Applied Mathematics: The Next 50 Years

该奖项将为将于2019年6月17日至21日在西雅图华盛顿大学举行的“应用数学：未来50年”研讨会和会议提供支持。这是一个前瞻性的研讨会和会议，讨论应用数学的未来，影响其未来的新领域，改变该学科如何看待和教学的面貌，以及如何进行应用数学研究。它由两部分组成。第一部分，6月17日至18日，是一个关于数据科学和优化的研讨会。研讨会的听众包括初级研究人员（研究生，博士后研究员）和高级研究人员，他们对扩展现有方法的工具箱感兴趣。第二部分，2019年6月19日至21日，遵循更传统的会议形式，强调在应用数学中使用数据科学以及使用随机（而不是确定性）建模：每半天将以全体讲座开始，然后是关于特定主题的平行小型专题讨论会。此外，会议还将举办四个小组讨论，讨论对该领域具有广泛重要性的主题：(1)如何增加未被充分代表的少数民族和女性在该领域的参与，(2)应用数学各方面教学的新方法，(3)应用数学在工业和政府中的重要性，以及(4)应用数学领域的未来方向。这四个小组讨论的结果将广泛传播。有关该活动的信息可在以下网址找到：https://depts.washington.edu/amath/amath50/index.shtmlApplied数学是一个不断发展的领域，包括将基于深奥数学的方法应用于各种领域。传统上，该领域主要使用基于确定性常微分方程或偏微分方程的模型。两项重大进展正在改变这种做法。第一个是大数据的出现和不同的数学工具的出现，这些工具使得模型的推导不是基于物理原理，而是基于观察得出的。第二是认识到不确定性所起的作用及其对数学建模的影响，导致对随机分析工具的需求。我们的前瞻性会议结合了讲习班和会议。该研讨会是一个培训计划，旨在从应用数学的角度向初级研究人员介绍数据分析领域，重点是基于数据的建模和优化。会议的主题更加多样化，但重点是数据科学和随机建模。该奖项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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will provide support for the workshop and conference "Applied Mathematics: the next 50 years'', to be held at the University of Washington, Seattle, June 17-21, 2019. The event is a forward-looking workshop and conference on the future of applied mathematics, the new areas that will impact its future and alter the face of how the discipline is viewed and taught, and how research in applied mathematics is conducted. It consists of two parts. The first part, June 17-18, is devoted to a workshop on data science and optimization. The audience of the workshop consists of junior researchers (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows) and senior researchers who are interested in expanding their toolbox of existing methods. The second part, June 19-21, 2019 follows a more traditional conference format emphasizing the use of data science in applied mathematics as well as the use of stochastic (as opposed to deterministic) modeling: each half day will begin with a plenary lecture, followed by parallel mini-symposia on specific topics. In addition, the conference will host four panel discussions on topics of broad importance to the field: (1) how can we increase the participation of underrepresented minorities and females in the field, (2) new approaches to teaching all aspects of applied mathematics, (3) the importance of applied mathematics in industry and government, and (4) future directions for the field of applied mathematics. The outcomes of these four panel discussions will be widely disseminated. Information about the event can be found at: https://depts.washington.edu/amath/amath50/index.shtmlApplied Mathematics is an ever-evolving field, consisting of the use of methods based in profound mathematics to applications in a large variety of fields. Traditionally, the field has been dominated by the use of models based on deterministic ordinary or partial differential equations. Two major advances are changing this approach. The first one is the advent of big data and the different mathematical tools that allow for the deduction of models not based on physical principles but deduced from observations. The second is the recognition of the role played by uncertainty and the impact it has on mathematical modeling, leading to the need for stochastic analysis tools. Our forward-looking meeting combines a workshop and a conference. The workshop is a training program for junior researchers to introduce them to the field of data analysis from the applied mathematics perspective, with an emphasis on data-based modeling and optimization. The conference focuses on more diverse themes, but with a strong emphasis on data science and stochastic modeling.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.