KUMUNU 2015; Columbia, MO, October 24 - 25, 2015

KUMUNU 2015会议将于2015年10月24日至25日在密苏里-哥伦比亚大学举行。KUMUNU是由堪萨斯大学（KU）、密苏里大学（MU）和内布拉斯加大学（NU）主办的年度周末会议。它是由这三所大学的代数学者于1999年创立的，旨在促进交换代数及相关学科的教师、博士后和研究生之间的互动。这三个机构都在5小时的车程内，并且在适当的交通和住宿支持下，周末KUMUNU会议继续在该地区产生重大影响。KUMUNU会议有着悠久的传统，为研究机构和四年制大学的研究生、刚获得博士学位的学生和早期职业教师发挥重要的指导作用。KUMUNU每年为这些小组提供一个聚会的场所，让他们与堪萨斯大学、MU和NU的高级研究人员以及来自附近一些机构的两到三名高级研究人员一起聚会。会议还邀请了三名研究生，分别来自KU、MU和NU，介绍他们的研究论文。KUMUNU通过在非正式和友好的环境中为研究生提供充足的时间和机会进行当前研究的对话，从而刺激互动。2015年Kumunu将由Craig Huneke教授（弗吉尼亚）、Christel Rotthaus教授（密歇根州立大学）和Anurag Singh教授（犹他州）以及来自KU、MU和NU的三名教师进行演讲。除了来自堪萨斯大学、MU和NU以及堪萨斯州、密苏里州和内布拉斯加州的其他机构的教职员工和学生外，KUMUNU还吸引了来自邻近州的参与者，如科罗拉多州、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州、肯塔基州、密歇根州、俄克拉荷马州和北达科他州。主要目标之一是展示年轻教师的研究成果，通过经验丰富的研究人员的正式和非正式指导，帮助丰富交换代数和相关领域的新博士和研究生的研究项目。此外，库穆大学还加强这三个机构的现有力量。KUMUNU 2015将为数学家提供一个相互交流和建立研究联系的机会；特别是，参与者将与其他研究人员互动，听取和讨论该领域的最新发展及其与其他领域的关系。会议的主要影响将是传播交换代数和代数几何的最新思想，并刺激和丰富学生和早期职业参与者的研究事业。与会者将把会议上的想法带回给他们的同事和学生，从而刺激他们在本国机构的进一步研究和数学丰富。会议的规模相对较小，其地理和学科重点将特别有效地使与会者能够建立富有成效的合作关系。在会议上开始的鼓励和指导将对早期职业数学家的成功和专业发展做出重大贡献，无论是在研究机构还是主要在教学机构。NSF为本次会议提供的旅行和住宿支持是会议成功的关键因素。

The conference KUMUNU 2015 will be held at the University of Missouri-Columbia on October 24 and 25, 2015. KUMUNU is the annual weekend conference anchored by the University of Kansas (KU), University of Missouri (MU), and University of Nebraska (NU). It was founded by the algebraists in these three institutions in 1999 to promote interaction among faculty, post docs and graduate students in commutative algebra and related disciplines. The three institutions are within 5 hours driving distance and with modest travel and lodging support the weekend KUMUNU conferences continue to have significant regional impact. The KUMUNU conference has a strong tradition of playing an important mentoring role for graduate students, recent PhDs, and early career faculty in research institutions and four-year colleges. KUMUNU provides an annual venue for these groups to come together with senior researchers at KU, MU and NU along with two or three senior researchers from some institutions not so near. The conference also features talks by three graduate students, one each from KU, MU and NU who present their developing theses. KUMUNU stimulates interactions by having talks on current research accessible to graduate students with ample time and opportunity for interaction outside of talks in an informal and friendly setting. Kumunu 2015 will feature talks by Professors Craig Huneke(Virginia), Christel Rotthaus (Michigan State) and Anurag Singh (Utah) and three talks by faculty from KU, MU and NU. In addition to faculty and students from KU, MU and NU, and other institutions from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, KUMUNU draws participants from neighboring states such as Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Oklahoma, and North Dakota. One of the main goals is to showcase research of young faculty, helping enrich the research programs of recent PhDs and graduate students in commutative algebra and related fields by both formal and informal mentoring from experienced researchers. In addition, KUMUNU serves to enhance the existing strengths at these three institutions. The conference website is http://kumunu.missouri.eduThe KUMUNU 2015 will provide an opportunity for mathematicians to interact and establish research connections with each other; in particular, the participants will interact with other researchers and hear and discuss recent developments in the field and its relationships with other areas. The primary impacts of the conference will be its dissemination of recent ideas in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and stimulation and enrichment of the research careers of students and early career participants. Participants will take ideas from the conference back to their colleagues and students, stimulating further research and mathematical enrichment at their home institutions. The relatively small size of the meeting and its geographic and disciplinary focus will be particularly effective at enabling participants to establish productive collaborative relationships. Encouragement and mentoring that begins at the conference will significantly contribute to the success and professional development of early career mathematicians whether in research institutions or primarily teaching institutions. The travel and lodging support provided by NSF for this conference is a key element for the success of the conference.