Texas Geometry and Topology Conference

2012年秋季德克萨斯几何和拓扑学会议将于2012年11月9日至11日在莱斯大学举行。会议将集中讨论曲线的模空间，广义上包括TeichMuller理论，围绕Mumford猜想(Madsen-Weiss定理)的上同调主题，以及重言环，映射类群，以及代数几何和几何拓扑中的其他相关主题。德克萨斯几何与拓扑学大会自1989年创办以来，历届春秋两季，共47届。该会议已成为西南地区一项极为成功的半年一度的活动。接下来的一系列会议将有七所主要赞助大学：赖斯大学、德克萨斯农工大学、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、休斯顿大学、德克萨斯理工大学、德克萨斯基督教大学/德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校(联合)。这次会议旨在加强德克萨斯州和周边各州活跃的几何学家和拓扑学家社区的教育和研究氛围。这次会议致力于让国内和国际知名的研究人员讨论他们的研究，并与来自德克萨斯州和周边州的数学家互动。德州几何学和拓扑学会议的设计有两个高影响力的焦点。首先，这次会议使来自德克萨斯州和周边各州(一个巨大的地理区域)的几何学家和拓扑学家社区有可能定期会面并分享数学。这既刺激了个人的研究，又产生了学校之间富有成效的合作努力。第二，大会致力于加强和丰富数学人才基础。为了不设参会门槛，大会广为宣传，开放参会，不收取报名费。特别鼓励研究生、初级教员、妇女、少数民族和残疾人参与并申请支持。此外，该会议正在与两所历史悠久的黑人大学(费耶特维尔州立大学和普莱里维尤农工大学)合作开展一项试点项目，以培养初级教师的研究机会。德克萨斯州几何和拓扑会议的永久网页在这里：http://www.math.tamu.edu/~tgtc/archive/.

The Fall 2012 meeting of the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference will be at Rice University on November 9-11, 2012. The conference will be focused on the moduli space of curves, broadly defined to include Teichmuller theory, cohomological topics surrounding the Mumford conjecture (Madsen-Weiss theorem) and the tautological ring, the mapping class group, and other related topics in algebraic geometry and geometric topology. The Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has been held spring and fall since its founding in 1989, a total of 47 times. The conference has become an extremely successful semi-annual event in the Southwest. The next series of conferences will have seven primary sponsoring universities: Rice University, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University, Texas Christian University/University of Texas at Arlington (jointly). The conference is designed to enhance both the educational and the research atmosphere of the active community of geometers and topologists in Texas and the surrounding states. The conference is committed to bring researchers of national and international stature to discuss their research and to interact with mathematicians from Texas and surrounding states. Summaries of talks with notation of important results are publicly reported.By design, the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has two high-impact foci. First, the conference makes it possible for the community of geometers and topologists from Texas and surrounding states (a huge geographic region) to meet and share mathematics on a regular basis. This both stimulates individual research and generates productive cooperative efforts between schools. Second, the conference is committed to the strengthening and enrichment of the mathematics personnel base. In order that there be no barrier to participation, the conference is widely advertised, participation is open, and there are no registration fees. Graduate students, junior faculty, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to participate and to apply for support. Furthermore the conference is partnering with two historically black universities (Fayetteville State University and Prairie View A&M University) on a pilot project to foster research opportunities for junior faculty.The permanent web page for the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference is here: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~tgtc/archive/.