XV Brazilian School of Differential Geometry, July 2008, Fortaleza, Brazil

该奖项将为大约20-25名数学家提供从美国到福塔莱萨的旅行（重点是研究生和最近的博士学位）。的），参加第十五届巴西微分几何学院，该学院将于2008年7月14日至7月18日在巴西福塔莱萨举行。由塞阿拉联邦大学（UFC）和纯粹与应用数学研究所（IMPA）联合举办。第十五届巴西微分几何学院是为了纪念巴西微分几何的祖父Manfredo do Carmo的80岁生日，他在全国各地建立了一个蓬勃发展的几何学家群体。微分几何学校是巴西的一个重大事件，每年都发生在巴西。在全国各地，最近在尼泰罗伊、戈亚尼亚、圣保罗和萨尔瓦多进行了两年的培训。其目的是通过国内和国际专家的研究讲座和系列讲座来描述微分几何的最新发展。 两个先进的调查，今年将由高本田对“接触几何”和弗兰克帕卡德对“非线性偏微分方程方法的几何”。几何学校有一个传统，给予讲座系列，发生在几个不同的水平。有些是高年级本科生和一些研究生，以鼓励他们进入微分几何。其他人是在一个更先进的水平面向研究数学家和高级研究生，让调查最近的主题特别感兴趣。今年有关于接触几何和几何分析的调查。 此外，还有巴西和国际专家的研究讲座。因此，会议将提供一个丰富的环境，美国研究生和最近的博士。美国和巴西的数学家之间有一种互动的传统。这笔赠款的第二个目标是促进年轻数学家与巴西同行之间的新互动。将积极争取和鼓励妇女和少数民族的参与。

This award will supply travel from the US to Fortaleza for approximately 20-25 mathematicians (with emphasis on graduate students and recent Ph.D.'s), to attend the XV Brazilian School of Differential Geometry, which will take place in Fortaleza, Brazil, July 14 to July 18, 2008. It is organized jointly by the Federal University of Ceara (UFC) and the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA).The XV Brazilian School of Differential Geometry is dedicated to the 80th birthday of Manfredo do Carmo, the grandfather of differential geometry in Brazil, who has established a flourishing group of geometers all over the country.The School of Differential Geometry is a major event in Brazil which takes place every two years in various parts of the country, most recently in Niteroi, Goiania Sao Paulo, and Salvador. Its purpose is to describe recent developments in Differential Geometry through research talks and lecture series by national and international experts. Two advanced surveys this year will be by Ko Honda on "Contact geometry" and by Frank Pacard on "Nonlinear PDE methods in geometry".The geometry school has a tradition of giving lecture series that take place at several different levels. Some are for advanced undergraduates and some for graduate students in order to encourage them to go into Differential Geometry. Others are at a more advanced level geared towards research mathematicians and advanced graduate students, giving a survey of recent subjects of particular interest. This year there are surveys on contact geometry and on geometric analysis. In addition there are research talks by Brazilian and international experts.The conference will thus provide a rich environment in which US graduate students and recent Ph.D.'s can learn about new developments in geometry, There is a tradition of interaction between mathematicians in the US and those in Brazil. A second goal of this grant is to foster new interactions between younger mathematicians and their Brazilian counter parts. Participation by women and minorities will be actively sought and encouraged.