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卡耐基梅隆大学统计学系将购买一组计算机，专门用于支持一些应用和理论领域的统计研究。除了推动应用领域的科学发展外，如何使用并行处理集群进行统计研究的知识将通过对学生和访客的教育以及通过在StatLib（数据和软件的公共存储库）上发布算法来传播。应用领域包括估计宇宙微波背景辐射的不确定性，估计体内神经图像的信号，识别与复杂疾病相关的基因，以及了解神经元如何控制运动以帮助开发大脑控制的假肢。这些领域目前都是由系里的教师和学生进行的，他们都将受益于新集群提供的增加的计算能力。针对每种应用的统计研究将产生在其他科学领域也有用的方法。

The Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University willpurchase a cluster of computers dedicated to the support ofstatistical research in a number of applied and theoretical areas. In addition to advancing science in the applied areas, knowledge ofhow to use the parallel processing cluster for statistical research willdisseminate through education of students and visitors and throughpostings of algorithms on StatLib, the public repository of data andsoftware.The areas of application include estimating uncertainty about thecosmic microwave background radiation, estimating the signal from invivo neuroimages, identifying which genes are related to complexdiseases, and learning how neurons control movement to help developbrain-controlled prosthetics. Each of these areas is currently beingpursued by faculty and students in the Department, and they will allbenefit from the increased computing capabilities provided by the new cluster.The statistical research directed toward each of the applications will produce methodology that will be useful in other areas of scienceas well.