Special Trimester on Interacting Particle Systems, Statistical Mechanics and Probability Theory

这项建议的目的是为三个月期项目的选定美国参与者提供资金支持？相互作用粒子、统计力学和概率论？于2008年9月至12月在法国巴黎亨利·波因卡雷学院举办。这一计划将吸引许多在概率论和统计物理之间的交叉学科领域工作的领先研究人员，并主持他们不同的持续时间。它将提出三个研讨会、五个长期课程和十几个小型课程。这项建议的主要目的是确保美国的初级研究人员不会因为缺乏支持而错过与这一重要领域最好的专家互动和学习的机会。对有很大前途的初学者，即需要资金支持的高级研究生、博士后和初级教员，将给予强烈的优先考虑。有才华的初级研究人员的参与预计将对他们的职业生涯产生重大影响，从而对美国在该领域的持续领导作用产生重大影响。这一群体的大力参与对于这一年轻而活跃的领域的健康发展也是至关重要的。

The purpose of this proposal is to provide financial support for selected US participants to the trimester program ?Interacting particles, statistical mechanics and probability theory? running from September to December 2008 in Institut Henri Poincar´e, Paris, France. This program will attract many leading researchers working in the interdisciplinary field between probability theory and statistical physics and host them for various durations. It will propose three workshops, five long courses, and a dozen of mini-courses. The main objective of this proposal is to ensure that US based junior researchers do not miss this opportunity to interact and learn from the best experts of this important field for lack of support. Strong preferences will be given to beginning researchers showing great promise, i.e., advanced graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty in need of financial support. Participation by talented junior researchers can be expected to have a major impact on their careers, and hence on the continued leadership role of the US in this area. Strong participation by this group will also be essential for the healthy development of this young and active field.