Eleventh International Conference on Approximation Theory; May 18-22, 2004; Gatlinburg, TN

拟于2004年5月18-22日在美国田纳西州的加特林堡召开“近似理论及相关问题”国际会议。预计来自世界各地的学术界、工业界和政府实验室的约200名数学科学家将参加。这次会议将延续每三年举行一次外地工作者会议的传统，并将是一系列类似会议中的第十一次。30多年来，这些会议一直是关于这一专题的主要国际大会。 会议将以7个一小时的调查讲座为特色，内容涉及当前感兴趣的主题（包括经典近似、小波、多元样条、非线性近似、神经网络、表面近似和成像数学）。此外，它还将为授予第四届Vasil A奖提供一个论坛。 波波夫近似理论奖。赢家还将提供一个小时的调查讲座。本次会议为期五天，将对会议论文集进行仔细的审查和编辑。会议将汇集研究人员和研究生，对近似理论的各个方面进行深入的讨论，这是一个历史悠久而丰富的学科。 它目前的活力证明了大量的专业会议，新的和成熟的期刊，以及最近成立的研究中心致力于这一主题。除了提供一个交流意见的论坛外，会议还将帮助确定未来研究的趋势和领域。该会议将有助于教育研究生，让他们接触到最新的研究，并帮助他们识别近似理论和相关领域的问题。学生，年轻的研究人员，少数民族和妇女将有机会会见该领域的领导者，并介绍自己的研究。申请资金的三分之二将用于支持这些团体，并将要求高级研究人员帮助确定参与的候选人。近年来，近似理论在计算机辅助几何设计、图像和信号处理、地球物理和医学建模、PDE、机器人等不同领域得到了越来越多的应用。这些应用导致了逼近理论的几个新的学科领域的发展，包括神经网络，径向基函数和小波，这个问题已经变得越来越多的跨学科。 这项研究将在未来几年对医学、科学、工程和信息技术产生重大影响。

It is proposed to hold an international conference on Approximation Theory and Related Topics in Gatlinburg, TN on May 18-22, 2004. Approximately 200 mathematical scientists from academia, industry, and government laboratories from around the world are expected to participate. The conference would continue the tradition of holding a triennial meeting for workers in the field, and will be the eleventh in a series of similar conferences. These meetings have traditionally been the main general international conferences on this topic for more than 30 years. The meeting will feature 7 one-hour survey lectures on topics of current interest (including classical approximation, wavelets, multivariate splines, nonlinear approximation, neural networks, surface approximation, and the mathematics of imaging). In addition, it would provide a forum for the awarding of the Fourth Vasil A. Popov Prize in Approximation Theory. The winner will also present a one-hour survey lecture. The conference is planned for five days, and would result in a carefully reviewed and edited conference proceedings.The conference will bring together researchers and graduate students for in-depth discussions on all aspects of Approximation Theory, which is a subject with a long and rich history. Its current vitality is attested to by the large number of specialized conferences, new and well-established journals, and recently-founded research centers devoted to the subject. In addition to providing a forum for the exchange of ideas, the meeting will also help identify trends and areas for future research. The conference will help educate graduate students by exposing them to the latest research and helping them identify problems in approximation theory and related areas. Students, young researchers, minorities, and women will have the opportunity to meet leaders in the field, as well as to present their own research. Two-thirds of the requested funding will be devoted to supporting these groups, and senior researchers will be asked to help identify candidates to participate. In recent years approximation theory has found more and more applications in such diverse areas as computer-aided geometric design, image and signal processing, geophysical and medical modeling, PDE, robotics, and elsewhere. These applications have resulted in the development of several new subject areas of approximation theory, including neural networks, radial basis functions, and wavelets, and the subject has become more and more interdisciplinary. This research will have a major impact on medicine, science, engineering and information technology for years to come.