Mathematical Sciences: Third North American Conference of New Researchers in Statistics and Probability; July 23-26, 1997; Laramie, Wyoming

DMS9615340胡祖巴扎该奖项为第三届统计与概率新研究人员会议提供部分支持。本次会议的参与者是新近获得博士学位的人和在完成学位一年内的博士生。这是北美唯一一次专门为统计学和概率学的新研究人员举办的会议。前两次会议分别于1993年8月和1995年7月举行，非常成功，每次都有近50人参加。这次会议由数理统计研究所(数理统计所)新研究人员委员会计划，也将被列为数理统计研究所1997年年会的特别会前会议之一。这次会议的目的是让来自统计学和概率学不同领域的研究人员在他们职业生涯的早期聚集在一起。研究领域包括计算密集型统计方法、贝叶斯和非贝叶斯推理、应用概率和随机过程，以及侧重于统计方法应用的领域，如生物统计学、环境统计学和工程学。会议限制为50人参加，为期3天，在此期间，每个参与者都需要以简短演讲或海报的形式介绍她/他的研究成果。这种积极的参与对处于职业生涯初期的研究人员来说很重要，因为它促进了研究思想的交流。该计划还包括由高级研究人员就统计学和概率学的前沿研究进行的三次概述演讲，以及关于如何启动研究计划的小组讨论。会议将在数学科学研究所年度会议之前举行，以便与会者能够出席这些会议。

DMS9615340 Huzubazar This award provides partial support for the third New Researchers' Conference in Statistics and Probability. Participants at this conference are recent Ph.D. recipients and doctoral students who are within a year of completion of their degrees. This is the only conference in North America exclusively for new researchers in Statistics and Probability. The first two conferences, held in August 1993 and July 1995, were very successful and had close to fifty participants each. The conference, planned by the New Researchers' Committee of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), will also be listed as one of the special pre-meeting conferences at the 1997 annual meeting of the IMS. The objective of the conference is to bring together, in the early years of their careers, researchers from diverse areas of Statistics and Probability. Research areas include computationally intensive statistical methods, Bayesian and non-Bayesian inference, applied probability and stochastic process, as well as areas with an emphasis on application of statistical methods such as biostatistics, environmental statistics, and engineering. The conference is limited to 50 participants, and lasts for 3 days during which each participant is required to present her/his research in the form of a short talk or in a poster. Such active participation is important for researchers in beginning stages of their careers because it facilitates an exchange of research ideas. The program also includes three overview talks by senior researchers on cutting-edge research in Statistics and Probability as well as a panel discussion on how to initiate a research program. The conference will be held before the annual meetings of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences so that participants can then attend those meetings.