Contact
To contact the organizers, email
reboot (dot) numbertheory ((at)) gmail (dot) com
Guest Speakers
Loredana Lanzani, Professor of Mathematics at Syracuse
University
Program officer in Analysis at NSF, 2011 - 2013
Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Research
President of AWM (remote speaker)
Charles Toll, NSA
Director of Mathematical Sciences Program, NSA
PROGRAM
Re:boot is a four day intensive "boot camp" for women in number
theory that will take place at Duke University during March
17-20, 2016. We anticipate welcoming about two dozen researchers
to this program. Our days at this unusual event will be focused
on developing detailed long-term research trajectories. Our
activities will not include standard research talks, but will
instead be organized around (a) focused discussions on current
developments in areas of number theory; (b) time periods spent on
specific writing "assignments" meant to help solidify research
plans; (c) vertically integrated mentoring; (d) Q&A sessions with
mathematicians who have participated in grant writing and grant
evaluation; (e) opportunities to get feedback from peers and
to gain new mentors.
We will have three guest speakers: Loredana Lanzani, Professor of Mathematics at Syracuse University, who was a Program Director in Analysis for the NSF in 2011-2013; Kristin Lauter (Microsoft Research), currently president of AWM; and Charles Toll, Director of the Mathematical Sciences Program at the NSA.
Come and join us to reinvigorate your research program, gain some
focused time thinking about your plans for future research, and
possibly even start a new collaboration!
Travel and accommodation
We will provide travel and accommodation funding for all participants.
Exceptional funding
We have the possibility of providing a supplement to assist with
childcare costs and child travel costs for participants who will travel with a dependent child.
Commitment to apply for grants
All participants in
Re:boot Number Theory will commit to submitting a grant proposal to
at least one of the following:
NSF individual grants (Algebra & Number Theory, deadline in October 2016)
NSF CAREER grants (deadline in July 2016)
NSA-MSP Young Investigator Grant (deadline in October 2016)
NSA-MSP Standard Grant (deadline in October 2016, if available)
We anticipate that participants will feel well prepared to submit
these grants after attending Re:boot 2016. Re:boot is intended to be
helpful both for mathematician who have never written a grant
proposal before and for mathematicians who already know what
they're in for. Grant writing takes a lot of time, and we have
scheduled Re:boot to allow everyone to get a headstart, both for
CAREER grants and standard grants. In particular we expect
that all particiants at Re:boot will find at least one peer to
provide continuing feedback on draft grants in the months between Re:boot
and the grant deadline.
Participants
Shabnam Akhtari (University of Oregon)
Alejandra Alvarado (Eastern Illinois University)
Jennifer Balakrishnan (University of Oxford)
Efrat Bank (University of Michigan)
Rachel Davis (Purdue University)
Amy DeCelles (University of St. Thomas)
Jenny Fuselier (High Point University)
Eva Goedhart (Smith College)
Anna Haensch (Duquesne University)
Pamela Harris (United States Military Academy)
Piper Harron (The Liberated Mathematician)
Beth Malmskog (Villanova University)
Michelle Manes (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Adriana Salerno (Bates College)
Katherine Stange (University of Colorado Boulder)
Holly Swisher (Oregon State University)
Naomi Tanabe (Dartmouth College)
Lola Thompson (Oberlin College)
Bianca Thompson (Smith College)
Kate Thompson (Davidson College)
Amanda Tucker (University of Rochester)
Christelle Vincent (University of Vermont)
Ursula Whitcher (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire)
