Barbara Flora Csima is a Canadian mathematician specializing in

computability theory Computability theory, also known as recursion theory, is a branch of mathematical logic, computer science, and the theory of computation that originated in the 1930s with the study of computable functions and Turing degrees. The field has since ex ...

and

mathematical logic Mathematical logic is the study of Logic#Formal logic, formal logic within mathematics. Major subareas include model theory, proof theory, set theory, and recursion theory (also known as computability theory). Research in mathematical logic com ...

. She is a professor of pure mathematics and associate chair for graduate studies at the

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a Public university, public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park. The university also op ...

, and the 2024 president of the

Canadian Mathematical Society The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS; French: ''Société mathématique du Canada'') is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to advancing mathematical research, outreach, scholarship and education in Canada. The Society se ...

Education and career

Csima studied mathematics and

actuarial science Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematics, mathematical and statistics, statistical methods to Risk assessment, assess risk in insurance, pension, finance, investment and other industries and professions. Actuary, Actuaries a ...

as an undergraduate at the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

, graduating with honours in 1998. She went to the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

in the US for graduate study in mathematics, earned a master's degree there in 1999, and completed her Ph.D. in 2003. Her dissertation, ''Applications of Computability Theory to Prime Models and Differential Geometry'', was supervised by Robert I. Soare. After a postdoctoral stint as H. C. Wang Assistant Professor of Mathematics at

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

from 2003 to 2005, she obtained a regular-rank faculty position as assistant professor of pure mathematics at the University of Waterloo in 2005. She was promoted to associate professor in 2010 and full professor in 2015. Csima was elected as president of the

for a term beginning in 2024.

Recognition

Csima was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society in 2023.

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