Hi everyone,
the following is about an interesting summer school-workshop at Iowa State
school.
Last summer, Maso was there, so ask him for details and his opinion.
My understanding is that it is a good opportunity.
R
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Robert Šámal
IÚUK MFF UK -- CSI of Charles University in Prague
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Subject: Second Announcement: GRWC 2018 - Application Deadline Approaching
Date: 2018-01-15 23:52
From: "Ferrara, Michael" <MICHAEL.FERRARA(a)UCDENVER.EDU>
To: "Combinatorics.Workshop(a)gmail.com" <Combinatorics.Workshop(a)gmail.com>
Dear Combinatorial Colleagues and GRWC Alums,
I am writing today with a second announcement for the Rocky Mountain
- Great Plains Graduate Workshop in Combinatorics (GRWC). This summer,
the 5th GRWC will be held from MAY 20 - JUNE 2 at IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY,
in Ames, IA. More information about the workshop can be found below,
and also on the GRWC website
www.combinatoricsworkshop.org [1]
Applications are now open, and the deadline for full consideration is
JANUARY 31, 2018. The application process is competitive, and we
encourage applicants to spend a bit of time on their application
statement, as this is an important part of the review process.
Our current NSF funding will support travel and local expenses for 20 or
more participants from U.S. institutions outside of the organizing
schools. Once again this year, generous funding from The Combinatorics
Foundation will also support a limited number of students and/or
postdocs from international universities.
If you would kindly forward this email and/or distribute the attached
flier to any graduate students or postdocs that may be interested, that
would be greatly appreciated.
Also, for those of you who will be attending the JMM this year, we have
organized a special session showcasing research from the 2016 and 2017
workshops. Held on Friday, January 12, the session will feature
research presentations by 11 graduate students and postdocs.
Many Thanks,
Mike Ferrara
University of Colorado Denver
On behalf of the GRWC organizing committee
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[2]MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRWC:
The primary goal of the workshop is to help students and postdocs
build a durable research network of peers from across the community that
will support their research activity and productivity into their
careers. Each summer, GRWC participants, including faculty from the
organizing universities, work collaboratively on open problems that are
proposed and presented by student participants. Thus far, research
groups from 2014 - 2017 have completed 24 papers, with a number more in
progress. Examples of problems presented at the GRWC can be found at
https://sites.google.com/view/grwc/problem-garden?authuser=0
The 2017 problem garden will be posted early in 2018.
While research collaborations are the central activity of the GRWC,
each workshop also includes mentoring from faculty and other forms of
professional development. In past years, these included panel
discussions with PhD mathematicians working in industry, and workshops
on preparing for the academic job hunt, selecting appropriate
publication venues, and other topics.
Links:
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[1] http://www.combinatoricsworkshop.org
[2] https://sites.google.com/site/rmgpgrwc/
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Dear all,
tomorrow, we will have Jakub Pekárek presenting paper
Approximate Counting, the Lovász Local Lemma and Inference in
Graphical Models by Ankur Moitra.
Happy new year!
R
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Robert Šámal
IÚUK MFF UK -- CSI of Charles University in Prague