US-Africa Collaborative Research Network in Mathematical Sciences

美非数学科学合作研究网络

基本信息

批准号：
2015425
负责人：
Overtoun Jenda
金额：
$ 25万
依托单位：
Auburn University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-07-15 至 2024-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2015425&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
US Africa Collaborative Research Network

项目摘要

This NSF award provides support for a US-Africa Collaborative Research Network (CRN) with the primary goal to improve the human infrastructure in mathematical sciences in both the US and Sub-Saharan Africa, especially among underrepresented groups. It builds on the successful Masamu Program, developed by the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association (SAMSA) with the assistance of the National Science Foundation in 2010 to enhance research in mathematical sciences and related areas through promotion of international research collaboration. The CRN consists of 82 research mathematicians (43 Sub-Saharan Africa, 29 US, and remaining 10 from Canada, China, and Europe) from 46 colleges and universities and research laboratories/centers/institutes, forming 3 research groups in Pure Mathematics and 4 research groups in Applied Mathematics. Each research group is subdivided into research teams consisting of senior research mathematicians, early career faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers. Each research team includes both US and African participants. African researchers work on research areas that overlap with American research areas, but interestingly use different techniques and address different questions. This award therefore provides an opportunity for CRN to broaden the spectrum of questions to be studied and of methods/approaches for answering these questions, resulting in increased research activity and productivity for participating US researchers. Solutions to the research questions being studied by these teams have important applications in pure and applied mathematics, industry, government, and in society in general. In particular, solutions to these mathematics questions have applications in national security, network coverage, surveillance, transportation, finance, and statistics. Solutions to these questions also advance understanding of the spread of diseases and biodiversity, which have important policy implications as demonstrated by the COVID-19 crisis. The study of tumor growth, cell motility, and DNA structure have significant medical applications, and mathematical models involving climate data will provide accurate predictions of the impacts of climate change on future human and animal behavior and their interactions. The CRN forms 3 research groups in Pure Mathematics (Algebra and Geometry; Analysis and Topology; and Discrete Mathematics (Graph Theory, Coding Theory, and Information Theory)) and 4 research groups in Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Biology and Biomathematics; Climate Change and Impacts; Mathematics of Finance and Statistics; and Biostatistics and Data Science). A key component of the Masamu Program is the Masamu Advanced Study Institute (MASI) and Workshop Series in mathematical sciences and related areas, which provides a platform for these collaborations. SAMSA holds a 4-day international research conference during Thanksgiving week each year, and Masamu Program runs a 10-day MASI that overlaps with the conference period. US-Africa CRN members thus take advantage of this gathering and participate in the SAMSA conference, MASI, and workshops to meet face-to-face, work on research problems, plan research activities for the subsequent year, and present their research findings at the conference. This NSF award provides support for US faculty, students, and postdocs to attend MASI each year. This enables the network to produce high quality new PhDs in the US and Sub-Saharan Africa, high quality joint research publications, and long-term US-Africa research partnerships consisting of researchers from diverse backgrounds. This will have long-lasting impacts on research collaboration and human infrastructure in the US and Sub-Saharan Africa in mathematical sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该NSF奖为美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的数学科学中的人类基础设施，尤其是在代表性不足的群体中改善人类基础架构的主要目标，以改善人类基础设施的主要目标。它基于由南部非洲数学科学协会（SAMSA）在2010年国家科学基金会的协助下开发的成功MASAMU计划，以通过促进国际研究合作来增强数学科学和相关领域的研究。 CRN由来自46位大学，中国和欧洲的82位研究数学家（43名撒哈拉以南非洲，29次美国）组成，剩下的10名来自46所学院，大学以及研究实验室/中心/机构，在纯数学中组成3个研究小组，4个研究小组和4个应用数学研究小组。每个研究小组都细分为包括高级研究数学家，早期职业教师，学生和博士后研究人员组成的研究团队。每个研究团队都包括美国和非洲参与者。非洲研究人员在与美国研究领域重叠的研究领域工作，但有趣的是使用不同的技术并解决了不同的问题。因此，该奖项为CRN提供了一个机会，可以扩大要研究这些问题的方法/方法/方法，从而增加了研究活动和参与美国研究人员的生产力。这些团队正在研究的研究问题的解决方案在纯数学，行业，政府和整个社会中都有重要的应用。特别是，这些数学问题的解决方案在国家安全，网络覆盖，监视，运输，财务和统计中都有应用。这些问题的解决方案还提高了人们对疾病和生物多样性的传播的理解，这些疾病和生物多样性具有重要的政策影响，如COVID-19危机所证明的那样。对肿瘤生长，细胞运动性和DNA结构的研究具有重要的医学应用，涉及气候数据的数学模型将对气候变化对未来人类和动物行为的影响进行准确的预测。 CRN在纯数学（代数和几何学；分析和拓扑；以及离散的数学（图理论，编码理论和信息理论））和4个应用数学研究小组（数学生物学和生物学变化；气候变化;气候变化和影响；财务和统计学的数学；以及生物学学和数据学科学）中。 MASAMU计划的一个关键组成部分是Masamu高级研究所（MASI）和数学科学和相关领域的研讨会系列，该系列为这些合作提供了一个平台。 SAMSA每年在感恩节期间举行了为期4天的国际研究会议，Masamu计划运行了为期10天的MASI，与会议期重叠。因此，美国 - 非洲CRN成员会利用这次聚会，并参加SAMSA会议，MASI和研讨会，以面对面面对面，研究研究问题，计划下一年的研究活动，并在会议上介绍他们的研究结果。该NSF奖为美国教职员工，学生和博士后每年提供支持。这使网络能够在美国和撒哈拉以南非洲生产高质量的新博士学位，高质量的联合研究出版物以及由来自不同背景的研究人员组成的长期美国非洲研究合作伙伴关系。这将对美国和撒哈拉以南非洲的研究合作和人类基础设施产生长期影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来通过评估来获得支持。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（21）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Capturing spatiotemporal dynamics of Alaskan groundfish catch using signed-rank estimation for varying coefficient models

使用不同系数模型的符号秩估计捕获阿拉斯加底鱼捕捞量的时空动态

DOI：
10.1080/02664763.2021.1889996
发表时间：
2021
期刊：
Journal of Applied Statistics
影响因子：
1.5
作者：
Correia, H. E.;Abebe, A.
通讯作者：
Abebe, A.

Mapping Evidence on the Burden of Breast, Cervical, and Prostate Cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review.

DOI：
10.3389/fpubh.2022.908302
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
影响因子：
5.2
作者：
Musekiwa, Alfred;Moyo, Maureen;Mohammed, Mohanad;Matsena-Zingoni, Zvifadzo;Twabi, Halima Sumayya;Batidzirai, Jesca Mercy;Singini, Geoffrey Chiyuzga;Kgarosi, Kabelo;Mchunu, Nobuhle;Nevhungoni, Portia;Silinda, Patricia;Ekwomadu, Theodora;Maposa, Innocent
通讯作者：
Maposa, Innocent

Achieving metric dimension one by weighting the edges of a connected network

通过对连接网络的边进行加权来实现度量维度一