Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry 2008

第18届计算几何秋季研讨会（FWCG）是一个区域性研讨会，对于八个州的研究人员来说，参加研讨会是经济的，包括那些没有旅行预算的人，如师范学院的教师，格拉德生和代表性不足的群体成员。计算几何已迅速成为计算机科学和许多相关学科的密集研究领域。由于与真实的和模拟的物理系统相关联的许多计算在本质上是几何的，因此该领域的研究已经被计算分子生物学、计算机图形学、几何建模、传感器网络、工程设计、制造、机器人技术、机器视觉、数据挖掘和统计学中的应用所推动。 因此，计算几何的进步提高了美国的经济竞争力。研讨会将于2008年10月31日至11月1日在纽约州特洛伊市伦斯勒理工学院举行。 它将提高初级研究人员的职业生涯足够大，有趣的人在场，但足够小，他们可以访问。 NSF的一半支持用于资助格拉德生和代表性不足的群体。 计算几何重要性的一个例子是Voronoi图，一种基本的数据结构。 它有助于预测蛋白质对接在计算生物学，从而导致更好的药物设计。计算几何也是重要的各种使命机构。 美国国家科学基金会的支持具有独特的作用，使他们的应用研究和先进发展所依赖的更加基础和基础的研究成为可能。

The 18th Fall Workshop in Computational Geometry (FWCG) is a regional workshop, economical for researchers in eight states to attend, including those without travel budgets, such as faculty at teaching colleges, grad students, and members of underrepresented groups.Computational geometry has rapidly emerged as a field of intense research in computer science and many related disciplines. Since many of the computations associated with both real and simulated physical systems are geometric in nature, research in this field has been fueled by applications in computational molecular biology, computer graphics, geometric modeling, sensor networks, engineering design, manufacturing, robotics, machine vision, data mining, and statistics. Therefore advances in computational geometry improve the economic competitiveness of the United States.The workshop is being held at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2008. It will enhance the careers of junior researchers by being large enough for interesting people to be present, but small enough for them to be accessible. Half of the NSF support is for subsidizing grad students and underrepresented groups. An example of computational geometry's importance is the Voronoi diagram, a fundamental data structure. It facilitates predicting protein docking in computational biology, which leads to better drug design.Computational geometry is also of importance to various mission agencies. The National Science Foundation's support has a unique role, enabling the more fundamental and basic research that their applied research and advanced development relies on.