Actions for the Mathematical Sciences: Adapting to the Changed Environment

数学科学行动：适应变化的环境项目摘要数学科学委员会将召开一个为期两天的论坛，约有40人参加，探讨数学家对科学和技术产生影响的新机会，并为理论和应用数学研究指明新的方向。在来自数学科学界以外的代表的参与下，它将研究数学应该采取什么步骤，以建立与材料科学、生物科学和医学等领域的现有联系，并确定社区应该采取什么行动来应对变化的环境，以改变美国从事数学研究的方式。将编写一份论坛的总结报告，详细说明具体的行动准则，并迅速将其发送给数学科学研究界，以鼓励朝着有益的方向采取统一和协调的行动，以回应社区和国家面临的新的迫切需要。这份文件将主要面向数学科学界，并将特别针对研究界中尚未充分认识到正在进行的变化是多么普遍和深远的相当一部分人。它还将提供有关资源的信息，并重点说明需要采取什么行动以及如何开始这些行动。15个月项目的最后6个月将致力于宣传工作，包括在专业会议上发言，在该专业的主要新闻期刊上发表文章描述行动，并在因特网上以电子方式提供总结报告。

Actions for the Mathematical Sciences: Adapting to the Changed Environment Project Abstract The Board on Mathematical Sciences will convene a two-day forum of roughly 40 participants to explore emerging opportunities for mathematicians to have impact on science and technology as well as indicate new directions for both pure and applied mathematical research. With input by representatives from outside the mathematical sciences community, it will examine what steps mathematics should take to build upon existing connections with such areas as materials science, the biological sciences, and medical science, and determine what actions the community should take in response to the changed environment to change the way mathematical research is pursued in the United States. A summary report of the forum that details specific action guidelines will be generated and rapidly transmitted to the mathematical sciences research community to stimulate unified and coordinated action in beneficial directions that respond to the new imperatives facing the community and the nation. This document will be primarily directed toward the mathematical sciences community, and will particularly target the sizeable part of the research community that does not yet fully appreciate how pervasive and far-reaching are the changes underway. It will also provide information on resources, and spotlight what actions are needed and how to commence them. The last 6 months of the 15 month project will be devoted to dissemination efforts, including presentations at professional meetings, having articles describing the actions published in flagship news journals for the profession, and making the summary report available electronically on the Internet.