Underrepresented Students In Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)

拓扑学和代数研究研讨会(USTARS)第六届代表不足学生年会将于2016年4月15日至17日在山姆·休斯顿州立大学举行。演讲者将在拓扑学和代数学的各个子领域进行30分钟的研究演讲；这些子领域包括代数组合学、计数几何、纽结理论和表示论。两名杰出的研究生将发表长达一小时的演讲，威斯康星大学Eau Claire分校的特邀教职员工阿巴库斯·姆布里卡博士将发表长达一小时的主题演讲。被邀请的本科生研究人员将参加一个海报会议。USTARS通过为合作和专业发展提供平台，促进数学界的多样性。参与者接触到当前的各种研究、想法和结果，并遇到代表不足的教授和学生，他们将成为未来的合作者或同事。会议还通过鼓励妇女和少数族裔出席并发表演讲来促进多样性。事实上，会议组委会在性别、种族和教育背景方面都是多样化的，因此能够很好地鼓励不同学生群体的参与。会议的与会者将继续影响下一代学生，充当亟需的导师，鼓励数学科学领域的学生提升自己，参与研究和会议活动。研讨会的主要目标是展示由代表性不足的研究生进行的数学研究。这是通过安排会议来实现的，这样演讲者将进行30分钟的平行研究演讲，重点是导致他们的毕业论文的研究。研究生将至少做75%的报告。前几年的演讲主题包括：组合学、辫子群、图论、纽结理论、表示论、数论和代数几何。除了平行讲座外，还将选出两名杰出的研究生和一名特邀教职员工进行一小时的讲座，并计划举办一场邀请本科生参加的海报讲座。鉴于演讲和参与者的高质量和多样性，于2014年创建了《拓扑学和代数研究研讨会(USTARS)中代表不足的学生》特邀卷。这是一个新的系列，专门旨在传播USTARS参与者的研究。这本特邀卷的目的是为研究生提供一个发表他们的结果的机会，以促进他们作为数学研究人员的发展。有鉴于此，在每一次年度研究研讨会结束时，每年都会出版一本在线卷。http://www.ustars.org

The sixth annual meeting of the Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) is to be held at Sam Houston State University on April 15-17, 2016. Speakers will give 30-minute research talks in various subfields of topology and algebra; these subfields include algebraic combinatorics, enumerative geometry, knot theory, and representation theory. Two distinguished graduate students will give hour-long presentations and one invited faculty member, Dr. Abakuse Mbrika of the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, will give a one-hour keynote address. Invited undergraduate researchers will participate in a poster session. USTARS promotes diversity within the mathematical community by providing a platform for collaboration and professional development. Participants are exposed to a variety of current research, ideas, and results, and meet underrepresented professors and students who will become future collaborators or colleagues. The conference also promotes diversity by encouraging women and minorities to attend and give talks. Indeed, the conference organizing committee is diverse in gender, ethnicity, and educational background, and hence is well-positioned to encourage participation from a diverse group of students. The participants of the conference will continue to influence the next generation of students by serving as much needed mentors and encouraging students in the mathematical sciences to advance themselves and participate in research and conference events.The primary goal of the symposium is to showcase the mathematical research being conducted by underrepresented graduate students. This is done by structuring the meeting so that speakers will give 30-minute parallel research talks focusing on research leading to their graduate theses. Graduate students will give at least 75% of these presentations. Topics of prior years' presentations include: combinatorics, braid groups, graph theory, knot theory, representation theory, number theory, and algebraic geometry. In addition to the parallel sessions, two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty member are chosen to give 1-hour lectures and a poster session featuring invited undergraduates is also planned. Given the high quality and diversity of talks and participants "The Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS) Invited Volume" was created in 2014. This is a new series aimed specifically at disseminating the research of USTARS participants. The intention of this Invited Volume is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to publish their results in order to further their development as mathematical researchers. In light of this, a yearly online volume will be published at the conclusion of each annual research symposium.http://www.ustars.org