DMS Focused Research Group (FRG) Awards in FY 2003

The mathematical sciences thrive on collaborative work, and certain research projects are best carried out by teams of investigators. The NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) supports such research teams through the Focused Research Group (FRG) activity. Projects supported through FRG are scientifically highly focused, timely, and substantial in both scope and impact. Supported projects are essentially collaborative in nature, their success dependent on interaction of a group of researchers. Groups may (but need not) include, in addition to mathematical scientists, researchers from other scientific and engineering disciplines. Groups may (but need not) include researchers from several institutions. Award size is from $150,000 to $350,000 per year for up to three years duration. For more information, see the DMS FRG solicitation.

The FRG solicitation can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/publications/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf02129

DMS Focused Research Group (FRG) Awards in FY 2003

• New Challenges in the Dynamics of Thin Films and Fluid Interfaces

0244498	Bertozzi, Andrea	Duke University
0244491	Shearer, Michael	North Carolina State University

• Geometric Function Theory: From Complex Functions to Quasiconformal Geometry and Nonlinear Analysis

0244421	Bonk, Mario	University of Michigan
0244547	Eremenko, Alexandre	Purdue University
0244297	Iwaniec, Tadeusz	Syracuse University
0244408	Rohde, Stephen	University of Washington

• Moduli Spaces of Riemann Surfaces and String Topology

0244550	Cohen, Ralph	Stanford University
0244100	Sullivan, Dennis	SUNY Stony Brook

• Holomorphic Curves in Low Dimensional Topology

0244663

Eliashberg, Yakov

American Institute of Mathematics

• Rational Billards and Geometry and Dynamics on Teichmuller Space

0244542	Eskin, Alex	University of Chicago
0244463	Forni, Giovanni	Northwestern University
0244472	Masur, Howard	University of Illinois, Chicago

• Random Matrix Models, Zeros of L-functions, and Arithmetic

0244660

Farmer, David

American Institute of Mathematics

• Synchrony and Structure in Coupled Cell Systems

0244529

Golubitsky, Martin

University of Houston

• Topological Invariants of 3- and 4-Manifolds

0244558	Kirby, Robion	University of California, Berkeley
0244622	Akbulut, Selman	Michigan State University
0244460	Melvin, Paul	Bryn Mawr College

• Advanced Sequential Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

0244638	Liu, Jun	Harvard University
0244541	Chen, Rong	University of Illinois, Chicago
0244583	Wang, Xiaodong	Columbia University

• Phase Transitions in Stochastics Dynamics and Algorithms

0244479	Peres, Yuval	University of California, Berkeley
0244323	Dembo, Amir	Stanford University

• Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering Problems in Slow Granular Flow

0244492	Schaeffer, David	Duke University
0244488	Shearer, Michael	North Carolina State University

• Topological Invariants and Matrix Models

0244464	Vafa, Cumrun	Harvard University
0244412	Katz, Sheldon	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

• Multi-Dimensional Problems for the Euler Equations of Compressible Fluid Flow and Related Problems in Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

0244487	Wang, Dehua	University of Pittsburgh
0244343	Canic, Suncica	University of Houston
0244473	Chen, Gui-Qiang	Northwestern University
0244295	Dafermos, Constantine	Brown University
0243622	Hunter, John	University of California, Davis
0244383	Liu, Tai-Ping	Stanford University
0243722	Slemrod, Marshall	University of Wisconsin, Madison
0244257	Zheng, Yuxi	Pennsylvania State University