Fifth International Conference on Forensic Statistics

第五届法医统计学国际会议将于2002年8月30日至9月2日在意大利威尼斯Isola di San Servolo举行。会议旨在让统计学家，法医科学家，律师和相关学科的学者讨论统计和概率在立法，行政和司法程序中的多种用途。法医统计学，统计学和概率的应用，法律的事项，是一个不断扩大的领域。目前围绕基于DNA图谱的证据呈现的辩论，关于各种药物对健康影响的流行病学研究，以及种族貌相只是三个例子。非常需要统计人员为法医科学家、律师和法院提供指导。通过汇集统计学家，法医科学家，律师和其他学者，这第五次国际会议将进一步跨学科的理解统计和概率适用于法律的事项。本系列的前几次会议已在北卡罗来纳州州立大学、爱丁堡大学和亚利桑那州州立大学举行。该提案提供资金，以确保美国与会者能够听取来自世界各地的这一主题的专家的意见并与他们建立联系，并为选定的新研究人员和代表性不足的团体的成员提供参加会议的机会

The Fifth International Conference on Forensic Statistics will be held at Isola di San Servolo, Venice, Italy, on August 30th to September 2nd, 2002. The conference is intended to allow statisticians, forensic scientists, lawyers, and scholars from related disciplines to discuss the many and varied uses of statistics and probability 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, epidemiological studies on the health effects of various drugs, and racial profiling are just three 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 fifth international conference will further the interdisciplinary understanding of Statistics and Probability applied to legal matters. Previous conferences in this series have been held at North Carolina State University, the University of Edinburg, and the Arizona State University. This proposal provides funds to insure that U.S. participants will be able to hear and network with experts on this topic from around the world, and to provide access to the conference for selected new researchers and members of underrepresented groups