Workshop for Women in Computational Topology

该奖项将支持参加第一届妇女计算拓扑学研讨会的参与者。计算拓扑学是在数学和计算机科学的交叉点上出现的一个令人兴奋的新领域，其应用领域包括大数据、图像识别和医学成像等。传统上，妇女在这些研究领域的代表性相当低，而且各级的流失率都很高。这一奖项将允许在这一研究领域建立初级和高级妇女网络，事实证明，这一战略对于扩大在这些领域的参与非常宝贵。参与者将在数学及其应用研究所呆上一周，为女性提供一个重要的研究协作以及网络和指导的机会。计算拓扑学汇集了拓扑学、几何学、算法和统计学的工具，以解决从图形、传感器网络、医学成像、材料工程、地理信息系统、大数据分析等应用程序的一系列问题。这次研讨会将组成一系列工作组，解决计算拓扑学中的资深女研究人员提出的开放问题，主题从计算曲面之间的最佳映射到研究与持久同调有关的开放问题，再到将技术应用于新的应用。研讨会的结果将发表在AWM Springer卷中，后续活动将与AWM一起组织，以继续扩大网络。

This award will support participants attending the first Workshop for Women in Computational Topology. Computational topology is a new and exciting field emerging at the intersection of mathematics and computer science, with applications in areas such as big data, image recognition, and medical imaging, among many others. Traditionally, representation of women in these research areas is quite low, and attrition rates are high at all levels. This award will allow the creation of a network of junior and senior women in this research area, a strategy which has proven invaluable to broadening participation in such areas. Participants will spend a week at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, providing a critical opportunity for research collaboration as well as networking and mentoring for women.Computational topology brings together tools from topology, geometry, algorithms, and statistics in order to tackle a range of problems from applications that include graphics, sensor networks, medical imaging, materials engineering, GIS, big data analysis, and many others. This workshop will form a series of working groups that will tackle open problems posed by senior women researchers in computational topology on topics ranging from computing optimal mappings between surfaces to investigating open problems related to persistent homology to applying techniques to new applications. Results from the workshop will be published in an AWM Springer volume, and follow-up events will be organized in conjunction with AWM to continue to grow the network.