Workshop on Computational Topology, Miami, FL, June 10-11, 1999

这项拨款支持一个研讨会，以定义一个新的研究领域称为“计算拓扑”。 研讨会将汇集来自拓扑学、计算几何学、统计学习、计算机图形学、计算机辅助设计和制造以及物理模拟等各个领域的约20位研究领导者。 目前，这些领域都有自己的方法来塑造。 据信，计算拓扑学可以统一这些方法，并帮助开发原则性的，鲁棒的算法，用于创建，描述和操纵形状。

This grant supports a workshop to define a new research area called "computational topology". The workshop will bring together about 20 research leaders from a variety of fields, such as topology, computational geometry, statistical learning, computer graphics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and physical simulation. Currently each of these fields has its own approach to shape. It is believed that computational topology can unify these approaches, and help develop principled, robust algorithms for creating, describing, and manipulating shapes.