Underrepresented Students In Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)

在拓扑和代数研究研讨会（USTARS）的代表性不足的学生的第六届年会将于2016年4月15日至17日在山姆休斯顿州立大学举行。 演讲者将在拓扑和代数的各个子领域进行30分钟的研究演讲;这些子领域包括代数组合学，枚举几何，纽结理论和表示理论。 两名杰出的研究生将作长达一小时的演讲，一位受邀的教员，威斯康星州欧克莱尔大学的Abakuse Mbrika博士将作一小时的主题演讲。 受邀的本科研究人员将参加海报会议。USTARS通过提供合作和专业发展的平台来促进数学界的多样性。 参与者接触到各种当前的研究，想法和结果，并满足代表性不足的教授和学生谁将成为未来的合作者或同事。会议还通过鼓励妇女和少数民族参加会议和发表演讲来促进多样性。事实上，会议组织委员会在性别，种族和教育背景方面是多样化的，因此有能力鼓励来自不同学生群体的参与。会议的参与者将继续影响下一代的学生作为急需的导师，并鼓励学生在数学科学进步，并参加研究和会议活动。研讨会的主要目标是展示数学研究正在进行的代表性不足的研究生。这是通过组织会议来实现的，这样演讲者将进行30分钟的平行研究演讲，重点是导致他们的研究生论文的研究。研究生将给出至少75%的这些演示文稿。前几年的演讲主题包括：组合学，辫子群，图论，纽结理论，表示论，数论和代数几何。除了平行会议，两名杰出的研究生和一名特邀教师被选中给1小时的讲座和海报会议邀请本科生也计划。鉴于高质量和多样性的会谈和参与者“在拓扑和代数研究研讨会（USTARS）邀请卷的代表性不足的学生”创建于2014年。这是一个新的系列，专门旨在传播USTARS参与者的研究。本邀请卷的目的是为研究生提供一个机会，发表他们的成果，以进一步发展为数学研究人员。有鉴于此，每年的在线卷将在每次年度研究结束时发布symposium.http://www.ustars.org

The sixth annual meeting of the Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is to be held at Sam Houston State University on April 15-17, 2016. Speakers will give 30-minute research talks in various subfields of topology and algebra; these subfields include algebraic combinatorics, enumerative geometry, knot theory, and representation theory. Two distinguished graduate students will give hour-long presentations and one invited faculty member, Dr. Abakuse Mbrika of the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, will give a one-hour keynote address. Invited undergraduate researchers will participate in a poster session. USTARS promotes diversity within the mathematical community by providing a platform for collaboration and professional development. Participants are exposed to a variety of current research, ideas, and results, and meet underrepresented professors and students who will become future collaborators or colleagues. The conference also promotes diversity by encouraging women and minorities to attend and give talks. Indeed, the conference organizing committee is diverse in gender, ethnicity, and educational background, and hence is well-positioned to encourage participation from a diverse group of students. The participants of the conference will continue to influence the next generation of students by serving as much needed mentors and encouraging students in the mathematical sciences to advance themselves and participate in research and conference events.The primary goal of the symposium is to showcase the mathematical research being conducted by underrepresented graduate students. This is done by structuring the meeting so that speakers will give 30-minute parallel research talks focusing on research leading to their graduate theses. Graduate students will give at least 75% of these presentations. Topics of prior years' presentations include: combinatorics, braid groups, graph theory, knot theory, representation theory, number theory, and algebraic geometry. In addition to the parallel sessions, two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty member are chosen to give 1-hour lectures and a poster session featuring invited undergraduates is also planned. Given the high quality and diversity of talks and participants "The Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) Invited Volume" was created in 2014. This is a new series aimed specifically at disseminating the research of USTARS participants. The intention of this Invited Volume is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to publish their results in order to further their development as mathematical researchers. In light of this, a yearly online volume will be published at the conclusion of each annual research symposium.http://www.ustars.org