Workshop on Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology

该奖项支持参加2023年3月17日至19日在纳什维尔范德比尔特大学举行的“数学与理论生物学进展”研讨会。重点将放在数学模型的建模和分析上，这些模型涉及生物应用的不同方面，如传染病、癌症和治疗，以及种群动态。讲习班将突出这些领域最近的重大事态发展，并为与会者提供一个论坛，让他们见面并交流他们最近的工作。工作坊的目标是：(1)汇聚来自不同领域和不同数学和理论生物学背景的顶尖研究人员，交流思想；(2)研究具有挑战性的健康问题，如新冠肺炎大流行、癌症建模和治疗、新出现的疾病等；(3)使年轻研究人员(本科生/研究生和博士后)接触到这些领域的最新发展；以及(4)扩大和刺激年轻、女性和代表性不足的研究人员的教育和研究。数学和理论生物学是一个跨学科的领域，它使用分析和数值数学的工具来解决与生物学有关的问题。近二十年来，这一领域取得了巨大的发展，来自生物学的新问题提出了新的令人兴奋的数学问题。这次工作坊将汇集来自不同数学领域、处于不同学术生涯阶段的研究人员，促进与会者之间的合作研究。研讨会将有来自美国、加拿大、法国和墨西哥的6名全体演讲者和40名特邀演讲者，从高级研究人员到职业生涯早期的研究人员和学生。海报会议将促进本科生和研究生的研究。通过将新一代研究人员与知名专家聚集在一起，研讨会旨在培养新的合作和网络，以帮助初级研究人员在他们的职业生涯中取得进步。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。

This award supports participation in the workshop "Advances in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology" held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, March 17-19, 2023. The focus will be on modeling and analysis of mathematical models with different aspects of biological applications, such as infectious diseases, cancer and treatment, and population dynamics. The workshop will highlight significant recent developments in these areas and provide a forum for the participants to meet and communicate their recent work. The goals of the workshop are to: (1) to bring together leading researchers from different areas and backgrounds of mathematical and theoretical biology to communicate and exchange ideas; (2) study challenging health problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer modeling and treatment, emerging diseases, etc.; (3) expose younger researchers (undergraduate/graduate students and postdocs) to the latest developments in these areas; and (4) broaden and stimulate the education and research of young, female, and underrepresented researchers. Mathematical and theoretical biology is an interdisciplinary field that uses tools from analytical and numerical mathematics to address questions related to biology. The recent two decades have witnessed tremendous growth in this area, and emerging questions from biology have brought forward new and exciting mathematical questions. This workshop will bring together researchers from different mathematical areas at several academic career stages, facilitating the initiation of collaborative research among the attendees. The workshop will feature six plenary speakers from the USA, Canada, France, and Mexico and forty invited speakers ranging from senior level researchers to early-career researchers and students. A poster session will promote undergraduate and graduate research. By bringing together a new generation of researchers along with established experts, the workshop aims to cultivate new collaborations and networks that can help junior researchers as they advance their careers.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.