Finger Lakes Probability Seminar

该奖项将用于组织将于2016年4月22日和23日在康奈尔大学举行的手指湖概率研讨会。纽约州的手指湖区是锡拉丘兹大学、罗切斯特大学和康奈尔大学的所在地，也是其他一些一流研究机构的中心，在概率论和相关领域有着悠久的优秀奖学金传统。过去，卡尤加三角概率研讨会等会议促进了这些机构研究人员之间的合作关系，康奈尔概率暑期学校等活动帮助该地区成为概率研究和教育的国际中心。拟议的研讨会将建立在这些过去的努力的成功，并帮助振兴手指湖区的概率。除了将来自不同研究领域的研究人员聚集在一起分享见解并启动新的研究项目外，研讨会还将通过教育学生和年轻研究人员为科学，金融和其他行业的职业生涯做准备而产生更广泛的影响。概率是各种应用中最广泛使用的数学工具之一，至关重要的是，年轻一代必须掌握正确运用科学的技能和知识，并继续提高我们对如何严格处理自然科学和社会科学所面临的不确定性的理解。手指湖概率研讨会将使来自各种背景的学生接触到概率思维方式和该领域的前沿发展，并将有助于将下一代研究人员融入更广泛的概率社区。 会议将集中在概率领域内的几个不同的子主题，包括可积概率，随机矩阵理论，大偏差，Schramm-Loewner演化，随机偏微分方程，自旋玻璃，渗滤和马尔可夫链混合，以及概率方法在其他学科中的应用，如生物学，经济学，统计学和计算机科学。 欲了解更多信息，请访问会议网站http://www.math.cornell.edu/~flprob/。

This award will be used to organize a Finger Lakes Probability Seminar to be held at Cornell University on April 22nd and 23rd of 2016. Home to Syracuse University, the University of Rochester, and Cornell University, and centrally located amongst a number of other premier research institutions, the Finger Lakes region of New York State has a long tradition of outstanding scholarship in probability theory and related fields. In the past, conferences such as the Cayuga Triangle Probability Seminar fostered collaborative relationships between researchers at these institutions, and events like the Cornell Probability Summer Schools helped establish the region as an international center of research and education in probability. The proposed seminar will build on the successes of these past endeavors and help revitalize probability in the Finger Lakes region. In addition to bringing together researchers from diverse areas of study to share insights and initiate new research projects, the seminar will have a broader impact by educating students and young researchers in preparation for careers in science, finance, and other industries.Probability is one of the most widely used mathematical tools in applications of all sorts, and it is of paramount importance that the younger generations have the skills and knowledge to employ it correctly and to continue increasing our understanding of how to deal rigorously with the uncertainties faced in the natural and social sciences. The Finger Lakes Probability Seminar will expose students from a wide variety of backgrounds to the probabilistic way of thinking and to cutting edge developments in the field, and will help integrate the next generation of researchers into the broader probability community. The conference will focus on several different sub-topics within the field of probability, including Integrable Probability, Random Matrix Theory, Large Deviations, Schramm-Loewner Evolution, Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Spin Glasses, Percolation, and Markov chain Mixing, as well as the application of probabilistic methods to other disciplines such as biology, economics, statistics, and computer science. For more information, please see the conference website at http://www.math.cornell.edu/~flprob/.