Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics

组合学中的三角形讲座

• 批准号: 1202691
• 负责人: Nathan Reading
• 金额: $ 0.8万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1202691&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Triangle; Lectures; Combinatorics

The Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics (http://www.math.ncsu.edu/TLC) conferences are held twice a year in or near the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. This proposal supports the Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 meetings.Combinatorics is a growing and important area of mathematics. The states of North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee have recently seen an influx of research strength in combinatorics and adjacent areas. In particular, there are remarkably many tenure-track researchers, senior researchers and graduate students in combinatorics and related fields at various colleges and universities within about 4--5 hours drive of the Research Triangle region of North Carolina (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill). A relatively large proportion of these researchers are from underrepresented groups. Since the Spring of 2010, we have organized one-day (Saturday) conferences, once a semester, under the name Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics, with the aim of fostering regular contact between researchers in North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Each conference has brought four outstanding mathematicians from around the country to give talks about some of the most significant and most exciting developments in combinatorics.The focus of combinatorics is the structure of discrete (as opposed to continuous) sets of objects. Combinatorics is critical to many areas of mathematics, and plays a key role in computational, scientific, and engineering applications. The Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics workshops play numerous roles: they enhance the national infrastructure for research and education by creating and strengthening a regional network of interacting researchers; facilitate the dissemination of cutting-edge research ideas, methods and results among researchers in the Southeastern United States; promote the teaching and training of graduate students by exposing them to the perspectives of leading researchers; increase awareness and understanding of combinatorics, on the part of faculty and students in the Southeast; support the development of young faculty at various schools and help them build local support and research networks; broaden participation of underrepresented groups, particularly women; and foster research interactions among participants, leading to new research results.

组合学三角讲座(http://www.math.ncsu.edu/TLC)会议每年在北卡罗来纳州研究三角地区或附近举行两次。这项提议支持2012年秋季和2013年春季的会议。组合数学是一个不断增长的重要数学领域。北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、南卡罗来纳州、佐治亚州、肯塔基州和田纳西州最近涌入了组合学和邻近地区的研究力量。特别是，在距离北卡罗来纳州研究三角地区(罗利、达勒姆和教堂山)约4-5小时车程的各个学院和大学里，有相当多的组合学和相关领域的终身教职研究人员、高级研究人员和研究生。这些研究人员中有相当大一部分来自代表性不足的群体。自2010年春季以来，我们组织了为期一天(星期六)的会议，以组合数学三角讲座的名义，每学期一次，目的是促进北卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州、南卡罗来纳州、佐治亚州、肯塔基州和田纳西州的研究人员之间的定期联系。每一次会议都有来自全国各地的四位杰出的数学家发表关于组合学中一些最重要和最激动人心的发展的演讲。组合学的重点是离散(而不是连续)对象集的结构。组合数学对数学的许多领域都很重要，在计算、科学和工程应用中发挥着关键作用。组合学研讨会中的三角讲座发挥了许多作用：它们通过创建和加强区域互动研究人员网络，加强国家研究和教育基础设施；促进尖端研究想法、方法和结果在美国东南部研究人员中的传播；通过让研究生接触领先研究人员的观点，促进研究生的教学和培训；提高东南部教职员工和学生对组合学的认识和理解；支持不同学校的年轻教师发展，帮助他们建立当地的支持和研究网络；扩大代表不足的群体，特别是妇女的参与；促进参与者之间的研究互动，产生新的研究成果。