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

妇女数学协会(AWM)正在开发一系列相互关联的研究会议和讲习班，旨在建立持续的网络，鼓励研究合作，并在数学科学领域的妇女中建立更强的社区感。该项目包括本系列的前两个活动，2013年AWM研究研讨会和2014年JMM AWM研讨会。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、关于理论数学和应用数学的广泛主题的特别会议、投稿会议、海报演示和小组讨论。所有的主持人都将是女性，但该活动将向整个数学界开放，并将进行广泛的广告宣传。2013年地球数学是由北美数学科学研究所发起的一项倡议，目的是展示数学科学在解决我们这个星球所面临的挑战方面的相关性，该倡议将在一次受邀演讲和几次特别会议上进行介绍。将于2014年1月在巴尔的摩举行的联合数学会议上的AWM讲习班将针对职业生涯早期的妇女。它将集中在形状建模数学的不同方面，并将以为期一天的关于这一主题的特别会议、一般主题海报会议和带有指导部分的招待会为特色。在计算机视觉、计算机动画和生物医学工程等领域中出现了对数学形状建模和图像分析的需求。形状分析的问题往往会导致统计学、变分方法、最优化和几何等领域的丰富数学问题。虽然女性在数学科学中代表性不足的问题持续而复杂，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网络、指导和研究合作的活动创造了一种超越标准研究会议的协同效应。这类事件可能会对年轻女性的抱负和未来的职业发展轨迹产生重大影响。AWM计划的一系列会议和研讨会旨在建立社区，促进数学领域女性之间的网络、自然的指导关系和研究合作，特别是在那些刚刚开始职业生涯的女性中。该项目将帮助资助这些活动中的前两个活动，一个是基础广泛的研究研讨会，另一个是针对早期职业妇女的重点讲习班。

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.