Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium

该奖项支持参加第四届中西部女性数学研讨会（WIMS），于2016年4月2日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校举行。研讨会旨在：(1)表彰和倡导中西部地区女数学家的集体成就；(2)促进合作、网络和师徒关系。会议建立在以前的专题讨论会的成功，建立WIMS作为一个年度活动轮流在高校在中西部地区。研讨会将吸引中西部处于职业生涯各个阶段的女数学家；预计将吸引约100名参与者，特别是研究生、早期职业研究人员和小型机构的教师，他们获得的资源有限，无法参加会议。研讨会将有两场由杰出的资深研究人员进行的全体演讲和八场由有前途的初级研究人员进行的简短演讲。演讲者的选择反映了中西部地区机构的多样性。他们将共同讨论广泛的前沿研究。讲座将伴随着开放式问题会议，参与者将以小组形式讨论特定领域的问题并发展新的合作。学生和最近的博士们将通过制作海报来为研讨会的智力活动做出贡献。本次研讨会由美国国家科学基金会数学科学部的八个项目共同资助：代数与数论、分析、应用数学、基础设施、数学生物学、拓扑与几何分析、基础和概率论。有关会议的更多信息可在http://www.math.illinois.edu/wims/上找到。

This award supports participation in the fourth Midwest Women in Mathematics Symposium (WIMS), held April 2, 2016 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The symposium aims to: (1) recognize and advocate collective achievements by female mathematicians in the Midwest, and (2) stimulate collaborations, networking, and mentoring relations. The meeting builds upon the success of previous symposia to establish the WIMS as an annual event rotating among colleges and universities in the Midwest. The symposium will attract female mathematicians in the Midwest at all stages of their careers; it is expected to draw about 100 participants, in particular, graduate students, early-career researchers, and faculty at small institutions who have limited access to resources enabling them to attend conferences. The symposium will feature two plenary lectures by distinguished senior researchers and eight shorter ones by promising junior researchers. The speakers are chosen to reflect the variety of institutions in the Midwest. Collectively, they will discuss a broad spectrum of cutting edge research. Lectures will be accompanied by open problem sessions, where the participants will work in small groups to discuss field-specific problems and develop new collaborations. Students and recent PhDs will contribute to the intellectual activity of the symposium by making poster presentations. This workshop is jointly funded by eight programs within the NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences: Algebra & Number Theory, Analysis, Applied Math, Infrastructure, Mathematical Biology, Topology & Geometric Analysis, Foundations, and Probability. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.math.illinois.edu/wims/.