The Annual University of North Carolina Greensboro Regional Mathematics & Statistics Conference

该奖项将从2016年11月开始，每年支持UNCG区域数学和统计会议，为期三年。北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒（UNCG）区域数学和统计会议的主要目标是为各级学生提供一个场地，以分享和体验数学和统计领域的研究。学生之间的个人互动的机会，学生和教师之间是我们会议的一个标志。这些互动加强了研究基础设施，对于学生研究的成功和培养新一代数学家和统计学家至关重要。此外，由于NSF的资助，主要研究人员将能够集中支持那些目前在数学研究中代表性不足的人。来自代表性不足群体的学生约占前几年获得支助的参与者的一半。 该会议始于2005年的年度本科生会议，自2009年以来已扩大到包括研究生研究人员。研究会议集中在统计学，数学生物学，图论和计算生物学的主题，但也对其他主题开放。会议将包括一个教师发展研讨会，为教师提供培训，以提高他们在指导本科研究人员的有效性。会议已经建立了吸引来自北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州的活跃的学生研究人员和他们的教师导师的传统。NSF的支持将使会议能够吸引来自整个东南大西洋地区的与会者。会议网址：http://www.uncg.edu/mat/rmsc/。

This award will support the UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference annually for three years, beginning in November of 2016. The main goal of the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference is to provide a venue for students at all levels to share and experience research in the field of mathematics and statistics. The opportunity for personal interaction among students and, between students and faculty is a hallmark of our conference. These interactions enhance the research infrastructure and are essential for the success of student research and for training a new generation of mathematicians and statisticians. Moreover, due to the funding of NSF the principal investigators will be able to focus support on those currently underrepresented in mathematical research. Students from underrepresented groups accounted for about half of the supported participants in prior years. This conference started as an annual undergraduate student conference in 2005 and has now expanded to include graduate researchers since 2009. The research sessions concentrate on topics in statistics, mathematical biology, graph theory, and computational biology but are open to other topics as well. The conference will entail a faculty development workshop to provide training for faculty to increase their effectiveness at mentoring undergraduate researchers. The conference has established a tradition of attracting active student researchers and their faculty mentors from North Carolina and Virginia. The NSF support will allow the conference to attract participants from the entire Southeastern Atlantic region. The conference website is: http://www.uncg.edu/mat/rmsc/.