Support of the Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

美国国家科学院应用和理论统计委员会(CATS)是研究企业和依赖统计科学的联邦机构之间的主要接口。禁止酷刑委员会组织讲习班和研究，就如何最好地将统计、信息分析和不确定性管理工具应用于对国家具有重要意义的实际问题提供客观和权威的建议。在这样做的过程中，CATS加强了决策过程；提高了对统计科学的能见度和鉴赏力；并确定了该学科的增长领域。近年来，CATS帮助发起并指导了美国科学院对国家法医科学事业的一项重大评估，这导致了2009年的一份报告，该报告引发了大量关注，并建议了一系列全面的联邦行动。2008年底，CATS共同主办了一次跨学科研讨会，以帮助减少与遥感气候数据相关的不确定性；关于该研讨会的报告即将出炉。2009年8月，CATS联合主办了一次关于大规模整合科学数据所面临的技术和政策挑战的研讨会，这也将导致一份科学院报告。CATS目前正在努力启动研究，以协助国家安全局和国家核安全局实现其目标。

The National Academies' Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics(CATS) is a primary interface between the research enterprise and federal agencies that rely on the statistical sciences. CATS organizes workshops and studies that provide objective and authoritative advice on how best to apply the tools of statistics, information analysis, and uncertainty management to practical problems of national importance. In so doing, CATS strengthens the policymaking process; increases the visibility of, and appreciation for, the statistical sciences; and identifies growth areas for the discipline.In recent years, CATS helped initiate and steer a major Academies evaluation of the nation's forensic science enterprise, which led to a 2009 report that raised a large number of concerns and recommended a comprehensive set of federal actions. Late in 2008, CATS co-sponsored a cross-disciplinary workshop to help reduce the uncertainties associated with remotely sensed climate data; a report on that workshop is forthcoming. In August of 2009, CATS is co-sponsoring a workshop on technical and policy challenges facing large-scale integration of scientific data, which will also lead to an Academies report. CATS is currently working to initiate studies to assist the National Security Agency and the National Nuclear Security Administration in meeting their goals.