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DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences |
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Initial Amendment Date: | November 8, 2019 |
Latest Amendment Date: | November 8, 2019 |
Award Number: | 1953775 |
Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
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Swatee Naik
snaik@nsf.gov (703)292-4876 DMS Division Of Mathematical Sciences MPS Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
Start Date: | January 1, 2020 |
End Date: | December 31, 2022 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $24,999.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $24,999.00 |
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1125 W MAPLE ST STE 316 FAYETTEVILLE AR US 72701-3124 (479)575-3845 |
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AR US 72701-1202 |
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NSF Program(s): | TOPOLOGY |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.049 |
ABSTRACT
This award provides funding for the 2020 Spring and Fall Redbud Geometry/Topology Conferences, the first of which is to be held March 6-8, 2020 at the University of Arkansas. These conferences are part of an ongoing series of conferences held at universities in Arkansas and Oklahoma, intended to increase interaction and collaboration among early career and established mathematicians in the area. The Spring meeting will feature talks by prominent speakers from across North America, as well as a graduate student workshop. The Fall meeting will take place at the University of Oklahoma, and it will predominantly consist of talks by early-career mathematicians from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and surrounding states.
Many problems in three-manifold topology are algorithmic in nature. There have been many developments recently, both in producing efficient algorithms and lower bounds on complexity. The 2020 Spring Redbud Geometry/Topology Conference will focus on algorithmic and effective questions in three-manifold topology. It will bring together leading researchers to discuss these developments. The invited speakers are: Ian Agol (University of California, Berkeley), Nathan Dunfield (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), David Futer (Temple University), Susan Hermiller (University of Nebraska), Greg Kuperberg (University of California, Davis), Marc Lackenby (Oxford University), Eric Samperton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Eric Sedgwick (DePaul University), Jennifer Schultens (University of California, Davis), Anastasiia Tsvietkova (Temple University), William Worden (Rice University). The conference begins with a workshop designed to enhance the experience of graduate students and junior researchers. The workshop will feature expository talks by Dunfield, Futer, Tsvietkova. More information is available at the conference website: https://mattclay.hosted.uark.edu/Redbud/
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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The Redbud Topology Conference is a regional conference in topology and related areas, with participants from the University of Arkansas, the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and elsewhere. The conference series started in Fall 2011 and has been held in-person twice a year (Spring and Fall) since its beginning with the exception of Fall 2020 ? Spring 2022 when meetings were held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. The location of the conferences rotates between the three universities. The Fall meeting is a small event, typically only consisting of participants from the three universities. It serves as a great opportunity for graduate students and recent PhD recipients to share their research and interact with the regional topology community. The Spring meeting is a larger event that has a specific focus which is choosen by the local organizers. Speakers are invited from universities across the United States and from international universities as well. This event brings experts in a similar field together to interact with the regional topology community.
The funds from the grant were used to pay for participant travel expenses for both the 2020 Spring Redbud Topology Conference (March 6-8, 2020) and the 2022 Fall Redbud Topology Conference (October 22, 2022).
The focus of the 2020 Spring Redbud Topology Conference was algorithmic and effective questions in 3-manifold topology. This conference was held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. There were 74 participants at the conference (17 postdocs, 33 students) of which 36 received travel assistance from the grant. The conference consisted of 10 research talks, 3 educational talks aimed at graduate students, and 11 ?lightning talks.? The latter are 5 minutes long and provide a venue for students and junior researchers to share their work in front of a large audience. A list of the speakers, their talk titles and abstracts can be found on the conference webpage:
2020 Spring Redbud Topology Conference: https://mattclay.hosted.uark.edu/Redbud/spring2020.html
The 2022 Fall Topology Conference was held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was the first time the meeting took place in-person since Spring 2020. This event featured 6 talks from researchers located at the three universities, two talks from each university. There were 27 participants at the conference (2 postdocs, 13 students) of which 13 received travel assistance from the grant. A list of the speakers, their talk titles and abstracts can be found on the conference webpage:
2022 Fall Redbud Topology Conference: https://mattclay.hosted.uark.edu/Redbud/fall2022.html
Last Modified: 01/31/2023
Modified by: Matt Clay
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