Workshops in Geometric Topology

本提案是为了继续NSF对一系列已建立的几何拓扑夏季研讨会的支持。具体来说，该提案要求支持将于2007年、2008年和2009年夏季举行的第24届、第25届和第26届几何拓扑年度研讨会。这些研讨会将在全国范围内进行宣传，国家科学基金会的资金主要用于支持目前没有国家科学基金会支持的活跃研究数学家和从事几何拓扑研究的研究生的旅行。参与举办讲习班的每一所学院和大学都认捐了额外的资金，除其他外，将用于支付主要发言者的所有费用。2007年研讨会将于6月28日至30日在密歇根州的大急流城举行，由加尔文学院主办。伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校的伊恩·阿戈尔（Ian Agol）同意担任首席发言人。2008年的研讨会将由杨百翰大学主办，2009年的研讨会将在密尔沃基举行，由威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校主办。

This proposal is for continued NSF support of a well-established series of summer workshops in Geometric Topology. Specifically, the proposal requests support for the 24th 25th and 26th Annual Workshops in Geometric Topology to be held in the summers of 2007, 2008 and 2009. The workshops will be advertised nationally with NSF funding primarily used to support the travel of active research mathematicians without current NSF support and graduate students working in geometric topology. Each of the colleges and universities involved with hosting a workshop has pledged additional funds that will be used, among other things, to cover all costs of the principal speakers. The 2007 workshop will be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 28-30, with Calvin College serving as host. Ian Agol of the University of Illinois at Chicago has agreed to be the principal speaker. The 2008 workshop will be hosted by Brigham Young University, and the 2009 workshop will be held in Milwaukee with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosting.