North American Regional Environmetrics Meeting

申请资金用于参加2007年6月19日至21日在华盛顿州西雅图举行的国际环境学会第一届北美地区会议的年轻研究人员的注册费和旅费。会议的主题是“气候变化及其对环境的影响：监测、测量和预测”。特邀会议包括古气候评估、农业风险评估、统计数据在公共政策中的作用以及极端气候事件趋势评估。主讲人将是斯坦福大学的Paul Switzer和加州大学伯克利分校的David Brillinger。国际环境学会每年都会举行国际会议。几年前，该协会的欧洲区域开始举行区域会议。政府雇员对这类区域会议的要求尤其强烈，他们发现在有限的旅行预算下很难进行国际旅行。会议将集中讨论环境科学的定量方面，预计将吸引约100-150名与会者。会议的重点和规模将使环境科学家和统计学家/数学家之间有强有力的互动。

Funding is requested for costs of registration and travel for young investigators to the first North American Regional Meeting of the International Environmetric Society, taking place in Seattle, WA, June 19-21, 2007. The theme of the meeting is "Climate change and its environmental effects: monitoring, measuring, and predicting." Invited session include Paleo-climate assessment, Agro-risk assessment, The role of statistics in public policy, and Assessing trends in extreme climate events. Keynote speakers will be Paul Switzer of Stanford University, and David Brillinger of the University of California at Berkeley.The International Environmetric Society has traditionally held international meetings every year. A few years ago the European region of the society starting holding regional meetings. The request for this type of regional meeting has been particularly strong from government employees, who have found international travel difficult under limited travel budgets. The meeting will focus on quantitative aspects of environmental science, and is expected to draw some 100-150 participants. The focus and size of the meeting will enable strong interactions between environmental scientists and statisticians/mathematicians.