Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory

第20届集合论博伊西盛会（BEST）会议将于2013年6月16日至19日在拉斯维加斯内华达大学校园举行，作为美国科学促进会太平洋分会第94届年会的研讨会。BEST会议为美国西部地区提供了一个强调多样性的集合论会议。会议积极寻求将集合论及其附属数学学科的学生和早期职业研究传播纳入会议议程。会议还招募了四名全体发言人，以促进该领域不同职业阶段之间的相互作用。2013 BEST的全体会议发言人是Todd Eisworth博士（俄亥俄大学）、Masaru Kada博士（日本大阪府立大学）、Thilo Weinert博士（德国波恩大学）和Lynne yengalp博士（代顿大学）。会议力求增加该领域代表性不足的群体的参与。集合论是数学的基础，也是自然科学中建模和演绎推理的基础。因此，在美国科学促进会太平洋分部的年会上提供最佳方案可能会产生更广泛的重大影响。数学总是受益于其他科学思想和问题的涌入，反之亦然。当培育和促进这种交叉受精的机会时，它有利于自然科学，也有利于集合理论。

The twentieth meeting of the Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory (BEST) will be held on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, during June 16 - 19, 2013 as a symposium of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAASPD). The BEST conference provides the western region of the United States with a conference in Set Theory that emphasizes diversity. The conference actively seeks to recruit and integrate student and early career dissemination of research in Set Theory and its affiliated mathematical disciplines into the conference agenda. The conference promotes interaction between different career stages in the field by also recruiting four plenary speakers. The plenary speakers for BEST 2013 are Dr. Todd Eisworth (Ohio University), Dr. Masaru Kada (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan), Thilo Weinert (University of Bonn, Germany) and Dr. Lynne Yengulalp (University of Dayton). The conference seeks to increase participation by underrepresented groups in the field.Set Theory is the foundation of Mathematics, and as such, of modeling and deductive reasoning in the natural sciences. Offering BEST at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific division of the AAAS thus provides potential for significant broader impact. Mathematics has always benefited from an influx of ideas and problems in other sciences, and conversely. It benefits the natural sciences, and also Set Theory, when opportunities for such cross fertilization are nurtured and facilitated.