Connecting Women in Mathematics: AWM Research Symposium 2013 and Workshop 2014

妇女在数学协会（AWM）正在开发一系列相互关联的研究会议和研讨会，旨在建立持续的网络，鼓励研究合作，并建立一个更强的社区意识的妇女在数学科学。该项目包括该系列的前两个活动，AWM研究研讨会2013和AWM研讨会在JMM 2014。 该研讨会将于2013年3月16日至17日在圣克拉拉大学举行，将包括三位杰出的全体演讲者，关于纯数学和应用数学广泛主题的特别会议，贡献论文会议，海报展示和小组讨论。所有主持人都将是女性，但该活动将向整个数学界开放，并将广泛宣传。2013年行星地球数学是北美数学科学研究所发起的一项倡议，旨在展示数学科学在解决我们地球面临的挑战方面的相关性，将在一次特邀演讲和几次特别会议上进行介绍。 2014年1月在巴尔的摩举行的联合数学会议上的AWM研讨会将针对职业生涯早期的妇女。它将集中在形状建模数学的各个方面，并将在这个主题上举行为期一天的特别会议，一般主题海报会议，以及具有指导组件的招待会。在计算机视觉、计算机动画和生物医学工程等领域，对数学形状建模和图像分析的需求不断增加。形状分析的问题往往会导致统计、变分方法、优化和几何等领域的丰富数学问题。虽然女性在数学科学领域代表性不足的问题是持久而复杂的，没有单一的解决方案，但将处于职业生涯不同阶段的女性聚集在一起建立网络的事件，指导和研究合作创造了超越标准研究会议的协同作用。这些活动可能对青年妇女的愿望和未来职业轨迹产生重大影响。 AWM计划举办的一系列会议和研讨会旨在建立社区，促进女性数学家之间的网络联系，自然的指导关系和研究合作，特别是那些刚刚开始职业生涯的女性。该项目将为前两项活动提供资金，即一个基础广泛的研究专题讨论会和一个针对职业初期妇女的专题讲习班。

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) is developing a series of interconnected research conferences and workshops designed to create ongoing networks, encourage research collaborations, and build a stronger sense of community among women in the mathematical sciences. This project includes the first two events in this series, AWM Research Symposium 2013 and AWM Workshop at JMM 2014. The symposium, to be held March 16-17, 2013 at Santa Clara University, will include three distinguished plenary speakers, special sessions on a broad array of topics in pure and applied mathematics, contributed paper sessions, poster presentations, and a panel discussion. All presenters will be women, but the event will be open to the entire mathematical community and will be advertised widely. Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013, an initiative launched by the mathematical sciences institutes of North America to showcase the relevance of the mathematical sciences in solving the challenges facing our planet, will be featured in one of the invited addresses and in several of the special sessions. The AWM Workshop at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore in January 2014, will be aimed at women early in their careers. It will concentrate on diverse aspects of the mathematics of shape modeling and will feature a daylong special session on this subject, a general topic poster session, and a reception with a mentoring component. The need for mathematical shape modeling and image analysis arises in fields such as computer vision, computer animation, and biomedical engineering. Questions from shape analysis often lead to rich mathematical problems in areas like statistics, variational methods, optimization, and geometry.While the problem of under representation of women in the mathematical sciences is persistent and complex and has no single solution, events that bring together women at various stages of their careers for networking, mentoring and research collaboration create a synergy that goes beyond that of a standard research conference. Such events can have a significant impact on the aspirations and future career trajectories of young women. AWM's planned series of conferences and workshops is designed to build community and to promote networking, natural mentoring relationships, and research collaborations among women in mathematics, especially among those just beginning their careers. This project will help fund the first two of these events, a broad-based research symposium and a focused workshop for early-career women.