Conference: UnKnot V

Unknot V大会将于2024年7月13日至14日在华盛顿州西雅图的西雅图大学举行。UNKNOT V，就像之前的四次本科生纽结理论会议一样，将是对纽结理论研究感兴趣的学生与他们的教职员工和研究生导师的聚会。此外，亦欢迎新手及有志于学习更多知识的人士参与这项社区建设活动。在Unknot V上，将由世界知名的结理论专家以及刚刚开始这一领域工作的学生进行无障碍演讲。Unknot V还将举办一个关于在纽结理论研究中使用机器学习的微型研讨会，以及一个关于娱乐拓扑学的迷你研讨会，旨在激发有趣的数学推广项目。纽结理论是一个研究领域，它使用了许多数学领域的工具，包括拓扑学、几何学、代数和组合学。结理论在DNA打结、合成化学、蛋白质折叠和量子计算以及人类学、艺术和材料科学中都有重要的应用。纽结理论也适合本科生的研究，因为有一些开放的问题很容易陈述和解释，但会导致数学的深度。UNKNOT V的重点将放在本科生已经完成的研究和学生可以研究的开放问题上。由于专家将与希望在该领域进行研究的学生和教职员工聚集在一起，这种独特的会议结构将允许从本科生和研究生到有兴趣指导学生和该领域专家的教职员工的垂直整合。将展示许多研究项目的机会。会议的网页是：https://sites.google.com/view/unknot-v-conference/home.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 UnKnot V Conference will be held at Seattle University in Seattle, WA on July 13-14th, 2024. UnKnot V, like the four undergraduate knot theory conferences that preceded it, will be a gathering of students who are interested in knot theory research together with their faculty and graduate student mentors. Participants who are new to knot theory and interested to learn more are also welcome to join in this community-building event. Accessible talks at UnKnot V will be given by world-renowned knot theory experts as well as students who are just beginning their work in this field. UnKnot V will also feature a mini workshop on using machine learning in knot theory research and one on recreational topology with the aim to inspire fun math outreach projects. Knot theory is an area of research which uses tools from and gives insight into many areas of mathematics, including topology, geometry, algebra, and combinatorics. There are important applications in knot theory to DNA knotting, synthetic chemistry, protein folding, and quantum computing as well as in anthropology, art, and materials science. Knot theory also lends itself to research by undergraduates since there are open problems that can be easily stated and explained but lead to mathematics with great depth. The focus of UnKnot V will be on research that has been done by undergraduates and on open problems amenable to research by students. Since experts will be brought together with the students and faculty who would like to do research in this field, this unique conference structure will allow for vertical integration from undergraduates and graduate students to faculty who are interested in mentoring students in knot theory research and experts in the field. Many opportunities for research projects will be presented. The conference webpage is: https://sites.google.com/view/unknot-v-conference/home.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.