Infinite Possibilities Conference 2015

2015年3月，第五届无限可能性会议（IPC）将在俄勒冈州科瓦利斯的俄勒冈州立大学（OSU）举行。这次会议将由俄勒冈州立大学和非营利性组织“建设科学多样性”共同主办，是唯一一次专门关注教育、鼓励和支持对数学和统计学感兴趣的少数族裔女性的全国性会议。历史上，非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔和美洲原住民女性在数学领域的代表性不足。2012年，只有不到2%的数学科学博士学位授予了来自少数族裔的美国女性。针对这一问题，会议为本科生和研究生提供了一个与同行和更知名的女数学家互动的机会，在一个支持和学院的氛围中，这是一个独特的专业会议。IPC的主要目标之一是在导师和学员之间建立联系，并为寻求进入该领域但担心自己与传统数学家之间差异的年轻女性数学家提供榜样。IPC旨在让参与者意识到数学家和统计学家可以通过多种方式为整个社会做出宝贵贡献（数学的重要性），并为年轻女数学家建立网络和提供资源，鼓励和支持她们对这一职业的渴望。无限可能性会议提供了一个支持性的环境，在这个环境中，少数族裔女性数学家可以了解她们在数学科学领域的可能职业道路，旨在抵消任何寻求进入男性主导的科学领域（如数学）的人普遍存在的孤独感。与以往的ipcc一样，将有由知名数学家进行的全体研究报告，以及由较年轻数学家发表的简短研究报告和海报。这些演讲为各个层次和各个数学领域的新数学思想的传播提供了一个论坛，也为初级数学家在一个支持性的环境中获得关于他们的工作和展示方法的反馈提供了一种方式。会议上的讲习班和小组讨论将支持与会者在数学科学的教育和职业生涯中取得成功。这些课程将包括关于获得研究生院所需技能的资料；专业发展工具；关于数学职业选择的信息；以及对支持少数族裔和/或女性数学家的资源和组织的认识。在大会之前，将与数学生物科学研究所合作举办为期一天的生物统计学短期课程。见www.diversityinscience.org/infinite-possibilities-conference。

In March of 2015 the 5th Infinite Possibilities Conference (IPC) will be held at the Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, OR. This conference, which will be jointly sponsored by OSU and the non-profit organization Building Diversity in Science, is the only such national meeting to focus specifically on issues related to educating, encouraging and supporting minority women interested in mathematics and statistics. African-American, Hispanic/Latina, and Native American women have been historically underrepresented in mathematics. In 2012, less than 2% of the doctoral degrees in the mathematical sciences were awarded to American women from underrepresented minority groups. Responding to this issue, the conference provides students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels an opportunity to interact with peers and more established women mathematicians in a supportive and collegial atmosphere that is unique for a professional conference. One of the major goals of IPC is to establish connections between mentors and mentees and to provide role models for junior women mathematicians seeking to enter the field but concerned about the differences they see between themselves and traditional mathematicians. The IPC seeks to make participants aware of the many ways in which mathematicians and statisticians can make valuable contributions to society at large (the importance of mathematics) and to build networks and provide resources for junior women mathematicians to encourage and support their aspirations towards such a career.The Infinite Possibilities Conference provides a supportive environment in which minority women mathematicians can learn about the possible career paths available to them in the mathematical sciences and aims to counteract the pervasive sense of isolation that accompanies anyone seeking to enter a predominantly male scientific field such as mathematics. As in past IPCs, there will be plenary research talks by established mathematicians as well as shorter research presentations and posters presented by more junior mathematicians. These presentations provide a forum for dissemination of new mathematical ideas at all levels and in all areas of mathematics, as well as a way for junior mathematicians to receive feedback on their work and their method of presentation in a supportive environment. Workshops and panel discussions at the conference will support participants' success in navigating their education and careers in the mathematical sciences. Such sessions will include information on acquiring the necessary skills for graduate school; tools for professional development; information on career options in mathematics; and awareness of resources and organizations that are supportive of minority and/or women mathematicians. Prior to the general conference will be a one-day short course on biostatistics, organized in partnership with the Mathematical Biosciences Institute. See www.diversityinscience.org/infinite-possibilities-conference.