Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

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AbstractAward: DMS-9810289Principal Investigator: Willard Miller, Jr.The Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) islocated at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and isdirected by Dr. Willard Miller, Jr. The mission of the IMA is toidentify problems and areas of mathematical sciences researchrelated to challenges faced by other sciences and industry, todemonstrate the impact of mathematics and statistics on otherdisciplines, and to encourage the engagement of mathematicalscientists with these areas of application. Participants in IMAactivities include long- and short-term visitors, drawn from themathematical sciences and other disciplines relevant to currentprograms. This award includes support for postdoctoral fellows,whose mentoring is an essential element of the IMA's work. Someof the Institute's postdoctoral researchers spend much of theirtime working with participating corporations of the IMA, andindustrial researchers are involved in IMA programs and programplanning.The IMA hosts scientific programs on short (weekend to one-week)and long (academic year) time scales. Most of the Institute'sprograms are conducted in its Minneapolis facilities, but the IMAalso sponsors conferences and graduate student summer programs atits academic participating institutions. This institute has nopermanent faculty or research personnel, draws program organizersfrom many disciplines, and anchors the participant lists forannual programs in a base of distinguished visitors and one- ortwo-year postdoctoral researchers. The Institute for Mathematicsand its Applications is supported by the NSF as a MathematicalSciences Research Institute, funded by the Division ofMathematical Sciences.