KUMUNU 2009

摘要：2009年KUMUNU学术会议将于9月19-20日在美国内布拉斯加大学林肯分校召开。KUMUNU是由堪萨斯大学（KU）、密苏里-哥伦比亚大学（MU）和内布拉斯加州-林肯大学（NU）主办的年度周末会议，旨在促进地区学校（2008年包括16个不同的机构）的研究人员、博士后和研究生在交换代数和相关学科（如代数几何、k理论和编码理论）方面的互动。尽管KUMUNU三合会在这些地区拥有强大的力量，但地理上的分离给充分利用这一力量带来了障碍。幸运的是，距离足够小，可以安排这样一种方式，即区域参与者可以便宜地聚集在一个中心位置举行周末会议。因此，KUMUNU系列会议为处于职业生涯不同阶段的区域研究人员提供了一个具有成本效益的年度场所，包括研究生、刚获得博士学位的学生和非博士学位的教师。授予机构，相互交流，并与来自KU， MU， NU的经验丰富的研究人员以及来自该地区以外的有限数量的受邀专家进行交流。旅行和住宿支持，以促进参与，特别是研究生，是KUMUNU实现其主要目标的关键因素。这些措施包括：通过展示博士后和年轻教师的研究，并通过与KU， MU， NU和其他地方的高级研究人员会面，帮助交换代数和相关学科的新博士和研究生丰富他们的研究项目，在各个层面发挥强大的区域指导作用；并通过提供讨论交换代数领域最新发展、交换思想和为未来研究合作奠定基础的场所，促进交换代数的研究。会议的设计也进一步实现了这些目标：KUMUNU包括有限数量的讲座，鼓励研究生可以参加，演讲者代表了来自不同地区的高级研究人员、年轻教师和博士后，在讲座之外预留了大量的时间进行额外的互动。会议相对较小的规模及其地理和学科重点也鼓励与会者建立富有成效的合作关系。除了刺激和丰富学生和早期职业参与者的研究事业，非博士的参与者。资助机构将把会议上的想法带回给他们的同事和学生，从而在他们自己的机构中促进进一步的研究和数学的丰富。

ABSTRACTPrincipal Investigator: Cooper, Susan M.Proposal Number: DMS - 0940459 Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Title: KUMUNU 2009ABSTRACT: The 2009 KUMUNU conference will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 19-20. KUMUNU is an annual weekend conference anchored by the Universities of Kansas (KU), Missouri-Columbia (MU) and Nebraska-Lincoln (NU), promoting interaction among researchers, post docs and graduate students in commutative algebra and related disciplines (such as algebraic geometry, K-theory and coding theory) at regional schools (which in 2008 included 16 different institutions). Although the KUMUNU triad has significant strength in these areas, geographic separation raises a hurdle to taking the most advantage of this strength. Fortunately, the distances are small enough to allow scheduling in such a way that regional participants can inexpensively gather at a central location for a weekend conference. The KUMUNU conference series thus provides a cost-effective annual venue for regional researchers at various stages of their careers, including graduate students, recent Ph.D.s and faculty at nonPh.D. granting institutions, to interact with each other and with experienced researchers based at KU, MU, NU and a limited number of invited experts from outside the region.Travel and lodging support to facilitate participation, especially for graduate students, is a key element for KUMUNU to achieve its main goals. These include: playing a strong regional mentoring role at all levels by showcasing the research of post docs and young faculty and by helping recent Ph.D.s and graduate students in commutative algebra and related disciplines enrich their research programs by meeting senior researchers based at KU, MU, NU and elsewhere; and promoting research in commutative algebra by providing a venue for discussion of the latest developments in the field, for exchanging ideas and for setting the basis for future research collaborations. The conference design also furthers these goals: KUMUNU comprises a limited number of talks, which are encouraged to be accessible to graduate students, by speakers representing a geographically diverse mix of senior researchers, young faculty and post docs, with plenty of time reserved outside of talks for additional interaction. The relatively small size of the meeting and its geographic and disciplinary focus also encourage participants to establish productive collaborative relationships. In addition to the stimulation and enrichment of the research careers of the students and early career participants, participants from nonPh.D. granting institutions will take ideas from the conference back to their colleagues and students, stimulating further research and mathematical enrichment at their home institutions.