Mathematical Sciences Program at SACNAS, October 15-18, 2014

该项目将使10名学生和20名初级教师和博士后研究人员参加将于2014年10月15日至18日在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶举行的科学促进奇卡诺美洲土著人协会（SACNAS）年会。 博士后研究人员和教师参与者将扮演两个角色：他们将在会议期间的科学会议上发言，他们将是参加会议的本科生和研究生的积极导师。 SACNAS会议吸引了超过3，000名科学家和学生，其中大部分来自代表性不足的群体，他们将参加科学研讨会，学生演讲以及全面的指导和专业发展会议。SACNAS的使命是促进墨西哥裔/拉丁裔和美洲原住民科学家的成功，以获得高级学位，职业生涯和科学领导地位。在SACNAS的数学存在是大约300强，使其成为少数民族数学学生和专业人士在该国最大的聚会之一。这个年度会议激励少数民族学生继续研究生院，并最终成为有影响力的数学家和科学家。支持的会议的标题包括生理学中的数学应用，组合代数几何，数学的离散面，代数和丢番图方程中的问题，推进下一代在STEM中的全面代表，数学教育的当前研究趋势，数学和计算机科学中的年轻拉丁人，美女与野兽-我们的真实的生活与数学的关系，通过统计学在公共卫生和生命科学中的新发现，以及数学在生物学中的应用。虽然演示文稿将向学生开放，但他们专注于这些领域的最新研究结果，包括由本科生合著的出版物。会谈的目标是通过积极的调查，可以作为论文题目，以促进在传统上在数学代表性不足的群体之间的数学科学的研究，并扩大数学导师的网络目前的研究。

This project will make possible the participation of ten students and twenty junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers at the annual conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos & Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) that will take place on October 15 - 18, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. The postdoctoral researchers and faculty participants will play two roles: they will be speakers in scientific sessions during the conference and they will be active mentors to undergraduate and graduate students attending the conference. The SACNAS conference attracts well over 3,000 scientists and students, mostly from underrepresented groups, to experience scientific symposia, student presentations, and a comprehensive collection of mentoring and professional development sessions. The mission of SACNAS is to foster the success of Chicano/Latino and Native American scientists to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science. The mathematics presence at SACNAS is about 300 strong, making it one of the largest gatherings of minority mathematics students and professionals in the country. This annual conference inspires minority students to go on to graduate school and eventually become influential mathematicians and scientists. The titles of the sessions to be supported include Mathematical Applications in Physiology, Combinatorial Algebraic Geometry, The Discrete Side of Mathematics, Problems in Algebra and Diophantine Equations, Advancing the Next Generation Towards Full Representation in STEM, Current Research Trends in Mathematics Education, Young Latinas in Math and Computer Science, Beauty and the Beast---Our Real Life Relationship with Mathematics, New Discoveries in Public Health and Life Sciences through Statistics, and Applications of Mathematics in Biology. While the presentations will be accessible to students, they focus on recent findings in these areas including publications co-authored by undergraduate students. The goals of the talks are to present current research by active investigators that can serve as dissertation topics, to promote research in the mathematical sciences among groups traditionally underrepresented in mathematics, and to expand the network of mentors in mathematics.