Mathematical Sciences: Three Annual Geometry Festivals

首席研究人员将组织和主持一系列关于几何专题的年度会议。重点将放在反映组织者主要研究兴趣的微分几何上。每一次会议将由大约七位发言者在三天的时间内发表讲话。这将使与会者有足够的时间进行非正式讨论。获得其他国家科学基金会资助的参与者将从个人资助中支付费用；来自该资助的资金应优先考虑没有其他旅行支持来源的研究生和新近毕业的博士。这应该会让更多的人参加这些会议。几何在数学和科学中扮演着越来越重要的角色。它是我们描述周围环境的媒介，因此在几乎所有的物理模型中都扮演着某种角色，包括生物学、物理学和材料科学中的模型。这一系列会议将汇聚一群对几何的许多领域有研究兴趣的数学家。由于数学中许多问题的解决依赖于各种技术的应用，因此交流和合作对强大的数学社区至关重要--因此需要这样的会议。

The principal investigators will organize and conduct a series of annual conferences on topics in geometry. The focus will be on differential geometry reflecting the primary research interests of the organizers. Each conference will consist of talks by approximately seven speakers spread over a three day period. This will allow enough time for informal discussion among the participants. Participants with other National Science Foundation support will be expected to pay their expenses from individual grants; the highest priority for funds from this grant shall be graduate students and recent PhDs with no other source of travel support. This should make it possible for more people to attend these meetings. Geometry has played an increasingly important role in mathematics and science. It serves as the medium with which we describe our surroundings and therefore plays some role in almost every physical model including those from biology, physics, and material science. This series of conferences will bring together a group of mathematicians with research interests in many areas of geometry. Since the solution of so many problems in mathematics relies on the application of varied techniques, communication and collaboration are of central importance to a strong mathematical community - hence the need for conferences such as these.