The Cornell Topology Festival

这笔赠款将支持康奈尔拓扑节在未来三年，从2006年春季开始。 该节日一直是一个强大的力量，在数学生活的拓扑学家和geometers在美国东北部在过去的42年，提供了一个重要的竞技场的发展和传播的广泛的成果范围内的代数，微分，几何拓扑结构和相关学科。 每年约有三分之一的会谈将在一个特定的重点领域。 最近的例子是几何群论（2003），3-流形理论（2004），辛几何和拓扑（2005）。 每年的艺术节将包括两个重点领域的介绍性讲习班，为感兴趣的非专家提供一个切入点，并为所有参与者提供一种参与感。 它还将包括一个由受邀发言者进行的广泛的小组讨论，以便就会谈中未涉及的新发展提供前瞻性的观点。该节日的更广泛的影响包括：（a）一个更广泛的训练社区的拓扑学家，能够超越子专业的界限;（B）一个更多样化的数学劳动力;（c）一个更迅速的年轻拓扑学家融入当前的研究领域;和（d）在拓扑学的不同领域的研究人员之间的合作增强。 有一个推广和支持方案，以鼓励代表性不足的群体和年轻研究人员的参与。 将通过散发讲习班的讲稿和小组讨论的摘要扩大电影节的培训效果;这方面的主要工具是电影节的网址，该网址自1997年以来一直在维持。

This grant will support The Cornell Topology Festival for the next three years, starting in Spring 2006. The Festival has been a strong force in the mathematical life of topologists and geometers in the northeastern United States for the past 42 years, providing a significant arena for the development and dissemination of a broad array of results from within the areas of algebraic, differential, and geometric topology and allied subjects. Each year approximately one-third of the talks will be in a particular area of emphasis. Recent examples are geometric group theory (2003), 3-manifold theory (2004), and symplectic geometry and topology (2005). Each year's Festival will include two introductory workshops in the area of emphasis, to provide a point of entry for interested non-experts and a sense of involvement for all participants. It will also include a broad-ranging panel discussion by the invited speakers, to provide a forward-looking perspective on new developments not covered in the talks. The broader impacts of the Festival include (a) a more broadly-trained community of topologists, able to transcend the boundaries of sub-specialties; (b) a more diverse mathematical workforce; (c) a more rapid integration of younger topologists into areas of current research; and (d) the enhancement of collaboration among researchers in different areas of topology. There is an outreach and support program to encourage the participation of underrepresented groups and young researchers. The training effects of the Festival will be extended by dissemination of lecture notes from the workshops and a summary of the panel discussion; themain vehicle for this is the Festival web site, which has been maintained continuously since 1997.