The Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
(SACNAS) is committed to increasing the participation of groups that
have traditionally been underrepresented in mathematics and science. In
particular, SACNAS has worked for 30 years to encourage Chicano/Latino
and Native American students to pursue the graduate degrees necessary
for research careers in science and mathematics.
The 2004 SACNAS annual conference will take place in Austin, TX on
October 21-24. The Conference will include workshops on the graduate
school process, recruiter and exhibitor sessions, scientific symposia,
and oral and poster presentations by graduate and undergraduate
students. This year, with sponsorship from the National Security Agency,
the National Science Foundation, and the American Mathematical Society,
the SACNAS Conference will have a large number of mathematics
activities, including
* two concurrent mini-courses for students, one in coding theory
and one in mathematical methods in bioinformatics
* one mathematics minisymposium
* one statistics minisymposium
* one bioinformatics minisymposium
* graduate students oral presentations
Our goal is to bring together approximately 200 mathematicians and
students to develop and strengthen professional networks. We encourage
you to visit the SACNAS mathematics web site
(http://www.uprh.edu/~sacnas) for more information on the mathematics
activities and the SACNAS web site (http://www.sacnas.org) for
information on the conference, registration and financial aid for
students. Please note that the financial aid deadline is June 14, 2004.
Students of all levels are strongly encouraged to submit abstracts for
poster or oral presentations.
The participants at the SACNAS conference will include approximately
1000 students majoring in the sciences and mathematics. This represents
an excellent recruiting opportunity for your institution/agency.
Securing a booth or table as an exhibitor at the conference also allows
SACNAS to fund more students to the meeting. For more exhibitor
information, please write to exhibit@sacnas.org.