Texas Geometry and Topology Conference

德克萨斯州几何与拓扑会议自1989年创办以来，每年春季和秋季举行，共41届。该会议已成为西南地区一个非常成功的半年一次的活动。接下来的一系列会议将有六所主要的大学参加：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、德克萨斯农工大学、赖斯大学、休斯顿大学、德克萨斯理工大学和德克萨斯基督教大学。会议的目的是提高教育和研究气氛的积极社区的geometers和topologists在得克萨斯州和周边国家。该会议致力于使国家和国际地位的研究人员讨论他们的研究，并与来自德克萨斯州和周边国家的数学家互动。一段时间以来，公开报道了载有重要成果的会谈摘要，今后将继续类似报道。通过设计，得克萨斯州几何和拓扑会议有两个高影响力的焦点。首先，会议使得克萨斯州和周边国家（一个巨大的地理区域）的几何学家和拓扑学家社区有可能定期见面和分享数学。这既刺激了个人研究，也产生了学校之间富有成效的合作努力。第二，大会致力于数学人才基础的加强和充实，为了使参与无障碍，大会广招，参与开放，不收报名费。特别鼓励研究生、初级教师、妇女、少数民族和残疾人参与并申请支持。此外，会议还与两所历史悠久的黑人大学（费耶特维尔州立大学和大草原视图A M大学）合作开展一个试点项目，为初级教师提供研究机会。

Abstract The Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has been held spring and fall since its founding in 1989, a total of 41 times. The conference has become an extremely successful semiannual event in the Southwest. The next series of conferences will have six primary sponsoringuniversities: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Rice University, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University, and Texas Christian University. The conference is designed to enhance both the educational and the research atmosphere of the active community of geometers and topologists in Texas and the surrounding states. The conference is committed to bring researchers of national and international stature to discuss their research and to interact with mathematicians from Texas and surrounding states. Summaries of talks with notation of important results have been publicly reported for some time and will continue similarly in the future. By design, the Texas Geometry and Topology Conference has two high-impact foci. First, the conference makes it possible for the community of geometers and topologists from Texas and surrounding states (a huge geographic region) to meet and share mathematics on a regular basis. This both stimulates individual research and generates productive cooperative efforts between schools. Second, the conference is committed to the strengthening and enrichment of the mathematics personnel base.In order that there be no barrier to participation, the conference is widely advertised, participation is open, and there are no registration fees. Graduate students, junior faculty, women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged to participate and to apply for support. Furthermore the conference is partnering with two historically black universities (Fayetteville State University and Prairie View A&M University) on a pilot project to foster research opportunities for junior faculty.