Interview with Giulia Saccà

<p>Giulia Saccà is an assistant professor at Columbia &nbsp;University, working in algebraic geometry. In this interview, Giulia gives jobmarket advice for mathematicians, contemplates some of the struggles that minorities in math get to deal with, and tells about books that resemble math research.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Giulia's homepage: <a href="http://math.columbia.edu/~giulia/">http://math.columbia.edu/~giulia/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>Photo: Allegra Boverman</p> <p><br></p> <p>Women in Math program at IAS: <a href="https://www.ias.edu/math/wam">https://www.ias.edu/math/wam</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>0:00 teaser</p> <p>0:27 interests in history in philosophy</p> <p>6:51 jobmarket advice</p> <p>11:37 talking about our insecurities helps</p> <p>16:23 struggles of minorities in math</p> <p>20:05 what to do with impostor syndrome</p> <p>27:01 how to find role models</p> <p>30:48 Women in Math program at IAS is great</p> <p>35:57 the future of online seminars</p> <p>41:06 how to keep track of math projects</p> <p>47:27 which music helps to do math</p> <p>49:31 alpinism resembles doing research</p> <p>52:21 Proust writes about math</p> <p>58:44 the joy of cooking</p> <p>1:00:40 a wish for young mathematicians</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p>