Northeast Probability Seminar 2014

这项建议是为了支持接下来的三个东北概率研讨会。三次会议中的第一次将于2014年11月20日至21日在纽约市哥伦比亚大学举行。东北概率研讨会是为期两天的会议，每年在11月份举行。这次会议的目标是由公认的和有前途的概率论者进行讨论。组织者将继续邀请妇女发言，并从其他代表性不足的群体中寻找发言者。会议将有四场专题演讲，两场在周四上午，两场在周五上午。周四和周五下午将留出非正式会议，鼓励参与者用十分钟的时间介绍他们最近的工作或讨论公开问题。像这样的专门数学会议非常重要。它们为人们提供了交流思想和尝试新理论的机会。它们还让年轻人有机会质疑有经验的数学家。地区性会议特别重要，因为它很容易对重要对话采取后续行动。他们还培养了一群活跃的研究人员的归属感--在这种情况下是东北概率小组。会议网站是：http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/probability/NortheastProbabilitySeminar/

This proposal is for support of the next three Northeast Probability Seminars. The first of the three meetings will be held November 20-21, 2014 in New York City at Columbia University. The Northeast Probability Seminar is a two-day conference to be held annually during the month of November. The goal of the conference is to have talks by both well established and promising probabilists. The organizers will continue to invite women to speak and to seek speakers from other underrepresented groups. The meetings will have four featured talks, two on Thursday morning and two on Friday morning. Thursday and Friday afternoons will be set aside for informal sessions where participants will be encouraged to give ten-minute presentations of their recent work or to discuss open problems.Specialized mathematical meetings like this are very important. They give people an opportunity to exchange ideas and try out new theories. They also give young people an opportunity to question experienced mathematicians. Regional meetings are especially important because it is easy to follow up on significant conversations. They also foster the sense of belonging to a group of active researchers--in this case the Northeast Probability group.The conference website is: http://www.math.csi.cuny.edu/probability/NortheastProbabilitySeminar/