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

女性数学协会 (AWM) 正在举办一系列相互关联的研究会议和研讨会，旨在创建持续的网络、鼓励研究合作并在数学科学领域的女性中建立更强的社区意识。该项目包括该系列的前两场活动，即 2013 年 AWM 研究研讨会和 2014 年 JMM 的 AWM 研讨会。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。所有演讲者都将是女性，但该活动将向整个数学界开放，并将广泛宣传。 2013 年地球数学是一项由北美数学科学研究所发起的倡议，旨在展示数学科学在解决地球面临的挑战方面的相关性，该倡议将在其中一场受邀演讲和几场特别会议中进行专题报道。 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女性。它将集中于形状建模数学的各个方面，并将包括关于该主题的为期一天的特别会议、一般主题海报会议以及包含指导部分的招待会。计算机视觉、计算机动画和生物医学工程等领域出现了对数学形状建模和图像分析的需求。形状分析的问题通常会导致统计、变分方法、优化和几何等领域的丰富数学问题。虽然数学科学中女性代表性不足的问题持续存在且复杂，并且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进行交流、指导和研究合作的活动创造了超越标准研究会议的协同作用。此类事件可能会对年轻女性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并促进数学领域女性（尤其是刚刚开始职业生涯的女性）之间的网络、自然指导关系和研究合作。该项目将帮助资助前两项活动，即基础广泛的研究研讨会和针对早期职业女性的重点研讨会。

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.