Actions for the Mathematical Sciences: Adapting to the Changed Environment

数学科学委员会将召开一个为期两天的论坛，约有40名参与者，探讨数学家对科学和技术产生影响的新机会，并为纯数学和应用数学研究指明新的方向。根据数学科学界以外代表的意见，它将研究数学应该采取哪些步骤来建立与材料科学、生物科学和医学等领域的现有联系，并确定科学界应该采取哪些行动来应对变化的环境，以改变美国数学研究的方式。将生成一份论坛总结报告，详细说明具体的行动指导方针，并迅速传递给数学科学研究界，以促进在有益的方向上采取统一和协调的行动，以响应社区和国家面临的新要求。这份文件将主要针对数学科学社区，并将特别针对研究社区的相当大一部分，他们还没有充分认识到正在进行的变化是多么普遍和深远。它还将提供有关资源的信息，并强调需要采取哪些行动以及如何开始这些行动。15个月项目的最后6个月将致力于传播工作，包括在专业会议上作报告，在专业旗舰新闻期刊上发表描述行动的文章，并在互联网上以电子方式提供摘要报告。

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.