Mathematical Sciences: Streghtening the Linkage Between the Sciences and Mathematics

国家研究委员会将研究如何加强数学与自然、行为和工程科学之间的联系，从而在资源有限的情况下支持研究企业的持续生产力和质量。为此，将成立一个委员会，以审查丰富实地之间对话的机制，委员会的主要工作是提出可能是最有效的协作机制的建议，并通过因特网、广泛分发的报告和其他传播活动，如由委员会成员召开的校园讲习班予以实施。该委员会还将审查对科学和数学研究生教育的影响，并建议对研究生培训进行改革，以加强加强科学之间对话的努力。这项活动的资金将由数学科学司和重大计划署多学科活动办公室以及DARPA提供。委员会的活动将包括几次会议、两次讲习班，以及在授予博士学位的机构审查研究生教育在促进科学和数学联系方面的作用。欲获知更多信息，请联系：国家研究委员会物理科学、数学和应用委员会执行主任诺曼·梅茨格20418电子邮件：http://www2.nas.edu/cpsma/

The National Research Council will examine means to strengthen linkages between mathematics and the natural, behavioral, and engineering sciences, thereby supporting the continuing productivity and quality of the research enterprise in a time of constrained resources. Toward that end, a committee will be formed to examine mechanisms for enriching the dialogue between the fields, with the principal efforts of the committee being to suggest what are likely to be the most effective mechanisms for collaboration, and to implement them through the Internet, widely circulated reports, and other dissemination activities, such as campus workshops convened by committee members. The committee will also examine implications for graduate education in the sciences and mathematics, and suggest changes in graduate training intended to reinforce efforts to strengthen the dialogue among the sciences. Funding for this activity will be provided by the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities, and also by DARPA. Committee activities will include several meetings, two workshops, and an examination at doctorate-granting institutions of the role of graduate education in fostering linkages of science and mathematics. For further information, please contact: Norman Metzger Executive Director Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications National Research Council 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20418 202/334-2154 (fax) NMETZGER@NAS.EDU http://www2.nas.edu/cpsma/