Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute on Mathematical Models of Population Dynamics; El Salvador; January 2006

这个泛美高级研究所（PASI）奖，由美国国家科学基金会和能源部（DOE）联合支持，将于2006年1月9日至20日在萨尔瓦多萨尔瓦多国立大学（UES）举行，主题是人口动态的数学模型。由杜兰大学的Ricardo Cortez博士和赫伯特A.该研究所将重点研究种群动态的数学模型。 具体而言，该研究所的三个首要主题将是：数据和统计方法，人口动态和流行病学的数学模型，以及计算和可视化方法。此外，该研究所将举办讲习班（包括一个计算机实验室），培养未来的科学家从事人口动态领域的工作。该研究所的一项预期成果是促进使用统计和数学模型来研究疾病的传播以及昆虫和鱼类种群。 预计这项研究将导致应用于中美洲目前的社会，经济和健康问题，从而促进美国科学家与中美洲和墨西哥科学家之间的合作交流。在研究所提交的材料将张贴在一个指定的网站上，以便进一步向科学界和广大公众传播。

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE) will take place January 9-20, 2006 at the National University of El Salvador (UES) in El Salvador, on the topic of Mathematical Models of Population Dynamics. Organized by Dr. Ricardo Cortez of Tulane University together with Dr. Herbert A. Medina of Loyola-Marymount University, the institute will focus on mathematical models of population dynamics. Specifically, the three overarching topics of the institute will be: data and statistical methods, mathematical models of population dynamics and epidemiology, and computational and visualization methods. In addition, the institute will hold workshops (that include a computer laboratory) to prepare future scientists to work in the area of population dynamics. One expected result of the Institute is to promote the use of statistical and mathematical models for the study of the spread of diseases, and the study of insect and fish populations. It is expected that the study will lead to applications to current social, economic and health problems in Central America and thus promote collaborative exchanges between U.S. scientists and those from Central America and Mexico. Materials presented at the Institute will be posted in a designated web site for further dissemination to the scientific community and to the public at large.