KUMUNU Conference

KUMUNU 2013 会议将于 2013 年 9 月 21 日至 22 日在密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校举行。KUMUNU 是由堪萨斯大学 (KU)、密苏里大学 (MU) 和内布拉斯加大学 (NU) 主办的年度周末会议。 它由这三个机构的代数学家于 1999 年创立，旨在促进交换代数及相关学科的教师、博士后和研究生之间的互动。 这三个机构相距 3-5 小时车程，只要提供适度的交通和住宿支持，周末 KUMUNU 会议将继续产生重大的区域影响。 KUMUNU 于 2012 年搬到密苏里州。去年我们于 9 月 22 日至 23 日的周末在哥伦比亚举行了会议。 KUMUNU 会议有着为中西部/大平原地区的研究机构和四年制大学的研究生、新近博士生和早期职业教师发挥重要指导作用的悠久传统。 KUMUNU 为这些团体提供了一个年度场所，让他们能够与 KU、MU 和 NU 的高级研究人员以及来自一些距离不远的机构的两到三名高级研究人员聚集在一起。 KUMUNU 通过就当前研究进行一系列 6 或 7 场讲座来促进互动，研究生可以在讲座之外有充足的时间和机会在非正式和友好的环境中进行互动。 除了来自堪萨斯州、密苏里州和内布拉斯加州的 KU、MU 和 NU 以及其他机构的师生之外，KUMUNU 还吸引了来自科罗拉多州、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、肯塔基州、密歇根州、俄克拉荷马州和北达科他州等邻近州的参与者。 主要目标之一是展示年轻教师的研究，通过经验丰富的研究人员的正式和非正式指导，帮助丰富最近的博士生和研究生在交换代数及相关领域的研究项目。 此外，KUMUNU 还有助于增强这三个机构的现有优势。 会议网站为http://kumunu.missouri.edu。KUMUNU会议将为数学家提供一个相互交流、建立研究联系的机会；特别是，参与者将受益于与其他研究人员的互动以及了解该领域的最新发展及其与其他领域的关系。会议的主要影响将是传播交换代数和代数几何的最新理念，并刺激和丰富学生和早期职业参与者的研究生涯。 与会者将把会议中的想法反馈给他们的同事和学生，激发他们所在机构的进一步研究和数学丰富。 会议规模相对较小，其地理和学科重点将特别有效地帮助与会者建立富有成效的合作关系。 从会议开始的鼓励和指导将极大地促进早期职业数学家的成功和专业发展，无论是在研究机构还是主要教学机构。

The conference KUMUNU 2013 will be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia on September 21 and 22, 2013. KUMUNU is the annual weekend conference anchored by the University of Kansas (KU), University of Missouri (MU), and University of Nebraska (NU). It was founded by the algebraists in these three institutions in 1999 to promote interaction among faculty, post docs and graduate students in commutative algebra and related disciplines. The three institutions are within 3-5 hours driving distance and with modest travel and lodging support the weekend KUMUNU conference will continue to have significant regional impact. KUMUNU moved to Missouri in 2012. Last year we held the conference in Columbia on the weekend of September 22-23. The KUMUNU conference has a strong tradition of playing an important mentoring role for graduate students, recent PhD's and early career faculty in research institutions and four year colleges in the extended midwest/great plains region. KUMUNU provides an annual venue for these groups to come together with senior researchers at KU, MU and NU along with two or three senior researchers from some institutions not so near. KUMUNU stimulates interactions by having a series of 6 or 7 talks on current research accessible to graduate students with ample time and opportunity for interaction outside of talks in an informal and friendly setting. In addition to faculty and students from KU, MU and NU, and other institutions from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, KUMUNU draws participants from neighboring states such as Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. One of the main goals is to showcase research of young faculty, helping enrich the research programs of recent PhD's and graduate students in commutative algebra and related fields by both formal and informal mentoring from experienced researchers. In addition, KUMUNU serves to enhance the existing strengths at these three institutions. The conference website is http:/kumunu.missouri.edu.The KUMUNU conference will provide an opportunity for mathematicians to interact and establish research connections with each other; in particular, the participants will benefit from interaction with other researchers and from seeing recent developments in the field and its relationships with other areas. The primary impacts of the conference will be its dissemination of recent ideals in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and stimulation and enrichment of the research careers of students and early career participants. Participants will take ideas form the conference back to their colleagues and students, stimulating further research and mathematical enrichment at their home institutions. The relatively small size of the meeting and its geographic and disciplinary focus will be particularly effective at enabling participants to establish productive collaborative relationships. Encouragement and mentoring that begins at the conference will significantly contribute to the success and professional development of early career mathematicians whether in research institutions or primarily teaching institutions.