Conference in Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics

Wake Forest University, Winston Salem NC

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Abstract

This award will provide support for US participants, especially women, graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty, to attend the thirty-first and thirty-second international conferences in Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC), held at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia on July 1-5, 2019 and Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel on July 13-17, 2020. The most important annual conference series in algebraic combinatorics in the world, FPSAC offers young American researchers a unique opportunity to interact closely with top mathematicians from many countries. Each conference, which includes nine one-hour plenary lectures, thirty half-hour contributed talks, and forty posters, will attract over 200 participants from all over the world. A distinguishing characteristic of FPSAC conferences is the concerted effort to recognize and encourage outstanding young scientists. At least one plenary speaker is an "emerging star," and talented young researchers are well represented among the speakers selected for contributed talks. Another special feature of the FPSAC conferences is a continued tradition of inclusiveness. The conference seeks to draw substantial participation from underrepresented groups. Furthermore, English and French have been designated as official languages for FPSAC 2019 and 2020 to promote a diverse pool of participants. Attendance at this conference will be exceptionally valuable for graduate students and junior researchers. Somewhat interdisciplinary, the conferences link research in combinatorics to other topics in pure mathematics such as algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, representation theory, K-theory and symplectic geometry, and to topics in other sciences such as computer science, physics, and biology. More information can be found at http://fpsac2019.fmf.uni-lj.si/ and http://fpsac.org/confs/fpsac-2020/. 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.