Palmetto Number Theory Series/SouthEast Regional Meeting On Numbers

棕榈数论系列会议（PANTS）是由克莱姆森大学和南卡罗莱纳大学这两所大学联合举办的一系列数论会议。位于棕榈之州南卡罗来纳州的船舶研究机构。东南地区数字会议（SERMON）是自1988年以来一直存在的年度数论会议。虽然PANTS主要在南卡罗来纳州的机构举行，但SERMON一直围绕东南部的机构轮换。从2011年开始，将在秋季举行一次PANTS会议，在12月举行一次，并在春季举行一次讲道会议。12月的PANTS会议将在克莱姆森大学和南卡罗来纳大学之间每年轮流举行。秋季的PANTS会议将在东南部的另一所学校举行。秋季会议为1天或1天半，将举行2次全体会议，而12月会议为2天，将举行4次全体会议。来自东南以外的数论领袖进行了长达一小时的全体会议。一年一度的布道会议将举行一天半，其中一名全体发言人将在会议开始前的星期五发表公开演讲，然后在会议期间发表长达一小时的全体演讲。会议也有来自东南部参与者的20分钟的演讲。PANTS/SERMON的主要目标是为东南部的数论社区提供一个机会来了解最新的数论研究，纯粹的和应用的。长裤/布道会吸引着杰出的数论学家。他们还为地区数学家，特别是研究生和初级教师，提供了发言的机会。PANTS/SERMON的参与者来自授予博士学位的机构、授予最高学位为硕士学位的机构和仅授予学士学位的机构。其中一些学校的学生和教师无法获得旅行基金或研究研讨会，因此PANTS/SERMON基金对他们尤为重要。组织者还将继续努力吸引人口结构多样化的参与者，包括妇女和其他代表性不足的群体。

The Palmetto Number Theory Series (PANTS) is a series of number theory meetings managed jointly by Clemson University and University of South Carolina, the two flagship research institutions in South Carolina, the Palmetto State. The Southeast Regional Meeting on Numbers (SERMON) is an annual number theory meeting that has been in existence since 1988. While PANTS has been predominantly held at institutions in South Carolina, SERMON has always rotated around institutions in the Southeast. Starting in 2011 there will be one PANTS meeting held in the fall and one in December along with one SERMON meeting in the spring. The December PANTS meeting will rotate annually between Clemson University and the University of South Carolina. The fall PANTS meeting will be held at another Southeastern school. The fall PANTS meeting is one or one and one-half days and features two plenary talks, while the December meeting is two days and features four plenary talks. Leading number theorists from outside the Southeast give the hour-long plenary talks. The annual SERMON meeting will be held over one and one-half days with one plenary speaker that will deliver a public lecture on the Friday before the conference begins and then an hour-long plenary address during the conference. The meetings also have 20 minute contributed talks from Southeastern participants.The primary goal of PANTS/SERMON is to provide the number theory community in the Southeast with an opportunity to hear about recent research in number theory, pure and applied. PANTS/SERMON meetings attract prominent number theorists. They also provide regional mathematicians, particularly graduate students and junior faculty, with an opportunity to speak. PANTS/SERMON participants come from Ph.D. granting institutions, institutions whose highest degree awarded is a master's degree, and from institutions granting only baccalaureate degrees. Students and faculty at some of these schools do not have access to travel funds nor to research seminars, so PANTS/SERMON funding is especially crucial to them. The organizers will also continue to try to attract a demographically diverse participant base, including women and other underrepresented groups.