Eleventh International Conference on Approximation Theory; May 18-22, 2004; Gatlinburg, TN

拟于2004年5月18日至22日在美国田纳西州加特林堡召开一次近似理论及相关专题国际会议。来自世界各地的学术界、工业界和政府实验室的大约200名数学科学家预计将参加。该会议将继续为该领域的工作人员举行三年一次会议的传统，并将是一系列类似会议中的第11次会议。30多年来，这些会议传统上一直是关于这一专题的主要一般性国际会议。会议将以7个一小时的调查讲座为特色，涉及当前感兴趣的主题（包括经典近似、小波、多元样条、非线性近似、神经网络、表面近似和成像数学）。此外，它还将为第四届Vasil a . Popov近似理论奖的颁发提供一个论坛。获奖者还将进行一小时的调查讲座。会议计划为期五天，会议记录将经过仔细审查和编辑。会议将汇集研究人员和研究生深入讨论近似理论的各个方面，这是一个有着悠久而丰富的历史的主题。大量的专门会议，新的和成熟的期刊，以及最近成立的致力于这一主题的研究中心，证明了它目前的活力。除了提供一个交流思想的论坛外，会议还将有助于确定未来研究的趋势和领域。会议将通过向研究生展示最新的研究成果，帮助他们识别近似理论和相关领域的问题，从而帮助他们进行教育。学生、年轻研究人员、少数民族和女性将有机会与该领域的领导者见面，并展示自己的研究成果。申请资金的三分之二将用于支持这些小组，并要求高级研究人员帮助确定参与的候选人。近年来，近似理论在计算机辅助几何设计、图像和信号处理、地球物理和医学建模、PDE、机器人等领域得到了越来越多的应用。这些应用导致了几个新的近似理论学科领域的发展，包括神经网络、径向基函数和小波，并且该学科已经变得越来越跨学科。这项研究将在未来几年对医学、科学、工程和信息技术产生重大影响。

It is proposed to hold an international conference on Approximation Theory and Related Topics in Gatlinburg, TN on May 18-22, 2004. Approximately 200 mathematical scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories from around the world are expected to participate. The conference would continue the tradition of holding a triennial meeting for workers in the field, and will be the eleventh in a series of similar conferences. These meetings have traditionally been the main general international conferences on this topic for more than 30 years. The meeting will feature 7 one-hour survey lectures on topics of current interest (including classical approximation, wavelets, multivariate splines, nonlinear approximation, neural networks, surface approximation, and the mathematics of imaging). In addition, it would provide a forum for the awarding of the Fourth Vasil A. Popov Prize in Approximation Theory. The winner will also present a one-hour survey lecture. The conference is planned for five days, and would result in a carefully reviewed and edited conference proceedings.The conference will bring together researchers and graduate students for in-depth discussions on all aspects of Approximation Theory, which is a subject with a long and rich history. Its current vitality is attested to by the large number of specialized conferences, new and well-established journals, and recently-founded research centers devoted to the subject. In addition to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, the meeting will also help identify trends and areas for future research. The conference will help educate graduate students by exposing them to the latest research and helping them identify problems in approximation theory and related areas. Students, young researchers, minorities, and women will have the opportunity to meet leaders in the field, as well as to present their own research. Two-thirds of the requested funding will be devoted to supporting these groups, and senior researchers will be asked to help identify candidates to participate. In recent years approximation theory has found more and more applications in such diverse areas as computer-aided geometric design, image and signal processing, geophysical and medical modeling, PDE, robotics, and elsewhere. These applications have resulted in the development of several new subject areas of approximation theory, including neural networks, radial basis functions, and wavelets, and the subject has become more and more interdisciplinary. This research will have a major impact on medicine, science, engineering and information technology for years to come.