The 2008 Graduate Student Topology Conference, March 2008

2008 年研究生拓扑会议，2008 年 3 月

• 批准号: 0808878
• 负责人: Randy McCarthy
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-15 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0808878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2008; Graduate; Student; Topology; Conference

Building upon the success of the tri-annual MidWest topology seminars, graduate students in Geometry and Topology from several MidWest institutions began an annual Graduate Student Topology Conference. Now in its sixth year, the University of Illinois will be hosting the conference in 2008. The plenary speakers will be Mike Hopkins from Harvard and Yael Karshon from Toronto. In addition, 27 talks by graduate students, run in parallel sessions, will be delivered. The grant is primarily to provide travel assistance for participants and speakers. The conference will run two days and provide ample opportunities for informal discussions and new introductions to occur. Historically, these conferences have provided an excellent opportunity for positive support and fruitful collaborations to begin. The result has often been to increase student's success rate both in school and during the critical transition soon after finishing ones doctorate. Because of the traditionally high participation rate among usually under represented demographics at these conferences combined with the conferences effectiveness as an aid to students during a critical transition period, partially supporting the approximately 160 participants is an effective investment in the science.The Graduate Student Topology Conference is a two-day event in which graduate students from across the country meet to share their work, gain experience presenting at conferences, and hear from some of the most distinguished geometry and topology professors in the nation. Now in its sixth year, the conference draws around 160 graduate students from across the United States. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be hosting the conference in 2008, with grant funds primarily aimed at providing travel assistance for participants. The conference consists of twenty-seven talks given by graduate students, in addition to two plenary talks by visiting professors; this year the plenary talks are given by Mike Hopkins from Harvard University and Yael Karshon from the University of Toronto. Through its unique combination of research and expository talks, the Graduate Student Topology Conference creates a supportive environment to encourage future researchers and to allow them to make contacts amongst one-another that can lead to future collaboration. Additionally, the experience of presenting at a conference allows speakers to refine their speaking skills and grow into more effective communicators. The conference also encourages communication among different geographic regions. Participants come from very diverse schools all across the country and include graduate students at all years of study with a high participation rate among usually under represented demographics.

在三年一度的中西部拓扑研讨会取得成功的基础上，来自中西部几所机构的几何和拓扑学研究生开始了一年一度的研究生拓扑会议。伊利诺伊大学将于 2008 年主办该会议，现已进入第六个年头。全体会议发言人将是来自哈佛大学的 Mike Hopkins 和来自多伦多的 Yael Karshon。此外，还将在平行会议中进行 27 场研究生演讲。这笔赠款主要是为与会者和演讲者提供旅行援助。会议将持续两天，为非正式讨论和新的介绍提供充足的机会。从历史上看，这些会议为积极支持和富有成效的合作提供了绝佳的机会。其结果往往是提高学生在学校和完成博士学位后不久的关键过渡期间的成功率。由于传统上这些会议中代表性不足的人群的参与率很高，加上会议在关键过渡时期对学生的帮助作用，部分支持大约 160 名参与者是对科学的有效投资。研究生拓扑会议是一个为期两天的活动，来自全国各地的研究生聚集在一起分享他们的工作，获得在会议上发言的经验，并听取一些最杰出的几何和拓扑教授的演讲。 民族。该会议现已进入第六年，吸引了来自美国各地的约 160 名研究生。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校将于 2008 年主办这次会议，其赠款主要用于为与会者提供旅行援助。会议包括 27 场研究生报告以及 2 场客座教授的全体报告；今年的全体会议由哈佛大学的 Mike Hopkins 和多伦多大学的 Yael Karshon 主持。通过研究和说明性演讲的独特结合，研究生拓扑会议创造了一个支持性环境，以鼓励未来的研究人员，并使他们能够相互联系，从而促进未来的合作。此外，在会议上演讲的经验可以让演讲者提高演讲技巧并成长为更有效的沟通者。会议还鼓励不同地理区域之间的交流。参与者来自全国各地非常多样化的学校，包括各个学习年份的研究生，在通常代表性不足的人群中参与率很高。