Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)

该奖项将支持230名参与者参加将于2018年4月6日至8日在里德学院举行的拓扑和代数研究研讨会（USARS）的三名代表不足的学生的参与者旅行，2019年4月在爱荷华州州立大学，并于2020年4月在爱荷华州大学。 专题讨论会的目的是突出研究正在进行的代表性不足的学生在代数和拓扑学领域。演讲者将进行30分钟的平行研究演讲，研究生将进行至少四分之三的演讲。演讲的主题将跨越代数和拓扑。两名杰出的研究生和一名受邀教师将被要求做一个小时的演讲，并计划举办一个以受邀本科生为特色的海报会议。在这个独特的会议上，与会者接触到各种当前的研究，想法和结果在他们的研究领域和超越。参与者也有机会与来自代表性不足群体的学生和教职员工见面和交流。USTARS通过鼓励妇女和少数民族参加并发表演讲来促进数学科学的多样性，USTARS使所有参与者接触到代表性不足的群体的数学家的研究和活动，鼓励更多的数学社区合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This award will support participant travel for two-hundred and thirty participants to attend three Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposia (USTARS) to be held April 6-8, 2018 at Reed College, in April 2019 at Iowa State University, and in April 2020 at the University of Iowa. The goal of the symposia is to highlight research being conducted by underrepresented students in the areas of algebra and topology. Speakers will give 30-minute parallel research talks and graduate students will give at least three-quarters of these presentations. The topics of the presentations will span algebra and topology. Two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty member will be asked to give one-hour presentations, and a poster session featuring invited undergraduates is also planned. At this unique meeting, participants are exposed to a variety of current research, ideas, and results in their areas of study and beyond. Participants are also given the opportunity to meet and network with students and faculty members from underrepresented groups. USTARS promotes diversity in the mathematical sciences by encouraging women and minorities to attend and give talks, and USTARS exposes all participants to the research and activities of mathematicians from underrepresented groups, encouraging a more collaborative mathematics community. Further details and an application are available at the conference website: www.ustars.org.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.