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1 Perspective on and Approach to Characterizing Institutes' Roles in the Mathematical Sciences
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... A Brief Historical View of Mathematical Sciences Institutes Initial Mathematical Research Institutes The concept of a mathematical research institute to host visiting mathematicians was realized early in the 20~ censor by the Swedish mathematician Gosta Mittag-Leffler and his wife, who founded the Mittag-Leffler Institute in 1916. Incorporated into the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences in 1919, the Mittag-Leffler Institute fostered individual mathematical research.
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... . Located at Kyoto University, the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences was established as a cooperative research institute in 1964 with research in the traditional major areas of pure and applied mathematics, as well as in mathematical physics, fluid mechanics, mathematical engineering, and theoretical computer science.
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... During the Cold War, it played an important role in bringing together mathematicians from the East and the West. As a result of NSF's 1980 call for proposals for new mathematical research institutes, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)
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... , and that have a small group of permanent members of exceptional mathematical stature; 2. Broadly based institutes, such as the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications, which have charters to promote diverse areas of mathematical research and mathematical applications and which annually offer scientific programs and workshops of periods from a few months to a year, selected by an advisory committee to emphasize specific topics; 3.
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... The input received by the committee suggests that the general mathematical sciences community is extremely well disposed toward existing research institutes in the mathematical sciences. However, there was also overwhelming common sentiment expressed by respondents that neither continued fielding of existing institutes nor the creation of new institutes should occur at the expense of individual investigator research grants.
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... to the dramatically increased role of computers in computation, large-scale modeling and simulation, industnal engineering and manufacturing, and so on. Also, new institutes could help address what now have become significant barriers to professional growth and achievement resulting from the greater than ever generation of research mathematicians by PhD-granting institutions.
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