NINTH AND TENTH NEW RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE FOR INVESTIGATORS IN PROBABILITY AND S

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案描述了由数理统计研究所（IMS）主办的第九次和第十次统计和概率新研究者会议的计划，该会议将由初级研究人员组织并举行。 主要目的是为新研究人员之间的互动提供一个急需的场所。 与大型会议相比，这次会议将限制在90名与会者。 会议之后将进行讨论和休息，以促进互动。 第一次拟议的会议将于2006年8月1日至5日在华盛顿州西雅图的华盛顿大学校园举行。 住宿，膳食和会议设施将在校园内提供。 联合统计会议将于下周，即2006年8月7日至10日在西雅图举行。 第二次拟议的会议将于2007年7月在犹他州湖城的犹他州大学校园举行，随后将于2007年7月29日至8月2日在湖城举行联合统计会议。 这两个拟议的会议都为与会者出席这两个会议提供了方便的机会。 参与者将是统计学家和概率学家，他们获得了博士学位。自2001年以来，或预计在2007年获得学位。 每位参与者将发表演讲或海报。 主题将包括从理论和方法到应用的统计研究的范围。 将努力吸引生物统计学的研究人员。 将有四个高级发言人会议，其中特别感兴趣的新研究人员的主题将被提出。 会议期间的三个小组讨论将涵盖期刊出版物，统计实验室的机会和资金等主题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes plans for the Ninth and Tenth Meetings of the New Re-searchers in Statistics and Probability, conferences sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), to be organized by and held for junior researchers. The primary objective is to provide a much needed venue for interaction among new researchers. In contrast with large meetings, this conference will be restricted to 90 participants. Sessions will be followed by discussions and breaks to facilitate interactions. The first proposed conference will take place August 1 - 5, 2006 on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, WA. Housing, meals, and conference facilities will be provided on campus. The Joint Statistical Meetings will be held in Seattle the following week, August 7 - 10, 2006. The second proposed conference will take place in July, 2007 on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, UT, followed by the Joint Statistical Meetings in Salt Lake City, July 29 - August 2, 2007. Both proposed conferences allow for an easy opportunity for participants to attend both conferences. Participants will be statisticians and probabilists who have received their Ph.D. since 2001 or are expecting to receive their degree by 2007. Each participant will present a talk or poster. Topics will include the gamut of statistical research from theory and methods to applications. Efforts will be made to attract researchers from Biostatistics. There will be four senior speaker sessions in which topics of particular interest to new researchers will be presented. Three panel discussions during the conference will cover the topics of journal publications, opportunities in statistical laboratories, and funding.