Fourth International Conference on Forensic Statistics

第四届国际法医统计会议将于1999年12月5日至8日在北卡罗莱纳州立大学举行。会议的目的是让统计学家、法医科学家、律师和相关学科的学者讨论概率和统计在立法、行政和司法程序中的多种不同用途。司法统计是统计学和概率论在法律事务中的应用，是一个不断发展的领域。目前围绕基于DNA分析和各种药物对健康影响的流行病学研究提出证据的辩论只是两个例子。统计学家非常需要为法医科学家、律师和法院提供指导。通过汇集统计学家、法医学家、律师和其他学者，第四届国际会议将进一步加深对统计学和概率论应用于法律事务的跨学科理解。这次会议是一系列会议中的第四次。以前的会议在爱丁堡大学和亚利桑那州立大学举行。根据之前的出席人数，预计将有250人参加第四届会议。该提案提供资金，以确保美国与会者能够听取国内外关于这一主题的最佳专家的意见，并与他们建立联系，并为研究生、博士后研究员、新研究人员和代表性不足的群体成员提供参加会议的机会。

9910238The Fourth International Conference on Forensic Statistics will be held at North Carolina State University on Dec. 5-8, 1999. The conference is intended to allow statisticians, forensic scientists, lawyers, and scholars from related disciplines to discuss the many and varied uses of Probability and Statistics in legislative, administrative and judicial proceedings. Forensic Statistics, the application of Statistics and Probability to legal matters, is an expanding field. The current debates surrounding the presentation of evidence based on DNA profiling and epidemiological studies on the health effects of various drugs are just two examples. There is a great need for statisticians to provide guidance to forensic scientists, and lawyers and the courts. By bringing together statisticians, forensic scientists, lawyers and other scholars, this fourth international conference will further the interdisciplinary understanding of Statistics and Probability applied to legal matters. The conference is the fourth in a series. The previous conferences have been held at Univ. of Edinburgh and the Arizona State University. Based on previous attendance, about 250 people are expected to attend the fourth conference. This proposal provides funds to insure that U.S. participants will be able to hear and network with the best experts on this topic from this country and from abroad, and to provide access to the conference by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, new researchers, and members of underrepresented groups.