Topology Student Workshop

该奖项支持参加2018年6月4日至8日在佐治亚理工学院举行的拓扑学学生研讨会(TSW)。这是一个为期五天的研究和专业发展研讨会，面向几何群论、几何和拓扑学领域的研究生，旨在让他们接触到广泛的当前研究，并帮助他们建立沟通、网络和分享问题的技能。大约60名学生将参加，由10名导师指导，这些导师来自该领域内不同的职业阶段和研究背景。这次会议为下一代科学家提供了必要的培训，为与会者提供了许多工具，帮助他们在研究生院及以后的最高级别取得成功。研讨会的专业发展和研究方面是同步进行的，导师在这两个领域都提供指导。研讨会强调数学家的重要职业技能，这些技能通常在研究生院没有教授，包括人际关系和礼仪，工作和拨款申请过程，有效的沟通和研究技能，以及关于职业道路的小组讨论。该指南旨在特别有利于代表人数不足的群体的学生。在TSW上提出的数学主题将涵盖几何学和拓扑学的广泛范围，包括接触和辛拓扑、三流形、双曲几何、群作用和复杂动力学。研究讲座将示范良好的沟通，并将向正在开始研究生涯的学生介绍研究领域和相关问题。对于许多学生来说，TSW是他们第一次展示自己的成果的会议；研讨会旨在促进这种体验。例如，第一次职业发展会议介绍会议以及如何最好地从会议中获益。目标是在学生中建立信心和研究潜力。本文所述的技能对来自少数族裔群体的学生尤其有益，这一点从该计划前几次迭代中参与者的反应中可以看出。来自美国国家安全局、亚马逊、谷歌和私立高中等组织的数学家参加了关于职业道路的小组讨论。有效的沟通是一个主要主题：两个晚上的会议以小组形式专门讨论研讨会的陈述；最后的陈述被录制下来，并由与会者进行批评。会议的网站是http://tsw.gatech.edu.This奖，它反映了国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 supports participation in the Topology Students Workshop (TSW) held at the Georgia Institute of Technology during June 4-8, 2018. This is a five-day research and professional development workshop for graduate students in the fields of geometric group theory, geometry, and topology, designed to expose them to a wide range of current research, and to help build their communication, networking, and problem-sharing skills. Approximately sixty students will participate, guided by ten mentors, who come from a wide range of career stages and research backgrounds within this field. The conference provides essential training for the next generation of scientists, giving the participants many tools that will help them to succeed as scientists at the highest levels in graduate school and beyond. The professional development and research sides of the workshop run in tandem, with mentors giving guidance in both areas. The workshop emphasizes important career skills for mathematicians that are typically not taught in graduate school, including networking and etiquette, the job and grant application process, effective communication and research skills, and a panel discussion on career paths. The guidance is intended to be particularly beneficial to students from underrepresented groups. Mathematical topics presented at TSW will cover a broad range within geometry and topology, including contact and symplectic topology, three-manifolds, hyperbolic geometry, group actions, and complex dynamics. The research talks will model good communication and will also introduce research areas and relevant problems to students who are embarking on a research career. For many of the students, the TSW is the first conference at which they are presenting their own results; the workshop is designed to facilitate this experience. For instance, the first professional development session is an introduction to conferences and how best to benefit from them. The goal is to build confidence and research potential among students. The skills addressed here can be especially beneficial to students from minority groups, as indicated from responses from participants in previous iterations of the program. The panel discussion on career paths involves mathematicians from organizations such as NSA, Amazon, Google, and private high schools. Effective communication is a major theme: two evening sessions are devoted to workshop presentations in small groups; the final presentations are videotaped and critiqued by those in attendance. The web site for the conference is http://tsw.gatech.edu.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.