Binghamton University Graduate Conference in Algebra and Topology; November 14-15, 2009

现在在第二年，BUGCAT是一个场地，代数和拓扑研究生在他们的研究的各个阶段可以展示他们的工作，并满足其他数学家与相关的研究兴趣。它鼓励来自不同学校的参与。会议组织委员会的成员都是研究生，他们在性别、种族和背景方面都非常多样化，因此能够很好地鼓励妇女和少数民族的参与。今年的会议将在宾厄姆顿大学校园举行，为期两天（2009年11月14日至15日）。参与者将包括各级研究生。演讲者将根据研究生、博士后或教授的身份进行选择;演讲与代数和拓扑主题的相关性;以及注册时间。演讲者将被选择代表每个学校的意图，从一个演讲者申请，但如果没有空间，谈话内容的质量将被考虑。研究生将给出至少75%的演讲，总共将有50个30分钟的演讲由参与者提供。也将有两个主旨发言人，一个在代数和拓扑之一。

Now in its second year, the BUGCAT is a venue where algebra and topology graduate students in all stages of their research can present their work and meet other mathematicians with related research interests. It encourages participation from a diversity of schools. The conference organizing committee, all graduate students, is remarkably diverse in gender, ethnicity, andbackground, and hence is well positioned to encourage participation by women and minorities.This year it will be a two-day conference (Nov. 14-15, 2009) on the Binghamton University campus. Participants will include graduate students at all levels. Speakers will be selected based on status as graduate student, postdoc, or professor; relevance of the talk to the algebra and topology theme; and time of registration. Speakers will be chosen with the intent of representing each school from which aspeaker applies, but if there is not space, quality of talk content will be considered. Graduate students will give at least 75% of the presentations, and in total there will be 50 thirty-minute presentations delivered by participants. There will also be two keynote speakers, one in algebraand one in topology.