Administratively Terminated Award
NSF Org:	DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences
Recipient:	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Initial Amendment Date:	August 16, 2023
Latest Amendment Date:	May 16, 2025
Award Number:	2332592
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	James Matthew Douglass mdouglas@nsf.gov  (703)292-2467 DMS  Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS  Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Start Date:	September 15, 2023
End Date:	April 18, 2025 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$20,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$20,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2023 = $20,000.00
History of Investigator:	Christine Berkesch (Principal Investigator) cberkesc@umn.edu Patricia Klein (Co-Principal Investigator) Juliette Bruce (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55414-3074 (612)624-5599
Sponsor Congressional District:	05
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 200 OAK ST SE # 16 MINNEAPOLIS MN  US  55455-2009
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	05
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	KABJZBBJ4B54
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	ALGEBRA,NUMBER THEORY,AND COM
Primary Program Source:	01002324DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01002223DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	7556
Program Element Code(s):	126400
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.049

ABSTRACT

This award supports participation in a workshop ?Gender Equity in the Mathematical Study (GEMS) of Commutative Algebra? that will take place at the University of Minnesota, November 10-12, 2023. It will focus on forming a community of women and non-binary mathematicians interested in commutative algebra but will be open to people of all genders. The workshop is primarily aimed at graduate students in their first through third years of a Ph.D. program. It will include presentations from a diverse group of prominent researchers, active group work, opportunities for participants to present their own research, and community building activities. The goals of the workshop are to (a) introduce participants to cutting edge research topics in commutative algebra and surrounding fields, (b) facilitate the formation of mentoring relationships, (c) strengthen the network of women and non-binary mathematicians in commutative algebra and surrounding fields, and (d) develop collaborative relationships that cut across subdisciplines and involve diverse groups of researchers. This meeting will give young women and non-binary commutative algebraists access to the mentoring it is well understood is essential for retention in STEM fields. It will also provide them with role models to help them see themselves as professional mathematicians and build their sense of belonging to the mathematical community.

This workshop will introduce graduate student participants to contemporary and exciting research in commutative algebra. The workshop will have three 50-minute plenary lectures given by faculty, three 20-minute talks given by senior graduate students, and a poster session for all participants to share their own research. The talks will highlight not only pure commutative algebra but will also highlight interactions between commutative algebra and adjacent fields, such as algebraic geometry, combinatorics, and even neural network modeling. In order to help participants better understand the techniques and methods presented in the plenary talks, there will be problem sessions for active work. These activities will promote the growth of mathematically collaborative relationships among participants and will build their mathematical skills. More information about this conference can be found at https://sites.google.com/tamu.edu/gems-of-ca-2023/home

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.

PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT

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On November 10-12, 2023, the workshop GEMS in Commutative Algebra was held at the University of Minnesota. This meeting had the goal of building community amongst graduate students in this research area while they learned about new specific research topics from prominent researchers.

The plenary speakers were Rebecca R.G. (George Mason), Anna Weigandt (Minnesota), and Francesca Gandini (St. Olaf), who also ran problem sessions related to their lectures. R.G. spoke on neural ideals, objects introduced by Curto, Itskov, et al in 2013 to study the firing patterns of a set of neurons (called a neural code), turning problems in neuroscience and coding theory into algebraic questions. Weigandt discussed the degrees of determinantal varieties, exploring combinatorial and algebraic connections via Gröbner theory. Gandini presented on the subject of invariant theory, a branch of abstract algebra where we study invariant polynomials that are fixed under some prescribed change of variables or linear group action.

There were also three featured graduate student speakers, Karina Cho (Stony Brook), Sasha Pevzner (Minnesota), and Sandra Rondríguez Villalobos (Utah), who covered the topics of defining ideals through cones, the symmetric group of fixed quotients of polynomial rings, and redefining Frobenius maps: F-thresholds. Finally, the conference also included lightning talks by other graduate student participants on its scientific program. 

 

Last Modified: 04/05/2025
Modified by: Christine Berkesch

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