Discrete and Computational Geometry Workshops at MSRI

MSRI 的离散和计算几何研讨会

• 批准号: 0336393
• 负责人: Jesus De Loera
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2004-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0336393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Discrete; Computational; Geometry; Workshops; MSRI

During the Fall semester of 2003 the Mathematical Sciences ResearchInstitute (MSRI) in Berkeley, California will sponsor a special program inDiscrete and Computational Geometry. The organizers for this semester-longprogram are Jesus De Loera (University of California at Davis), HerbertEdelsbrunner (Duke University), Jacob E. Goodman (City University of NewYork), Janos Pach (New York University), Micha Sharir (Tel AvivUniversity), Emo Welzl (ETH Zuerich), and Guenter Ziegler (TechnischeUniversitaet Berlin). The program will have many activities, includingpublic lectures, research for undergraduates, mini-courses, weeklyseminars, and three workshops. This award provides funding to help coverlodging and travel expenses for participants in the workshops.The Introductory Workshop is designed to introduce a broad range ofcomputer scientists, mathematicians, scientists working in related fields,and others interested in the topics of the program to current research inthese areas. The second workshop, on Mathematical Foundations of GeometricAlgorithms, is intended more as a forum for researchers in computerscience and mathematics to discuss their recent work with other activeresearchers. This workshop will focus on the design and analysis ofgeometric algorithms, and on the mathematical and algorithmic techniquesneeded to make these algorithms efficient. The third workshop, onCombinatorial and Discrete Geometry, will study discrete geometric objects(polyhedra, geometric graphs, sphere packings, tilings, lattices, and soforth) and their combinatorial structure, stressing the connectionsbetween discrete geometry and algebra, combinatorics, and topology.The Introductory Workshop in particular will extend the impact of theprogram well beyond the core of recognized researchers in this particulararea. MSRI's Human Resources Advisory Committee established theintroductory workshops in 1992 as a vehicle for making the material ofMSRI's major programs available to a broad scientific audience,particularly women and minorities who are still much too underrepresentedin the scientific enterprise. Through outreach activities such as aspecial weekend on geometry at Howard University in September 2002, MSRIhas recruited participants from underrepresented groups to participate inits 2003-04 programs and particularly the introductory workshops, and willwork with these participants to help make the material of the workshopsuseful for their endeavors at their home institutions. The PI and co-PIfor this grant have already recruited several participants for theseworkshops who are from historically Black colleges and universities, andwho have expressed a strong interest in bringing material from theseworkshops into contact with students in their undergraduate researchprograms and classrooms.

在2003年秋季学期数学科学研究所（MSRI）在伯克利分校，加州将赞助一个特殊的计划在离散和计算几何。这个为期一个学期的项目的组织者是Jesus De Loera（加州大学戴维斯分校），Herbert Edelsbrunner（杜克大学），Jacob E. Goodman（纽约城市大学）、Janos Pach（纽约大学）、Micha Sharir（特拉维夫大学）、Emo Welzl（ETH Zuerich）和Guenter齐格勒（柏林工业大学）。该计划将有许多活动，包括公开讲座，本科生研究，迷你课程，每周讲座和三个研讨会。该奖项提供资金，以帮助支付住宿和差旅费的参与者在workshop.The介绍性workshop.The介绍性Workshop. The范围广泛的计算机科学家，数学家，科学家在相关领域的工作，以及其他感兴趣的主题的计划，以目前的研究在这些领域。第二个研讨会是关于几何算法的数学基础，其目的更多的是作为计算机科学和数学研究人员与其他活跃研究人员讨论他们最近工作的论坛。本研讨会将集中于几何算法的设计和分析，以及使这些算法有效所需的数学和算法技术。第三个研讨会，关于组合和离散几何，将研究离散几何对象（多面体，几何图形，球体填充，平铺，格子等）及其组合结构，强调离散几何与代数，组合学和拓扑学之间的联系。特别是介绍性研讨会将扩大该计划的影响，远远超出这一特定领域公认的研究人员的核心。MSRI的人力资源咨询委员会于1992年建立了介绍性讲习班，作为向广大科学受众提供MSRI主要计划材料的工具，特别是在科学事业中代表性仍然太低的妇女和少数民族。通过诸如2002年9月在霍华德大学举行的一个关于几何学的特别周末的外展活动，MSRI从代表性不足的群体中招募了参与者参加其2003-04年的计划，特别是介绍性讲习班，并将与这些参与者合作，帮助使讲习班的材料对他们在家乡机构的努力有用。PI和co-PI为这个补助金已经招募了几个参与者thesekworkshop谁是从历史上的黑人学院和大学，并表示了强烈的兴趣，使材料从thesekworkshop接触到学生在他们的本科研究项目和教室。