Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium

该奖项支持参加2016年4月2日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳香槟分校举行的第四届中西部女性数学研讨会(WIMS)。研讨会的目的是：(1)表彰和倡导中西部女性数学家的集体成就，(2)促进合作、网络和指导关系。这次会议建立在以往研讨会的成功基础上，将WIM确立为中西部高校轮流举办的年度活动。研讨会将吸引中西部女性数学家在其职业生涯的所有阶段；预计将吸引约100人参加，特别是研究生、职业早期研究人员和小型机构的教职员工，他们获得的资源有限，无法参加会议。研讨会将由杰出的资深研究人员进行两次全体讲座，并由有前途的初级研究人员进行八次较短的讲座。演讲者的选择是为了反映中西部地区的各种机构。他们将共同讨论广泛的尖端研究。讲座将伴随着公开的问题会议，参与者将以小组形式工作，讨论特定领域的问题并发展新的合作。学生和新近的博士生将通过海报演示为研讨会的智力活动做出贡献。本次研讨会由美国国家科学基金会数学部内的八个项目共同资助：代数与数论、分析、应用数学、基础设施、数学生物学、拓扑学与几何分析、基础与概率。欲了解更多有关这次会议的信息，请访问http://www.math.illinois.edu/wims/.。

This award supports participation in the fourth Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium (WIMS), held April 2, 2016 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The symposium aims to: (1) recognize and advocate collective achievements by female mathematicians in the Midwest, and (2) stimulate collaborations, networking, and mentoring relations. The meeting builds upon the success of previous symposia to establish the WIMS as an annual event rotating among colleges and universities in the Midwest. The symposium will attract female mathematicians in the Midwest at all stages of their careers; it is expected to draw about 100 participants, in particular, graduate students, early-career researchers, and faculty at small institutions who have limited access to resources enabling them to attend conferences. The symposium will feature two plenary lectures by distinguished senior researchers and eight shorter ones by promising junior researchers. The speakers are chosen to reflect the variety of institutions in the Midwest. Collectively, they will discuss a broad spectrum of cutting edge research. Lectures will be accompanied by open problem sessions, where the participants will work in small groups to discuss field-specific problems and develop new collaborations. Students and recent PhDs will contribute to the intellectual activity of the symposium by making poster presentations. This workshop is jointly funded by eight programs within the NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences: Algebra & Number Theory, Analysis, Applied Math, Infrastructure, Mathematical Biology, Topology & Geometric Analysis, Foundations, and Probability. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.math.illinois.edu/wims/.