Travel Support for the Directions in Statistical Computing (DSC) 2007 Meeting

DSC 2007是一个关于统计计算方向的国际讲习班，将于2007年2月15日至16日在新西兰奥克兰大学举行。 这是一系列会议中的第五次会议;以前的会议分别在奥地利的维也纳（1999年、2001年和2003年）和华盛顿州的西雅图（2005年）举行。讲习班将侧重于但不限于开放源码统计计算，旨在提供一个平台，交流有关统计计算发展的想法。该项目的资金专门用于为美国机构的初级研究人员参加本次会议提供差旅费方面的支持。年轻研究人员的工作往往是最新颖的，但这些研究人员往往缺乏出席这种会议所需的旅费，因为他们尚未充分建立自己的地位，无法吸引外部旅行和其他工作经费。统计计算是向研究人员提供新方法和有效应用最佳统计做法的必要手段。关于统计计算的学术会议是交流思想和鼓励探索统计软件设计新方向的重要框架。国际会议特别有价值，因为它们使来自世界各地的研究人员能够交流思想，他们通常不会直接接触。 青年研究人员第一次接触国际研究界的好处尤其重要。 国际会议还提供了一个机会，以满足优秀的国际研究生，并鼓励他们考虑在美国进一步研究的机会。

DSC 2007, an international workshop on Directions in Statistical Computing, will be held February 15-16, 2007 at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. This is the fifth in a series of meetings; previous meeting were held in Vienna, Austria (1999, 2001, and 2003), and Seattle, WA (2005). The workshop will focus on, but is not limited to, open source statistical computing and aims to provide a platform for exchanging ideas about developments in statistical computing. This project is for funding exclusively to provide support to assist with travel expenses for junior investigators from US institutions to attend this meeting. Work of young researchers is often among the most novel, yet often these researchers lack the travel funds necessary to attend such a conference because they have not yet established themselves sufficiently to attract external travel and other funding for their work.Statistics is playing an increasingly important role in interdisciplinary research, and statistical computing is essential as the means for making new methodology available to researchers and allowing the best statistical practices to be applied effectively. Scholarly conferences on statistical computing are an essential framework for the exchange of ideas and for encouraging the exploration of new directions in the design of statistical software. International conferences are particularly valuable as they allow the exchange of ideas among researchers from around the world who would not ordinarily come into direct contact. The benefit to young researchers of a first exposure to the international research community is particularly important. International meetings also provide an opportunity to meet with outstanding international graduate students and encourage them to consider opportunities for further study in the United States.