Mathematical Sciences: Supporting Services for NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in Mathematics

为了激发人们对数学研究的兴趣和活力，美国国家科学基金会每年都会支持一些NSF-CBMS数学科学区域研究会议。每个为期五天的会议都有一位杰出的讲师，他就一个重要的当前研究主题发表十次演讲，该主题是数学科学中一个尖锐的重点领域。讲师随后根据这些讲座编写一份说明性专著，通常由美国数学学会或工业和应用数学学会出版，或由美国统计协会和数学统计研究所联合出版。这些会议的某些特点使其有别于典型的研究会议。它们是：(1)由领先的实践者专注于一个重要和及时的研究领域，(2)通过区域重点来持续影响和局部刺激，(3)小组审查质量、广度和及时性，以及(4)出版面向更广泛受众的专著。这笔赠款是给数学科学会议理事会(CBMS)，以帮助资助其在促进、管理和为会议系列提供支助服务方面的活动。

To stimulate interest and activity in mathematical research, the National Science Foundation each year supports a number of NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conferences in the Mathematical Sciences. Each five-day conference features a distinguished lecturer who delivers ten lectures on a topic of important current research in one sharply focused area of the mathematical sciences. The lecturer subsequently prepares an expository monograph based upon these lectures, which is normally published by the American Mathematical Society or the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, or jointly by the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. Certain features differentiate these conferences from typical research conferences. These are: (1) Focus on a single important and timely area of research by a leading practitioner, (2) Continued effect and local stimulation through regional emphasis, (3) Panel review for quality, breadth, and timeliness, and (4) Published monographs for a wider audience. This grant is to the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) to help fund its activities in promoting, administering, and providing support services for the conference series.