Partial Support of the Meetings of the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications

美国国家科学院数学科学及其应用委员会(BMSA)是研究企业和依赖数学科学的联邦机构之间的主要接口。通过学习和研讨会，董事会的21名公益专家帮助确保国家？S的决策建立在强大的数学分析和计算模拟的基础上。BMSA最近的研究建议改进国土安全部评估生物恐怖主义风险的方式，并引导美联储系统转向新的思维方式来应对系统性风险，董事会分享了对科学院最近一项研究的监督，该研究为国家开辟了一条前进道路？S法医科学事业。理事会还通过将数学、统计学、运筹学、经济学、金融工程、系统工程、风险分析、计算科学和工程、计算机科学、决策分析和其他数学领域的领导人聚集在一起，在其两年期会议和其他职能中进行广泛的互动，促进了学科的内部凝聚力。通过其在国家科学院的地位，该委员会还加强了数学科学和其他领域之间的联系，因为它随时可以接触到科学、工程、教育和医学等所有领域的领导人。这使委员会能够召开真正跨学科的研讨会和研究。

The National Academies' Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (BMSA) is a primary interface between the research enterprise and federal agencies that rely on the mathematical sciences. Through studies and workshops, the Board's 21 pro bono experts help to ensure that the nation?s decision making is based on strong mathematical analysis and computational simulations. Recent BMSA studies have recommended improvements to the way the Department of Homeland Security assesses bioterrorism risks and steered the Federal Reserve system toward new ways of thinking about systemic risk, and the Board shared oversight of a recent Academies study that created a path forward for the nation?s forensic science enterprise. The Board also contributes to internal cohesion of the discipline by bringing together leaders of mathematics, statistics, operations research, economics, financial engineering, systems engineering, risk analysis, computational science and engineering, computer science, decision analysis, and other mathematical fields for a broad range of interactions at its biennial meetings and other functions. Through its position within the National Academies, the Board also strengthens connections between the mathematical sciences and other fields, because it has ready access to the leaders in all fields of science, engineering, education, and medicine. This allows the Board to convene workshops and studies that are truly cross-disciplinary.