Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY 2002

这一行动为2002财政年度的NSF生物信息学博士后研究奖学金提供资金。 该奖学金支持生物学与信息、计算、数学和统计科学交叉领域的博士后水平的研究和培训。该研究金的目标是向一名青年科学家提供培训，为从事研究和教育相结合的生物信息学职业做准备。在所有职业级别上对生物信息学培训的需求日益增加，预计通过这些研究金培训的研究员将在培训未来的劳动力方面发挥重要作用，该研究金的研究和培训计划题为“雀形目鸟类声学通信的方向性”。“这项研究的目标是开发一个系统，用于绘制发声动物的声音辐射。 该系统是用来测量不同的呼叫类型的雀形目鸟类在开放和森林栖息地的方向性，并测试假设的功能意义的方向性在声学通信。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biological Informatics for FY2002. The fellowship supports research and training at the postdoctoral level at the intersection of biology and the informational, computational, mathematical, and statistical sciences. The goal of the fellowship is to provide training to a young scientist in preparation for a career in biological informatics in which research and education will be integrated. There is an increasing need for training in biological informatics at all occupational levels, and it is expected that Fellows trained through these fellowships will play important roles in training the future workforce.The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "The directionality of acoustic communication in passerine birds." The goal of the research is to develop a system for mapping the radiation of sound from vocalizing animals. The system is to be used to measure the directionality of different call types from passerine birds in open and forest habitats, and to test hypotheses about the functional significance of directionality in acoustic communication.