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国际美洲数学大会，美国数学学会正在为美国数学科学家管理一项旅行补助计划。MCA成立于2013年，是一个由美洲数学理事会管理的四年一度的会议，该理事会是一个由20多个协会(包括AMS)、研究所和机构组成的网络，遍及北美、南方、拉丁美洲以及加勒比国家。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在国际舞台上交流思想提供了一个极好的机会。早期职业数学家，即那些在过去六年内完成博士学位的人，特别鼓励申请，并将得到审查申请委员会的优先考虑。强烈鼓励来自数学方面代表性不足的群体的个人申请。详情及申请表格请浏览http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/mca.。2017年MCA旅行补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的数学家互动，促进美国在世界数学研究领域的领导地位。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努力做出贡献。这一旅行补助计划的重点是支持职业生涯早期的数学家，这是对美国在这一领域继续保持领导地位的未来的投资。预计将有来自西半球和世界其他地区的约1500名与会者参加，组织者包括5名全体会议演讲者和20名半全体演讲者，他们大多来自美洲。该课程还包括72个专门课程，内容涉及代数结构、复变量、群论、模型理论、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·莱夫舍茨奖章的机会，所有这些奖项都是为了表彰获奖者的研究或专业活动的独特成就和广泛影响。所有特别会议的完整清单可在马华协会网站https://mca2017.org/.上查阅。

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/.