International Congress of Mathematicians 2022: Administration of Travel Grants for US Participants

四年一度的国际数学家大会(ICM)是世界上杰出的国际数学家大会。ICM由国际数学联盟主办，该组织拥有包括美国在内的约87个成员国，是数学家展示和了解新的数学发展、未来研究方向、应用、教育学思想以及传播和存档数学知识的方法的全球论坛。自1897年在瑞士苏黎世成立以来，国际数学大会在许多不同的国家举行--最近一次是在巴西里约热内卢(2018年)、韩国首尔(2014年)和印度海得拉巴(2010年)--其中一些会议的历史意义远远超出了数学界。2022年，ICM将于7月6日至14日在俄罗斯圣彼得堡举行，预计将有来自世界各地的5000人参加。为了支持来自美国的个人参加大会，美国数学学会将利用这笔赠款资助大约140名美国数学家的旅行，预计三分之二的奖项将颁发给职业生涯早期的数学家。与西蒙斯基金会和ICM地方组织委员会合作，这笔赠款将为另外100名初出茅庐的人提供支持。一支强大而多样化的美国数学家队伍参加这样的活动，有助于保持美国在数学研究以及更广泛的STEM领域的世界领先地位。数学研究直接为美国的知识基础设施、国家安全、工业和商业做出贡献。特别是在数学方面，研究活动依赖于面对面的互动，越来越具有协作性和国际性。为ICM这样的聚会提供旅行支持是促进这些基本互动、促进创造新知识和加强国际合作的一种具有成本效益的方式。总体而言，这些活动对美国知识经济的活力和国家的整体繁荣和健康做出了重大贡献。2022年ICM结构委员会为大会设置了专题部分，包括：逻辑、代数、数论、代数和复几何、几何、拓扑学、李氏理论和推广、分析、动力学、偏微分方程、数学物理、概率、组合学、计算机科学数学、数值分析与科学计算、控制理论与优化、统计与数据分析、随机与微分建模、数学教育与数学普及、数学史。这些部分最多将举办170场受邀讲座。另外还安排了21场全体受邀讲座，其中包括14场由美国大学或公司的数学家举办的讲座。通过邀请的讲座、小组讨论和其他活动，与会者将有很多交流思想的机会。2022年的ICM将包括艾美诺特演讲，该演讲表彰对数学科学做出根本性和持续贡献的女性。大会也是授予数学科学界最负盛名的奖项的机会。菲尔兹奖是数学的“诺贝尔奖”，颁发给40岁以下的数学家，以表彰其过去的成就或未来的前景；算盘奖章表彰在信息科学的数学方面取得杰出成就的个人；卡尔·弗里德里希·高斯奖表彰那些在数学研究方面对数学产生了影响的人；陈奖章授予对数学的贡献值得最高水平认可的个人--无论年龄或职业；利拉瓦蒂奖表彰在数学方面的杰出公共宣传工作。那些从美国来的人在这项资助计划的支持下，将有丰富的机会向讲师学习和互动，加深他们与他们的研究的联系，并分享他们的发现和见解。这一奖项反映了NSF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 quadrennial International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the preeminent international gathering of mathematicians in the world. Organized by the International Mathematical Union, an organization with some 87 adhering member nations including the United States, the ICM serves as a global forum for mathematicians to present and learn about new mathematical developments, directions of future research, applications, ideas for pedagogy, and methodologies for disseminating and archiving mathematical knowledge. Since their inception in 1897 in Zurich, Switzerland, ICMs have been held in many different countries—most recently in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2018), Seoul, South Korea (2014), and Hyderabad, India (2010)—and a number have had historical significance well beyond the mathematical community. In 2022, the ICM will be held on the days July 6 – 14 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and an anticipated 5,000 individuals from around the world are expected to attend. To support participation in the Congress by individuals from the United States, the American Mathematical Society will utilize this grant to fund travel for approximately 140 US-based mathematicians, with an anticipated two-thirds of the awards going to early-career mathematicians. In cooperation with the Simons Foundation and the ICM Local Organizing Committee, this grant will provide support for up to 100 additional early-career people. The participation of a robust and diverse contingent of US-based mathematicians in such an event helps to sustain the US’s world leadership position in mathematical research and more broadly in STEM fields. Mathematical research contributes directly to the US’s knowledge infrastructure, national security, industry, and commerce. Especially in mathematics, research activity is reliant on in-person interactions, increasingly collaborative, and international in scope. Travel support for such gatherings as ICM is a cost-effective way to foster these basic interactions, promote the creation of new knowledge, and strengthen international cooperation. In the large, these activities contribute significantly to the vitality of the US’s knowledge-based economy and to the country’s overall prosperity and health. The 2022 ICM Structure Committee has set topical sections for the Congress, which include the following: Logic, Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic and Complex Geometry, Geometry, Topology, Lie Theory and Generalizations, Analysis, Dynamics, Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Probability, Combinatorics, Mathematics of Computer Science, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, Control Theory and Optimization, Statistics and Data Analysis, Stochastic and Differential Modeling, Mathematical Education and Popularization of Mathematics, and History of Mathematics. Up to 170 invited lectures will be presented across these sections. An additional twenty-one plenary invited lectures are scheduled, including fourteen by mathematicians from US universities or companies. Through the invited lectures, panels, and other activities, the opportunities for participants to exchange ideas will abound. The 2022 ICM will incorporate the Emmy Noether Lecture, which honors women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences. The Congress is also the occasion for conferring the most prestigious awards in the mathematical sciences. The Fields Medal, the “Nobel Prize” of mathematics goes to a mathematician under the age of 40 for either past achievement or future promise; the Abacus Medal honors an individual with distinguished achievements in mathematical aspects of information science; the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize recognizes those whose mathematical research has had an impact outside of mathematics; the Chern Medal Award is given to an individual—regardless of age or vocation—whose contributions to mathematics warrants the highest level of recognition; the Leelavati Prize recognizes outstanding public outreach work for mathematics. Those traveling from the US with support from this grants program will have rich opportunities to learn from and interact with lecturers, deepen their connections with their research, and share their discoveries and insights.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.