Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology (BUGCAT): November, 2014.

数学界需要面向年轻数学家专业成长的会议。参加会议并在会议上发表演讲是每个数学家生活中必不可少的一部分，但许多会议都迎合了知名专家的需求。事实证明，这样的环境对希望自己演讲的研究生来说太吓人了。宾厄姆顿大学代数与拓扑学研究生会议(BUGCAT)是专门为满足另一种选择的需要而设计的。这是一个由研究生举办的数学会议，面向研究生。与所有会议一样，BUGCAT为来自不同机构的教授和研究生提供了一个聚会的场所，让他们向更广泛的受众展示他们的研究，合作和分享想法。然而，BUGCAT的重点是研究生。BUGCAT为在代数或拓扑学的任何领域进行研究的研究生提供了练习演讲的机会，并与其他分享相关研究兴趣的数学家建立了网络。同时，该奖项还为研究生提供了聆听世界著名数学家的演讲的机会。该奖项支持将于2014年11月17日至18日在宾厄姆顿大学举行的宾厄姆顿大学代数与拓扑学研究生会议。现在已经是第七个年头了，BUGCAT是一个地方，代数和拓扑学研究生在所有研究阶段都可以展示他们的工作。就读北卡罗来纳大学的研究生更有能力找到学术职位，继续进行研究与合作。与会者接触到了各种各样的当前研究、想法和结果，他们有足够的机会会见资深研究人员和他们这一代人的学生，他们可能成为未来的合作者或同事。会议还通过鼓励和支持妇女和少数群体的参与来促进数学科学的多样性。

There is a need in the mathematics community for conferences that are geared toward the professional growth of young mathematicians. Attending and giving talks at conferences is a necessary part of every mathematician's life, but many conferences cater to established specialists. Such an environment can prove too intimidating for graduate students who wish to give talks of their own. The Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology (BUGCAT) was specifically designed to meet the need for an alternative. It is a math conference run by graduate students, for graduate students. Like all conferences, BUGCAT provides a gathering place for professors and graduate students from various institutions to present their research to a wider audience, to collaborate, and to share ideas. The focus at the BUGCAT, however, is on the graduate student. The BUGCAT gives graduate students doing research in any area of algebra or topology an opportunity to practice giving talks and to network with other mathematicians sharing related research interests. At the same time, it gives graduate students an opportunity to hear talks by world renowned mathematicians doing groundbreaking work.This award supports the Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology, which will take place at Binghamton University on November 17-18, 2014. Now in its seventh year, the BUGCAT is a venue where algebra and topology graduate students in all stages of their research can present their work. The graduate students who attend the BUGCAT are better equipped to find academic positions and continue research and collaboration. Attendees are exposed to a wide variety of current research, ideas, and results, and they have ample opportunity to meet senior researchers and students of their generation who may become future collaborators or colleagues. The conference also promotes diversity in the mathematical sciences by encouraging and supporting participation by women and minorities.