Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium

拓扑与代数研究中未被充分代表的学生研讨会（USTARS 2017）将于2017年3月31日至4月2日在马萨诸塞州阿默斯特的阿默斯特学院举行。研讨会将强调在代数和拓扑学领域中代表性不足的学生正在进行的研究。大多数演讲者将在平行会议上进行30分钟的研究演讲。研究生将做至少四分之三的报告。两名杰出的研究生和一名特邀教师将被选中进行一小时的演讲。此外，还计划举办邀请本科生参加的海报会议、小组讨论和专业发展会议。USTARS让参与者接触到代表性不足的数学家的研究和活动，鼓励建立一个更具协作性的数学社区。参与者也有机会与学生和教师见面并建立联系，这些学生和教师后来将成为合作者和同事。在这个独特的会议上，与会者将接触到他们研究领域内外的各种最新研究、想法和结果。报告的主题将在代数和拓扑学的广泛领域内变化。平行课程将集中于组合学，数论，交换代数，代数几何，结合代数，非结合环和代数，群论和推广，拓扑群和李群，一般拓扑，代数拓扑，流形和细胞复合体。更多细节可在会议网站http://www.ustars.org上找到。

The Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS 2017) will take place March 31-April 2, 2017 at Amherst College, in Amherst, Massachusetts. The symposium will highlight research being conducted by underrepresented students in the areas of algebra and topology. Most speakers will give thirty-minute research talks in parallel sessions. Graduate students will give at least three-quarters of these presentations. Two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty member will be chosen to give one-hour presentations. A poster session featuring invited undergraduates, a panel discussion, and a professional development session are also planned. USTARS exposes participants to the research and activities of underrepresented mathematicians, encouraging a more collaborative mathematics community. Participants are also given the opportunity to meet and network with students and faculty members who will later become collaborators and colleagues.At this unique meeting, attendees are exposed to a great variety of current research, ideas, and results in their areas of study and beyond. The topics of the presentations will vary over a wide range of areas in algebra and topology. There will be parallel sessions focused on combinatorics, number theory, commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, associative algebras, nonassociative rings and algebras, group theory and generalizations, topological groups and Lie groups, general topology, algebraic topology, and manifolds and cell complexes. Further details may be found on the conference website at http://www.ustars.org.