Dear colleagues, dear students,

        This is our second announcement of the seventh

YOUNG MATHEMATICIANS CONFERENCE

      at the           The Ohio State University
      during           August 27th -  29th, 2010  （Fri-Sun）

APPLICATIONS:

      >>>Applications for participation and support are now OPEN<<<

      In order to apply please follow the links（click "Apply" from menu）and instructions on the conference web site at http://www.ymc.osu.edu/2010

      Please carefully read our information on joint presentations, abstracts, and reimbursements. The deadline for applications is

Monday   August  2nd   4:00pm EST

YMC 2010

      YMC is an annual undergraduate research conference in mathematics, which attracts applications and participants from all over the country every year（160 students applied in 2009）. For activities in past years see http://www.ymc.osu.edu

      Undergraduate students involved in REUs and similar programs as well as accompanying mentors are invited to submit applications. As in previous years a panel of several faculty will evaluate submitted research abstracts. About 70 student applicants will be selected for participation based on these reviews.

      Those invited will present their research in talks or with posters, and will have the travel（<$600）, lodging, as well as meals covered. Invited mentors can apply for partial support depending on each case.

      We expect most decisions on invitations and support to be completed around August 7th. Invitee will need to make travel arrangements and submit a confirmation immediately after the invitation.

PROGRAM

      Highlights of this year's conference, besides the student presentations, include three distinguished plenary lectures by

             Colin Adams      （Williams College）
             Bryna Kra          （Northwestern University）
             Lauren Williams （UC Berkeley）

      We will also continue our "Graduate School Orientation" this year with representatives from various different US graduate programs in mathematics.

      Thus far we have representatives from Arizona State, CUNY Grad Center, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, NC State, Ohio State and hopefully several more who will participate in  the graduate panel discussion and will be available during social events.

PLEASE ADVERTISE

      We ask you to advertise this conference to your students as well as any colleagues of yours who are involved in undergraduate research. You can download a poster of this year's conference in PDF format at http://www.ymc.osu.edu/2010/img/ymc_poster.pdf

      Please let us know if we should send you another poster and help us advertise our conference.

JUDGES

      If you are interested in judging submitted abstracts please contact me. This is an excellent opportunity to gain insight in what is done in undergraduate research around the country. Requirements are a PhD in math, preferably a faculty positions, and some time and internet access in the days following the above deadline.
      For any questions and comments please contact us at ymc@math.osu.edu

      The conference is funded under NSF Grant DMS-0841054（2009-2011）and is supported with additional resources by the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University.

Sincerely,
Thomas Kerler
YMC Organizer 2003-2010
Assoc Professor of Mathematics
Vice-Chair for Graduate Studies
Department of Mathematics
The Ohio State University

on behalf of the YMC 2009 Advisory Board

Ruth Charney
Robert Devaney
Dennis DeTurck
Aparna Higgins
Joan Hutchinson
Donal O'Shea
Alayne Parson
David Terman
Kim Whittlesey