Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Montreal, Canada, July 24-28, 2017: Administration of Travel Grants for US Participants

为了支持美国参加2017年7月24日至28日在加拿大蒙特利尔举行的美洲国际数学大会，美国数学学会正在为美国数学科学家管理一个旅行资助计划。MCA于2013年发起，是由美洲数学委员会管理的四年一次的聚会，该委员会是一个由20多个学会（包括美国数学协会）、研究所和机构组成的网络，遍布南北、拉丁美洲和加勒比国家。与第一届一样，第二届大会吸引了来自西半球和世界其他地区的数学家，为在广泛的数学领域的国际舞台上交流思想提供了一个极好的机会。特别鼓励那些在过去六年内完成博士学位的早期职业数学家申请，并将优先考虑申请委员会。强烈鼓励来自数学领域代表性不足的群体的个人申请。详细信息和申请表格请访问http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/mca。2017年MCA旅行资助计划的总体目标是通过鼓励和支持美国数学家与美洲和世界其他地区同行的互动，促进美国在世界舞台上数学研究的领导地位。通过参与，数学家们将了解西半球的最新发展和当前的工作，并为日益全球化的数学研究做出贡献。这项旅行资助计划的重点是支持早期职业数学家，是对美国未来在这一领域继续保持领导地位的一项投资。组织者预计将有大约1500名来自西半球和世界其他地区的与会者，因此在该计划中安排了5名全体会议和20名半全体会议发言人，其中大部分来自美洲。该计划还包括72个专题会议，专门讨论代数结构、复变量、群论、模型论、组合学、符号动力学、密码学、有限域、算符理论、凝聚态应用、概率论、计算科学、优化与控制、算术几何、调和分析、天体力学、规范理论、非线性偏微分方程、分形几何、上同调、流体动力学、反问题和数论。MCA也是颁发MCA奖、美洲奖和所罗门·莱夫谢茨奖章的场合，这些奖项都是为了表彰获奖者在研究或专业活动中取得的杰出成就和广泛影响。所有特别会议的完整清单在MCA网站https://mca2017.org/上。

To support US participation in the international Mathematical Congress of the Americas, which runs July 24-28, 2017 in Montreal, Canada, the American Mathematical Society is administering a travel grant program for US-based mathematical scientists. Initiated in 2013, the MCA is a quadrennial gathering administered by the Mathematical Council of the Americas, a network of over twenty societies (including the AMS), institutes, and agencies throughout North, South, and Latin America as well as the Caribbean nations. Like the first, this second congress draws mathematicians from around the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world and presents an excellent opportunity for exchange of ideas on an international stage in a broad array of mathematical areas. Early career mathematicians, i.e., those having completed a PhD within the last six years, are especially encouraged to apply and will receive priority consideration from the committee reviewing applications. Individuals from groups that are underrepresented in mathematics are strongly encouraged to apply. Full information and the application form are at http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/mca. The general goal of the 2017 MCA travel grant program is to promote the nation's leadership in mathematical research on the world stage by encouraging and supporting the interactions of mathematicians based in the US with their counterparts throughout the Americas and the rest of the world. By participating, mathematicians will learn of the latest developments and current work around the Western Hemisphere and also contribute to the increasingly-global endeavor of mathematical research. With a focus on supporting early-career mathematicians, this travel grant program is an investment in the future of the US's continuing leadership in this arena. Anticipating approximately 1,500 attendees from around the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world, the organizers have included five plenary and twenty semi-plenary speakers, mostly from the Americas, on the program. The program also includes seventy-two special sessions devoted to such topics as algebraic structures, complex variables, group theory, model theory, combinatorics, symbolic dynamics, cryptography, finite fields, operator theory, applications to condensed matter, probability theory, computational science, optimization and control, arithmetic geometry, harmonic analysis, celestial mechanics, gauge theory, nonlinear partial differential equations, fractal geometry, cohomology, fluid dynamics, inverse problems, and number theory. The MCA is also the occasion for presenting the MCA Prize, the Americas Prize, and the Solomon Lefschetz Medals, all awards that recognize the distinctive achievement and broad impact of the recipients' research or professional activities. A complete list of all special sessions is on the MCA web site, https://mca2017.org/.