Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposium (USTARS)

该奖项将支持230名参与者参加2018年4月6日至8日在里德学院、2019年4月在爱荷华州立大学和2020年4月在爱荷华州立大学举行的拓扑学和代数研究研讨会(USTARS)中代表人数不足的三名学生的旅行。研讨会的目标是突出由未被充分代表的学生在代数和拓扑学领域进行的研究。演讲者将进行30分钟的平行研究演讲，研究生将至少做四分之三的演讲。演讲的主题将涉及代数和拓扑学。两名杰出的研究生和一名特邀教职员工将被要求进行一小时的演讲，并计划举办一场以特邀本科生为特色的海报会议。在这个独特的会议上，与会者可以接触到他们研究领域和其他领域的各种最新研究、想法和结果。参与者还有机会与来自代表性不足群体的学生和教职员工见面并建立联系。USTARS通过鼓励妇女和少数族裔参加并发表演讲来促进数学科学的多样性，USTARS向所有参与者提供来自代表性不足群体的数学家的研究和活动，鼓励一个更具协作性的数学社区。更多细节和申请可在会议网站www.ustars.org上获得。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support participant travel for two-hundred and thirty participants to attend three Underrepresented Students in Topology and Algebra Research Symposia (USTARS) to be held April 6-8, 2018 at Reed College, in April 2019 at Iowa State University, and in April 2020 at the University of Iowa. The goal of the symposia is to highlight research being conducted by underrepresented students in the areas of algebra and topology. Speakers will give 30-minute parallel research talks and graduate students will give at least three-quarters of these presentations. The topics of the presentations will span algebra and topology. Two distinguished graduate students and one invited faculty member will be asked to give one-hour presentations, and a poster session featuring invited undergraduates is also planned. At this unique meeting, participants are exposed to a variety of current research, ideas, and results in their areas of study and beyond. Participants are also given the opportunity to meet and network with students and faculty members from underrepresented groups. USTARS promotes diversity in the mathematical sciences by encouraging women and minorities to attend and give talks, and USTARS exposes all participants to the research and activities of mathematicians from underrepresented groups, encouraging a more collaborative mathematics community. Further details and an application are available at the conference website: www.ustars.org.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.