Under the terms of this grant (NSF-DMS-1004827) the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) will administer a travel award program for approximately 100 mathematical and computational scientists, particularly early career faculty and graduate students to attend the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011), to be held on July 18-22, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The ICIAM congresses are held every four years and are the primary worldwide forum for presentation of advances in the mathematical and computational sciences and their applications to science and technology.
Travel awards are especially important for early career researchers and graduate students who may otherwise have difficulty in marshalling sufficient funds. Without travel support, they would be likely to take advantage of this less opportunity for direct interaction and networking on an international scale. This support will help U.S. mathematical and computational scientists keep pace with the advances in applications to technology and science being developed throughout the world. The award process will acknowledge of the importance of diversity, encourage women and minorities to apply, and give priority to qualified applicants. The travel awards will cover air transportation, lodging costs, and registration costs for participants (up to an amount of $1000). They will be awarded to individuals who are affiliated with U.S. institutions consistent with the rules and procedures of the National Science Foundation.
PI: James Crowley Awardee: Society For Industrial and Applied Math (SIAM) Award Number: NSF-DMS 1004827 The goal of this project was to make it possible for graduate students and early career professionals to travel to the Seventh International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on July 18-22, 2011 (ICIAM11). ICIAM is the major quadrennial meeting in applied mathematics. It showcases the latest research in applied and computational mathematics, and is important for the advancement of these disciplines in the United States. Thus it is important for students and early career professionals from U.S. institutions be given the opportunity to present their work and interact with researchers in the wider international community. ICIAM11 featured a very successful technical program and was well attended by the international community of researchers. The program featured 27 invited presentations from key researchers in applied mathematics, computational science and their applications in government and industry. Seven of these researchers were from the United States. The scientific program committee chose 17 key themes of current importance to research and to science, and invited leading scientists to organize technical sessions relevant to these themes. The program also included outreach activities and a wide choice of events that encouraged networking among the attendees. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) established a website for travel applications to ICIAM11. We encouraged graduate students, women and underrepresented minorities to apply. We received 246 applicants from across the U.S., including 116 graduate students, 103 post-doctoral and early career researches and 27 senior researchers. SIAM formed a committee of senior researchers from academia, government and industry to evaluate the applicants. The committee placed emphasis on the quality of the applicants and strove to achieve diversity in making the awards. Under this grant, SIAM funded travel for 100 researchers. The overall acceptance rate was 41%. Student applicants were funded at the rate 43% and post-doctoral/early career applicants at 48%. The award rate for women applicants was 52% and 65% for minority applicants. It is worth noting the high quality of the student awardees; 71% of the awardees were invited to present in a symposium session. Travel awards were provided to applicants from 59 Universities from 26 states.
