Workshop for Women in Computational Topology

该奖项将支持参加第一届女性计算拓扑研讨会的参与者。计算拓扑学是一个新兴的、令人兴奋的领域，出现在数学和计算机科学的交叉点上，在大数据、图像识别和医学成像等许多领域都有应用。传统上，妇女在这些研究领域的代表性相当低，各级人员的流失率都很高。这项奖励将允许在这一研究领域建立一个初级和高级妇女网络，这一战略已证明对扩大在这些领域的参与是非常宝贵的。参与者将在数学及其应用研究所度过一个星期，为研究合作以及为女性提供网络和指导提供重要机会。计算拓扑学汇集了来自拓扑学、几何、算法和统计学的工具，以解决包括图形学、传感器网络、医学成像、材料工程、GIS、大数据分析和许多其他应用在内的一系列问题。本次研讨会将组成一系列工作组，解决由计算拓扑学领域资深女性研究人员提出的开放性问题，涉及的主题从计算曲面之间的最优映射到研究与持久同调相关的开放性问题，再到将技术应用于新应用。研讨会的结果将发表在AWM施普林格卷中，并将与AWM一起组织后续活动，以继续发展网络。

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.