KUMUNU 2015; Columbia, MO, October 24 - 25, 2015

会议KUMUU 2015将于2015年10月24日和25日在密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校举行。KUMUU是一年一度的周末会议，由堪萨斯大学（KU），密苏里州大学（MU）和内布拉斯加大学（NU）主办。它由这三个机构的代数学家于1999年创立，旨在促进交换代数和相关学科的教师，博士后和研究生之间的互动。这三个机构的车程在5小时之内，周末的KUMUU会议继续产生重大的区域影响，并提供适度的旅行和住宿支持。KUMUU会议有着为研究生，最近的博士生和研究机构和四年制大学的早期职业教师发挥重要指导作用的悠久传统。KUMUU为这些团体提供了一个年度场地，让他们与KU、MU和NU的高级研究人员一起沿着，还有两三个来自不那么近的一些机构的高级研究人员。 会议还包括三名研究生的演讲，分别来自KU，MU和NU，他们提出了自己的发展论文。 KUMUU通过在非正式和友好的环境中为研究生提供充足的时间和机会进行会谈之外的互动来刺激互动。库穆努2015年将由教授克雷格Huneke（弗吉尼亚州），Christel Rotthaus（密歇根州）和Anurag辛格（犹他州）和三个由来自KU，MU和NU教师会谈。除了来自KU，MU和NU的教师和学生，以及来自堪萨斯，密苏里州和内布拉斯加州的其他机构，KUMUU吸引了来自邻近州的参与者，如科罗拉多，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。 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和研究生在交换代数及相关领域的研究计划。此外，KUMUU有助于加强这三个机构的现有优势。会议网站是http://kumunu.missouri.eduThe KUMUU 2015将为数学家提供一个相互交流和建立研究联系的机会;特别是，与会者将与其他研究人员互动，听取和讨论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它的最新思想在交换代数和代数几何的传播，并刺激和丰富的学生和早期职业参与者的研究生涯。与会者将从会议的想法回到他们的同事和学生，刺激进一步的研究和数学丰富在他们的家乡机构。会议规模相对较小，侧重地域和学科，这将特别有效地使与会者能够建立富有成效的合作关系。鼓励和指导，开始在会议上将显着有助于早期职业数学家的成功和专业发展，无论是在研究机构或主要教学机构。 NSF为本次会议提供的旅行和住宿支持是会议成功的关键因素。

The conference KUMUNU 2015 will be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia on October 24 and 25, 2015. 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 5 hours driving distance and with modest travel and lodging support the weekend KUMUNU conferences continue to have significant regional impact. The KUMUNU conference has a strong tradition of playing an important mentoring role for graduate students, recent PhDs, and early career faculty in research institutions and four-year colleges. 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. The conference also features talks by three graduate students, one each from KU, MU and NU who present their developing theses. KUMUNU stimulates interactions by having talks on current research accessible to graduate students with ample time and opportunity for interaction outside of talks in an informal and friendly setting. Kumunu 2015 will feature talks by Professors Craig Huneke(Virginia), Christel Rotthaus (Michigan State) and Anurag Singh (Utah) and three talks by faculty from KU, MU and NU. 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 PhDs 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.eduThe KUMUNU 2015 will provide an opportunity for mathematicians to interact and establish research connections with each other; in particular, the participants will interact with other researchers and hear and discuss recent developments in the field and its relationships with other areas. The primary impacts of the conference will be its dissemination of recent ideas in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and stimulation and enrichment of the research careers of students and early career participants. Participants will take ideas from 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. The travel and lodging support provided by NSF for this conference is a key element for the success of the conference.