Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Biomedical Images and Biological Surfaces; September 2008

研究人员建议在2008年秋季学期在密歇根州立大学举行一个为期三天的会议，即中西部生物医学图像和生物表面数学方法会议。本次会议将汇集研究人员在不同的职业阶段和研究生，主要来自中西部地区谁的工作或有兴趣在生物医学图像和生物表面的数学方法。随着这一领域新思想和令人兴奋的新挑战的爆发，本次会议旨在提供一个论坛，以交流与研究相关的新思想和成果，同样重要的是，促进教师和学生在数学，工程和生命科学之间的互动和合作。申请的资金将主要用于支持与会者。额外的资金将来自密歇根州立大学。NSF资金的很大一部分将用于支持研究生和初级教师的参与，特别是那些代表性不足的少数群体。

The investigators propose a three-day meeting, the Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Biomedical Images and Biological Surfaces, to be held in the fall semester of 2008 in Michigan State University. This meeting will bring together researchers at different career stages and graduate students, mainly from the Midwestern area who work or are interested in mathematical methods for biomedical images and biological surfaces. With the explosion of new ideas and exciting new challenges in this area, this meeting aims to provide a forum to exchange new ideas and results related to research and equally importantly, to foster the interaction and collaboration between faculties and students in mathematics, engineering and life sciences. The requested funding will be used principally to support participants. Additional funding will come from Michigan State University. A large portion of the NSF funding will be used to support the participation of graduate students and junior faculty members, particularly those in the under-represented minority groups.