Principal Investigator: Susan Szczepanski
The Co-PI's of this project will organize and host the next two occurences (eleventh and twelfth) of the Lehigh Geometry and Topology Conference. These three day conferences will be held on the campus of Lehigh University, in Bethlehem Pennsylvania in June, 2003 and June, 2004. The conferences will be international in scope with a combined emphasis on the areas of geometry and topology and will be designed to attract participants at all stages of careers from a large geographic area.
Prominent researchers will be invited to prepare lectures for the general audience on a range of topics highlighting significant recent research developments and their connections to the fields of geometry and topology as well as the applications of results in topology and geometry to other areas of mathematics and science. All attendees will be encouraged to present current research results and to participate in mathematical discourse. In particular, special effort will be undertaken to ensure that this conference will benefit individuals in the early stages of a career in mathematical research. Financial support will be provided to undergraduates, graduate students, recent PhD's and untenured assistant professors, and members of under-represented groups; the invited speakers will be expected to serve as their mentors by providing comment and suggesting additional problems for study.
