Algebraic Combinatorics Virtual Expedition, Online Conference, 2021

代数组合学虚拟探险（AlCoVE）是一个为期两天的会议，数学家研究代数和组合学之间的相互作用及其在数学和科学其他领域的应用。 在2019冠状病毒病大流行开始时，AlCoVE的推出是为了将代数和组合学社区聚集在虚拟环境中。 我们的目标是尽可能多地重现面对面会议的有益方面，包括会议通常提供的指导和网络优势。 2020年的会议吸引了来自世界各地的数百名参与者，我们现在继续将AlCoVE作为年度在线会议，通过NSF资助的技术改进我们的虚拟社交活动。 AlCoVE致力于成为一个包容性的全球会议，促进该领域的合作和进步，同时增加可访问性并帮助减少数学研究的碳足迹。AlCoVE 2021将于6月14日至15日举行，将以代数组合学及其应用的广泛主题为特色。 这些主题包括枚举、格和偏序集、生成函数和q-级数、对称函数理论、计算代数几何、多面体和Ehrhart理论、组合优化和拓扑组合学。 还将举办海报会议，供年轻研究人员分享他们的工作，并举办动态社交活动，以促进网络、协作和社交活动。会议的网站是http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~opecheni/alcove.htmThis奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The Algebraic Combinatorics Virtual Expedition (AlCoVE) is a two-day conference for mathematicians studying the interplay between algebra and combinatorics and their applications to other areas of mathematics and science. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, AlCoVE was launched as a way to bring together the algebra and combinatorics communities in a virtual setting. We aimed to re-create as many of the beneficial aspects of in-person conferences as possible, including the mentoring and networking benefits that conferences usually provide. The 2020 conference drew hundreds of participants from all around the world, and we are now continuing to run AlCoVE as an annual online conference, improving our virtual social events through technology funded by the NSF. AlCoVE strives to be an inclusive, global conference that promotes collaboration and progress in this field, while simultaneously increasing accessibility and helping to reduce the carbon footprint of mathematics research.AlCoVE 2021, to be held on June 14-15, will feature presentations on a wide array of topics in algebraic combinatorics and its applications. These topics include enumeration, lattices and posets, generating functions and q-series, symmetric function theory, computational algebraic geometry, polytopes and Ehrhart theory, combinatorial optimization, and topological combinatorics. There will be a poster session for younger researchers to share their work as well, and dynamic social events to foster networking, collaboration, and social events. The website for the conference is http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~opecheni/alcove.htmThis 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.