International Biometric Conference to be held December 13-18, 1998, in Cape Town, South Africa

摘要：国际生物识别会议是国际生物识别学会的两年一次的会议，国际生物识别学会致力于“通过发展定量理论和有效的数学和统计技术的应用、发展和传播来推进生物科学”。会员和与会者关注的是跨学科和跨学科的理论和面向现实世界的应用问题的接口。该提案要求部分支持10名来自美国学术和非营利机构的个人参加将于1998年12月13日至18日在南非开普敦举行的国际生物计量学会议。大约三分之一的支持者将是具有官方身份的人，三分之二将是新的研究人员，特别是那些传统上代表性不足的群体，如妇女和少数民族。

PI: Lynne BillardProposal Number: DMS 9730906Project: International Biometric Conference - Cape TownAbstract: The International Biometric Conference is the biennial meeting of theInternational Biometric Society, a Society dedicated to the "advancementof biological science through the development of quantitative theories andthe application, development and dissemination of effective mathematicaland statistical techniques". Members and conference participants areconcerned with the cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary interface ofthe theoretical and application oriented real-world problems. Thisproposal requests partial support for ten U.S.-based individuals fromacademic and nonprofit institutions to participate in the InternationalBiometric Conference to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on December13-18,1998. About one third of those supported will be those with an official capacity and two-thirds will be new researchers especially thosetraditionally underrepresented groups such as women and minorities.