Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology; November 14-15, 2009

现在已经是第二年了，BUGCAT是一个地方，代数和拓扑学研究生在他们研究的所有阶段都可以展示他们的工作，并与其他有相关研究兴趣的数学家见面。它鼓励来自不同学校的参与。会议组委会都是研究生，在性别、种族和背景上都非常多样化，因此很有能力鼓励女性和少数民族参与。今年的会议将在宾厄姆顿大学校园里举行，为期两天(2009年11月14日至15日)。参加者将包括各级研究生。演讲者将根据研究生、博士后或教授的身份、演讲与代数和拓扑学主题的相关性以及注册时间来选择。演讲者的选择将以代表每个学校的意图为目的，但如果没有空白处，演讲内容的质量将被考虑。研究生将至少做75%的报告，总共有50个30分钟的报告由参与者完成。还将有两位主旨演讲者，一位是代数演讲者，一位是拓扑学。

Now in its second year, the BUGCAT is a venue where algebra and topology graduate students in all stages of their research can present their work and meet other mathematicians with related research interests. It encourages participation from a diversity of schools. The conference organizing committee, all graduate students, is remarkably diverse in gender, ethnicity, andbackground, and hence is well positioned to encourage participation by women and minorities.This year it will be a two-day conference (Nov. 14-15, 2009) on the Binghamton University campus. Participants will include graduate students at all levels. Speakers will be selected based on status as graduate student, postdoc, or professor; relevance of the talk to the algebra and topology theme; and time of registration. Speakers will be chosen with the intent of representing each school from which aspeaker applies, but if there is not space, quality of talk content will be considered. Graduate students will give at least 75% of the presentations, and in total there will be 50 thirty-minute presentations delivered by participants. There will also be two keynote speakers, one in algebraand one in topology.