Conference: Math For All in New Orleans

新奥尔良全民数学大会将于2021年3月5日至7日以虚拟方式举行。新奥尔良全民数学会议的总体目标是增加数学的多样性，并使大新奥尔良地区的数学家接触到附近机构提供的各种各样的研究。由于今年的虚拟形式，许多参与者也将来自美国的不同地区。会议将包括四次广泛的全体会议，六次有贡献的研究会议，一个多样化的职业小组，两次讲习班和一次海报会议。通过这些途径，会议旨在吸引本科生和研究生进入一个数学社区，并为他们未来在该领域的职业生涯做好准备。全体会议发言人和小组成员来自美国各地，代表了多个种族和数学背景，为学生提供了他们可以识别的工业界和学术界可见的榜样。参与者将有机会在一个友好和包容的环境中展示研究和参加专业发展研讨会。会议将努力使数学更容易被代表性不足的群体所接受，最终增加该领域的多样性。会议的参与者将代表新奥尔良地区的hbcu和较小的大学，目的是让他们接触到广泛的数学研究社区。会议的这些方面帮助学生更好地准备过渡到以研究为中心的环境，这将增加数学领域中代表性不足的群体的保留。会议还将激发教师之间关于包容性教学法的讨论，旨在促进来自代表性不足群体的学生。组委会致力于通过强调代表、联盟和个人行动对改变数学中系统性压迫形式的重要性，来放大数学中未被充分代表的少数群体的声音。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。

The Math For All in New Orleans Conference will be held virtually on March 5-7, 2021. The overall goal of the Math For All in New Orleans conference is to increase diversity in mathematics and expose mathematicians in the Greater New Orleans area to the wide variety of research available at nearby institutions. Due to this year’s virtual format, many participants will be also attending from different parts of the United States. The conference will include four broadly accessible plenary talks, six contributed research sessions, a diverse career panel, two workshops and a poster session. Through these avenues, the conference is designed to engage undergraduate and graduate students into a community of mathematics and prepare them for future careers in the field. The plenary speakers and panelists come from around the United States, representing multiple ethnic and mathematical backgrounds, giving students visible role models in industry and academia with whom they can identify. Participants will have the opportunity to present research and attend professional development workshops in a welcoming and inclusive environment. The conference will strive to make mathematics more accessible to underrepresented groups, ultimately increasing diversity in the field. The conference will have participants representing HBCUs and smaller universities in the New Orleans area, with the goal of exposing them to a broad mathematical research community. These aspects of the conference help students be better prepared to transition to research-focused environments, which will increase retention of underrepresented groups in the mathematical fields. The conference will also stimulate discussions amongst faculty on inclusive pedagogy aimed at advancing students from underrepresented groups. The organizing committee is dedicated to amplifying the voices of underrepresented minorities in mathematics by highlighting the importance of representation, allyship, and individual actions towards changing systemic forms of oppression in mathematics. Conference Website: http://www.math.tulane.edu/mathforallnolaThis 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.