Current Developments in Mathematics Conference

这是一份为由邱成东教授和哈佛大学及麻省理工学院的其他成员组织的一系列“数学的最新发展”会议申请部分资助的提案。三次会议中的第一次会议将于2009年11月在哈佛大学科学中心大楼举行。这一系列会议以汇集各自领域最前沿的优秀演讲者以及吸引来自全国各地的大量观众而闻名。美国东北部的数学家受益于这些活动。他们来参与并相互交流，这是真正的跨学科活动。主题很广泛，从数学物理到计算再到应用数学。人们从欧洲和亚洲远道而来参加这次会议，与会各方都取得了丰硕成果。申请资金的主要对象是来自全国各地的研究生和博士后，其中许多是女学生和少数民族。一些研究生可以从演讲中得到足够的想法来写论文，他们可以和演讲者就他们的研究课题进行交流。

This is a proposal requesting partial funding for a series of the Current Developments in Mathematics conferences organized by Professor Shing-Tung Yau and other members of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first of the three conference will be held at Harvard University in the Science Center building in November, 2009. This series of conferences is known for bringing together excellent speakers at the forefront of their field as well as attracting a large audience from all over the country.Mathematicians in the Northeast part of America benefit from such activities. They come to participate and communicate with each other, and it is truly interdisciplinary activity. The topics are wide-ranging, from mathematical physics to computing to applied mathematics. People come to this conference all the way from Europe and Asia, and it has been very fruitful for all parties involved. The applications for funding are primarily for graduate studentsand postdoctoral fellows who travel from all over the country and many are female students and minorities. Some graduate students can get enough ideas from the talks to write their theses, and they can communicate with the speakers on their research topics.