Mathematical Sciences: Fellows for Cross-Disciplinary Research in Statistics

本项目将为国家统计科学研究所（NISS）的博士后提供支持，从事具有重要统计研究成分的跨学科研究。杰罗姆·萨克斯（Jerome Sacks）是位于三角研究园的NISS的主任。NISS是一个最近成立的研究所，其灵感最初来自于一个由NSF赞助的跨学科研究研讨会。随后在统计界召开的会议制定了选址程序，并最终确定了三角研究中心的选址。研究所的成立是根据这样一个事实，即为了解决重大的国家问题或“重大挑战”，必须在统计科学的方法和应用方面取得重大进展。在这个方向上持续努力的一个关键组成部分是年轻研究人员的参与和鼓励。本项目将支持初级研究员从事高度重要的专门项目。为具有跨学科性质的项目提供博士后奖学金支持。该项目的范围最接近数学研究所（IMA、MSRI、IAS）的作用。然而，前景却大不相同。虽然数学研究所支持博士后，但他们的重点是与不同学科的研究人员积极合作，以完全符合国家科学基金会未来委员会的建议的方式，解决涉及新统计研究的重要“国家问题”。（见：《21世纪的基础》，1992年）//

This project will provide support for postdoctoral fellows at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), to engage in cross-disciplinary research with significant statistical research components. Jerome Sacks is Director of NISS, located in Research Triangle Park. NISS is a recently formed institute whose inspiration came initially from an NSF sponsored workshop on cross-disciplinary research. Subsequent meetings in the statistical community produced a site selection procedure and, ultimately, the Research Triangle site. The creation of the Institute responded to the fact that in order to address major national problems or "Grand Challenges", substantial progress has to be made in the methods and applications of statistical science. A critical component of a continuing effort in this direction is the involvement and encouragement of junior researchers. The present project will support junior fellows to work on dedicated projects of high importance. It will provide postdoctoral fellowship support for projects of a cross disciplinary nature. The scope of the project is closest to the role of the institutes in mathematics (IMA, MSRI, IAS). However, the outlook is quite different. While the mathematics institutes support postdoctoral fellows, their focus is on active collaboration with researcher from different disciplines, to solve important "national problems" which involve new statistical research, in a manner fully consistent with recommendations of the Commission the Future of the NSF. ( See: A Foundation for the 21st Century, 1992.)//