Travel Support for the 59th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Hong Kong

美国统计协会（ASA）将利用这笔NSF奖金作为大约10名美国与会者的旅行资助，参加2013年8月25日至30日在香港举行的第59届国际统计学会（ISI）会议。ISI会议包括伯努利学会、国际官方统计协会（IAOS）、国际统计计算协会（IASC）、国际调查统计学家协会（IASS）和国际统计教育协会（IASE）的会议。因此，它是一个伞形会议，有数千名统计学家感兴趣的会议。旅行补助金将为从机构和非营利协会中选出的个人支付交通费提供支助。该奖项的一个重点是鼓励并为年轻的统计学家提供参加会议的机会。与会者将通过ASA的会员出版物Amstat News和ASA的互联网主页收到旅行补助的通知。政府将向各大专院校统计及数学系发出通告，鼓励年轻统计人员申请旅游津贴。政府将成立评审及遴选委员会，审核申请及甄选受助人。该委员会将由三名或更多的ASA成员组成，并将在弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市的ASA办公室召开会议。将特别考虑最近获得博士学位的统计学家以及妇女和少数民族。ISI世界统计大会网页：http://www.isi-web.org/about-isi/isi-wscs

The American Statistical Association (ASA) will use this NSF award as a travel grant for approximately 10 United States participants to attend the 59th Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) in Hong Kong from August 25-30, 2013. The ISI meeting includes the meetings of the Bernoulli Society, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC), International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS), and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE). Thus it is an umbrella meeting with sessions of interest for thousands of statisticians. The travel grants will provide support to defray transportation costs for individuals selected from institutions and non-profit associations. An emphasis of the award is to encourage and provide the opportunity for younger statisticians to participate in the meeting. Participants will be notified of the availability of the travel grant through Amstat News, a membership publication of the ASA, and on the ASA Home Page on the Internet. Notices will be provided to university and college statistics and mathematics departments to encourage younger statisticians to apply for the travel grant. A review and selection committee will be established to review the applications and select grantees. The committee will be comprised of three or more ASA members and will convene at the ASA office in Alexandria, Virginia. Special consideration will be given to statisticians who have recently received their Ph.D.'s and to women and minorities.ISI World Statistics Congresses web page:http://www.isi-web.org/about-isi/isi-wscs