Texas Geometry and Topology Conference

德克萨斯几何与拓扑大会2018年秋季会议将于2018年11月9日至11日在莱斯大学举行。截至目前，德克萨斯几何与拓扑学大会自1989年创办以来，已连续举办春秋两季，共58届。该会议已成为西南地区一项极为成功的半年一度的活动。接下来的一系列会议将有七所主要主办大学：赖斯大学、德克萨斯农工大学、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、休斯顿大学、德克萨斯理工大学，以及(联合)德克萨斯基督教大学和德克萨斯大学阿林顿分校。首先，这次会议使来自德克萨斯州和周边各州(一个巨大的地理区域)的几何学家和拓扑学家社区有可能定期会面并分享数学。通过这样做，会议致力于让国内和国际知名的研究人员讨论他们的研究，并为地区学者和早期职业研究人员提供一个场所。这刺激了个人的研究，并在学校之间产生了富有成效的合作努力。第二，大会致力于加强和丰富数学人才基础。为了不设参会门槛，大会广为宣传，开放参会，不收取报名费。特别鼓励研究生、初级教员、妇女、少数民族和残疾人参与并申请支持。此外，该会议正在与两所历史悠久的黑人大学(费耶特维尔州立大学和草原景观农工大学)合作开展一个项目，旨在为这些机构精选的初级教师培养研究机会。德克萨斯几何与拓扑会议的永久网页：http://www.math.tamu.edu/~tgtc/archive/.This奖反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Fall 2018 meeting of the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference will be at Rice University on November 9-11, 2018. To date the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has been held spring and fall since its founding in 1989, a total of 58 times. The conference has become an extremely successful semiannual event in the Southwest. The next series of conferences will have seven primary host universities: Rice University, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, Texas Tech University, and (jointly) Texas Christian University and The University of Texas at Arlington.By design, the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has two high-impact foci. First, the conference makes it possible for the community of geometers and topologists from Texas and surrounding states (a huge geographic region) to meet and share mathematics on a regular basis. In so doing, the conference is committed to bring researchers of national and international stature to discuss their research as well as offering a venue for regional scholars and early career researchers. This stimulates individual research and generates productive cooperative efforts between schools. Second, the conference is committed to the strengthening and enrichment of the mathematics personnel base. In order that there be no barrier to participation, the conference is widely advertised, participation is open, and there are no registration fees. Graduate students, junior faculty, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to participate and to apply for support. Furthermore the conference is partnering with two historically black universities (Fayetteville State University and Prairie View A&M University) on a project to foster research opportunities for select junior faculty at these institutions.The permanent web page for the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~tgtc/archive/.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.