VIII Latin American Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics: Mathematical Sciences at the Interface

[0122177]拉丁美洲概率与数理统计大会（Congreso Latinoamericano de Probabilidad y Estadistica Matematica， CLAPEM）将于2001年11月12-16日在古巴哈瓦那举行，由哈瓦那大学主办。组织者是爱荷华州立大学的Alicia carriqury博士和哈佛大学公共卫生学院的Andrea Rotnizky博士。应用概率论和统计学直到最近才成为生物学、工程学和经济学等研究领域的重要研究领域，而且直到最近，拉丁美洲才开始与其他学科的科学家进行认真的互动。这项活动的目标是为拉美和美国的年轻研究人员提供建立长期合作的机会，并鼓励拉美的年轻科学家到美国攻读研究生。活动将包括短期课程、讲座和海报。短期课程将为青年科学家提供在该领域的国际领导人授课的机会，而海报会议将为他们提供一个展示他们的工作并与更资深的会议参与者互动的绝佳场所。它很可能在拉丁美洲科学事业的发展中发挥重要作用。

0122177CarriquiryThe Latin American Congress on Probability and Mathematical Statistics (Congreso Latinoamericano de Probabilidad y Estadistica Matematica, (CLAPEM), will take place during November 12-16,2001 in La Habana, Cuba and will be hosted by the Universidad de la Habana. Organizers are Dr. Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University and Dr. Andrea Rotnizky, Harvard School of Public Health. Applied probability and statistics have only recently become important areas of research to areas of inquiry such as biology, engineering, and economics, and only recently has Latin America begun serious interaction with scientists in other disciplines. The goal of this activity is to provide opportunity to young Latin American and US researchers to establish long-term cooperation, and to encourage young Latin American scientists to pursue graduate studies in the US.The activity will include short courses, talks, and posters. The short courses will provide the young scientists the opportunity to be taught by international leaders in this area, while the poster sessions will give them an excellent venue to present their work and to interact with more senior conference participants. It will most likely play a significant role in the development of the scientific enterprise in Latin America.