2012 Dr. David Blackwell Memorial Conference

2012年大卫·布莱克威尔博士纪念会议

• 批准号: 1205185
• 负责人: Abdul-Aziz Yakubu
• 金额: $ 3.5万
• 依托单位: Howard University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-02-15 至 2014-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1205185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2012; Dr.; David; Blackwell; Memorial

To honor Dr. David Blackwell's numerous contributions to mathematics and statistics, the American Statistical Society, the University of California at Berkeley, and Howard University convene the David Blackwell Memorial Conference at Howard University on April 19-20, 2012 in the Blackburn Center. Dr. David Blackwell was an outstanding African-American mathematician and statistician who made profound contributions to several areas of mathematics, game theory, probability theory, information theory, dynamic programming, logic and statistics. This significant event organized by three collaborating institutions simultaneously recognizes Dr. Blackwell's legacy as well as advances in mathematics and statistics. The two-day conference brings together leading theoretical and applied mathematicians, statisticians, and other scientists to:(1) Recognize and acknowledge Dr. Blackwell's myriad contributions to scholarship in multiple areas and disciplines.(2) Discuss how Dr. Blackwell's work shapes and influences the field-at-large and their respective scholarship.(3) Explore and develop new ideas and approaches to questions arising from mathematics and statistics.(4) Provide a forum for a diverse group of undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty to interact and collaborate with experts in the field of mathematics and statistics.Evidence of Dr. Blackwell's intellectual contributions is visible in many arenas and scholars continue to build on that knowledge base. In so doing, conference participants continuously underscore and reinforce the intellectual merit of Dr. Blackwell's and their own work. The conference is an opportunity for intellectual exchange and discourse among scholars from diverse backgrounds. As new generations of scholars from increasingly diverse backgrounds enter the fields of mathematics and statistics and more broadly, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), through the Dr. David Blackwell Memorial conference they become members of the community of scholars who innovate and make breakthroughs within their respective fields. The conference website is http://sites.google.com/site/conferenceblackwell/

为了荣誉大卫·布莱克威尔博士对数学和统计学的众多贡献，美国统计学会、加州大学伯克利分校和霍华德大学于2012年4月19日至20日在霍华德大学布莱克本中心召开了大卫·布莱克威尔纪念会议。大卫布莱克威尔博士是一位杰出的非洲裔美国数学家和统计学家，他在数学、博弈论、概率论、信息论、动态规划、逻辑和统计学等多个领域做出了深远的贡献。 这一重大活动由三个合作机构组织，同时承认布莱克威尔博士的遗产以及数学和统计学的进步。为期两天的会议汇集了领先的理论和应用数学家，统计学家和其他科学家：（1） 认识到并承认布莱克威尔博士在多个领域和学科的学术无数的贡献。（二） 讨论布莱克威尔博士的工作如何塑造和影响整个领域和他们各自的学术。（三） 探索和发展新的想法和方法，从数学和统计产生的问题。（四） 为本科生，研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师提供一个论坛，与数学和统计领域的专家进行互动和合作。Blackwell博士的学术贡献在许多领域都是可见的，学者们继续建立在知识基础上。在这样做的过程中，与会者不断强调和加强布莱克威尔博士和他们自己的工作的知识价值。 会议是来自不同背景的学者之间进行知识交流和讨论的机会。 随着来自日益多样化背景的新一代学者进入数学和统计学领域，以及更广泛的科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域，通过大卫布莱克威尔博士纪念会议，他们成为在各自领域创新和取得突破的学者社区的成员。会议网址为http://sites.google.com/site/conferenceblackwell/