About the Committee

The International Mathematical Union (IMU), a member union of the International Council for Science (ICSU), serves to build global interaction among research communities and promote advances in the mathematical sciences at the international level. The U.S. representation in IMU is through the U.S. National Committee for Mathematics (USNC/Math). The USNC/Math effects appropriate participation in all activities of the IMU through the National Academy of Sciences which adheres to IMU. In coordination with the IMU and with consensus gained from the U.S. mathematical sciences community, the USNC/Math has defined the following focal areas for serving the interests of the U.S. and the international communities:

• Supporting U.S. participation in IMU as required of a national committee including international conferences in the mathematical sciences such as the International Congress of Mathematicians;
• Encouraging other international mathematical activities considered likely to contribute to the development of the mathematical sciences in any of its aspects—pure, applied, or educational;
• Advocating, in the international mathematical sciences community, for such common concerns as gender and ethnic equality, human rights, and the free circulation of scientists;
• Promoting mathematical sciences in developing countries and encouraging mathematical sciences as a key to development;
• Creating opportunities for U.S. mathematical scientists to participate in international sciences and education initiatives;
• Nominating U.S. mathematical scientists for participation in the IMU, including the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly; and
• Supporting a systematic presence of mathematical sciences in the "information society."

The USNC/Math meets bi-annually to discuss the issues of national concern and conduct committee activities in relation to the IMU.

Support for the USNC and U.S. participation in IMU are provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation.