International Conference on Forensic Statistics, June 30 to July 3, 1996 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland

：定于1996年6月30日至7月3日在爱丁堡大学举行的国际法医统计学会议是一系列三年一度的会议中的第三次，旨在为法律、法医学、社会科学和统计学领域的研究人员之间的互动提供一个论坛。这次会议的目标包括：(A)促进不同学科的研究专家之间的互动；(B)在法院当前感兴趣的专题方面取得进展；(C)为法院使用统计证据发展坚实的科学基础。预定的发言包括关于专家证词的伦理、DNA指纹及其法医用途、推断因果关系、环境损害的统计证据、在反垄断诉讼中使用计量经济学模型以及司法接受荟萃分析以综合科学研究中的统计信息，特别是涉及接触毒品和环境危害的有害影响的报告。这笔旅费资助了几位著名的美国统计学家、法医科学家和社会科学家以及几位有前途的年轻科学家参加会议，他们目前正开始从事这一跨学科领域的研究，并已寻求机会在国际范围内介绍他们的工作。在过去40年中，统计和统计方法在评估法医证据和在法庭上更广泛地提出科学证据方面发挥了越来越重要的作用。美国科学家在这一发展中发挥了突出作用，并领导了旨在提高作为证据的统计数据的质量的举措，以及在统计学家和其他科学家准备用于法律背景的材料时改善他们之间的互动。虽然美国法律体系中的专家证言具有独特的特点，但与专家证言相关的科学的重要方面是超越国界的。第三届国际法医统计会议将于1996年6月3日至7月3日举行，这是一个独特的论坛，供法律、法医学、社会科学和统计学领域的研究人员相互交流，这笔旅行补助金支持来自这些不同感兴趣领域的几位领先的美国研究人员的参与。会议专题介绍中涉及当前联邦战略利益的专题包括生物技术及其在药物制造中的作用，以及法医证据的评估，以及环境暴露造成的有害影响的评估。

: The International Conference on Forensic Statistics, scheduled for the University of Edinburgh June 30-July 3, 1996, is the third in a series of tri-annual conferences intended to provide a forum for the interaction of researchers in the areas of law, forensic science, social sciences, and statistics. Among the goals of this conference are (a) the fostering of interaction among research specialists in different disciplines, (b) advances in topics of current interest to the courts, and (c) the development of a firm scientific basis for the use of statistical evidence in the courts. Presentations scheduled include reports on the ethics of expert testimony, DNA fingerprinting and its forensic uses, inferring causality, statistical evidence of environmental harm, the use of econometric models in anti-trust litigation, and the judicial reception of meta-analysis for combining statistical information across scientific studies, especially those involving the harmful effects of exposure to drugs and environmental hazards. This travel grant supports the participation in the Conference by several leading American statisticians, forensic scientists, and social scientists as well as several promising young scientists who are currently beginning to pursue research in this interdisciplinary field and have sought the opportunity to present their work in an international context. Over the past four decades statistics and statistical methods have played increasingly important roles in the evaluation of forensic evidence and in the presentation of scientific evidence more broadly in the courts. American scientist have played a prominent role in this development and have led initiatives intended to improve the quality of statistics as evidence as well as to improve the interaction between statisticians and other scientists as they prepare materials for use in a legal context. While expert testimony in the American legal system has unique features, important aspects of the science associated with the expert testimony transcend national boundaries. The Third International Conference on Forensic Statistics, to be held on June 3 to July 3 1996, is a unique forum for the interaction of researchers in the areas of law, forensic science, social sciences, and statistics and this travel grant supports the participation of several leading American researchers from these different fields of interest. Among the topics of current federal strategic interest featured in the conference presentations are biotechnology and its role in the manufacture of drugs as well as the evaluation of forensic evidence, and the assessment of harmful effects as a result of environmental exposure.