Conference: Algebraic Combinatorixx

Algebraic Combinatorixx是一个为期五天的研讨会，将于2011年5月22日至27日在加拿大艾伯塔省的班夫国际研究站(BIRS)举行。这次讲习班将聚集42名高级和初级女性数学家，就代数组合数学的前沿研究问题进行合作，并建立指导网络，长期目标是增加和加强妇女对数学的参与。BIRS将为不间断的研究活动提供必要的设施，包括参与者之间的合作和跨学科研究的密集和长期的互动。代数组合学是一门广泛的学科，与许多不同的数学和物理领域有实质性的联系，如纽结理论、表示理论、代数几何、数论、数学生物学、统计力学和量子计算。工作坊还将有一个主要的指导部分。超过一半的参与者将是职业生涯早期(终身教职前或最近终身教职)的女性教员、博士后研究员或研究生，她们将与从事组合学工作的高级研究人员配对。除了研究讲座，其中两个晚上还将讨论建立成功的工具：从专业发展到工作与生活的平衡。这一研讨会的长期好处将是增加妇女参与研究活动，创建和维持潜在合作者的研究网络，并为年轻研究人员，特别是较小学院的研究人员提供能见度和连接性。

Algebraic Combinatorixx is a five-day workshop to be held May 22-27, 2011 at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) in Alberta, Canada. This workshop will bring together forty-two senior and junior female mathematicians to collaborate on cutting-edge research problems in algebraic combinatorics and to forge mentoring networks, with the long-term goal of increasing and strengthening the participation of women in mathematics. BIRS will provide the necessary facilities for uninterrupted research activities including intense and prolonged interactions for collaborative and cross-disciplinary research among participants.Algebraic combinatorics is a broad discipline with substantial connections to many different areas of mathematics and physics such as knot theory, representation theory, algebraic geometry, number theory, mathematical biology, statistical mechanics, and quantum computing.The workshop will also have a major mentoring component. Over half of the participants will be early career(pre-tenure or recently tenured) women faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, or graduate students who will be paired with senior researchers working in combinatorics. In addition to research talks, on two of the evenings there will be discussions on building the tools to succeed: from professional developmentto work-life balance.The long-term benefits of this workshop will be an increase in the participation of women in research activities, the creation and maintenance of a research network of potential collaborators, and visibility and connectivity for younger researchers, especially those at smaller colleges.