The Fifth Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium (2011)

该奖项将为参加将于2011年3月24日至27日在莱斯大学校园举行的“第五届Ahlfors-Bers学术讨论会（2011）”的参与者，特别是女性、研究生、博士后和初级教师提供支持。这次会议的重点，就像之前的四次会议一样，是拉尔斯·阿尔福斯（1907-1996）和李普曼·伯斯（1914-1993）丰富的数学遗产。这一特殊事件的一些特别主题强调如下：Teichmuller理论，重点是模空间上的Weil-Petersson流；双曲三流形的虚Haken猜想；表面群表示为各种目标；Schramm-Loewner演化及其与几何函数理论其他领域（如保形焊接）的关系。会议的形式是这样的，年轻人将有充足的机会发言，并以其他方式参与各种会议活动，特别是在会议将特色的两个讲习班式会议和问题会议。

This award will provide support for participants, especially women, graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, in the "Fifth Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium (2011)" that will be take place from March 24-27, 2011, on the campus of Rice University.The focus of this conference, like those of its four predecessors in the series, is on the rich mathematical legacy of Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996) and Lipman Bers (1914-1993). Some of the special topics of emphasis for this particular event are the following: Teichmuller theory, with a focus on the Weil-Petersson flow on moduli space; the virtual Haken conjecture for hyperbolic three-manifolds; surface group representations into various targets; Schramm-Loewner evolution and its relation to other areas of geometric function theory (e.g., conformal welding). The format of the meeting is such that young people will have ample opportunities to speak and be otherwise engaged in the various conference activities, especially in the two workshop-like sessions and the problem session that the conference will feature.