Workshop on Computational Topology, Miami, FL, June 10-11, 1999

该基金支持一个研讨会，以定义一个新的研究领域，称为“计算拓扑”。研讨会将汇集20位来自不同领域的研究领袖，如拓扑学、计算几何、统计学习、计算机图形学、计算机辅助设计与制造以及物理模拟。目前，这些领域中的每一个都有自己的成型方法。人们相信计算拓扑可以统一这些方法，并帮助开发有原则的、健壮的算法来创建、描述和操作形状。

This grant supports a workshop to define a new research area called "computational topology". The workshop will bring together about 20 research leaders from a variety of fields, such as topology, computational geometry, statistical learning, computer graphics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and physical simulation. Currently each of these fields has its own approach to shape. It is believed that computational topology can unify these approaches, and help develop principled, robust algorithms for creating, describing, and manipulating shapes.