Conference on Mathematical Sociology in Japan and America (Honolulu, Hawaii; June 23-25, 2000)

本提案支持2000年6月23日至25日在檀香山举行的会议的旅费和住宿费。它允许PI所在机构（加州大学洛杉矶分校）的五六名社会学高级研究生参加第一届数学社会学国际会议。协办单位是美国社会学协会的数学社会学分会和日本数学社会学协会。除了参加会议给学生带来通常的智力和专业上的好处外，这次会议还提供了几个独特的机会。日本社会学家已经在数学社会学方面发展了相当多的理论文献，并在日本期刊上发表。这些作品的大部分都没有翻译，在西方也没有，所以只有通过个人会议，比如会议，美国学生才能接触到这些作品。会议还将促进国际联系，我们希望这将为参与的学生带来未来的合作、交流和就业机会。

This proposal supports travel and lodging at a conference to be held in Honolulu June 23 - 25, 2000. It permits five or six advanced graduate students in Sociology from PI's institutuion (UCLA) to attend the first international conference on mathematical sociology. Co-sponsors are the American Sociological Association's Section on Mathematical Sociology and the Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology.In addition to the usual intellectual and professional benefits to students from attending a conference, this one presents several unique opportunities. Japanese sociologists have developed a considerable body of theoretical literature in mathematical sociology, published in Japanese journals. Most of that work remainis un-translated and unavailable in the West, so it is only through personal meetings such as conferences that American students can be exposed to this work. The conference also will foster international contacts that we hope will lead to future collaborations, exchanges, and employment opportunities for the students involved.