instrument in life</p> <p>32:28​ why popularize math</p> <p>36:15​ traveling through Russia to collect math stories</p> <p>38:28​ how Olya inspired me to start “Math-life balance”</p> <p>39:19​ the importance of dreaming</p> <p>40:10​ how Olya quit academia (not clickbait:) )</p> <p>44:28​ what happens when you decide to stop doing math</p> <p>47:30​ don’t change how you are, change the world around</p> <p>49:57​ not working when you don’t have motivation</p> <p>51:38​ how to learn a TED talk</p> <p>53:24​ cool metaphor of math research</p> <p>56:12​ advice to those who feel lost these days</p>