Travel Support for the Directions in Statistical Computing (DSC) 2009 Meeting; Copenhagen, Denmark; Summer 2009

DSC 2009是一个关于统计计算方向的国际研讨会，将于2009年7月13-14日在丹麦哥本哈根大学举行。这是一系列会议中的第六次；之前的会议分别在奥地利维也纳(1999年、2001年和2003年)、华盛顿州西雅图(2005年)和新西兰奥克兰(2007年)举行。该工作坊将侧重于但不限于开放源码统计计算，旨在提供一个交流关于统计计算发展的想法的平台。User！2009将于7月8日至10日在法国雷恩举行，这是与R系统相关的使用和开发统计方法和软件的一系列会议的第五次。这项提议的目的是专门为参加这次会议的美国机构的初级调查人员提供支持，以支付旅费。年轻研究人员的工作往往是最具新颖性的，但这些研究人员往往缺乏参加这样一个会议所需的创新资金，因为他们还没有建立足够的基础来为他们的工作吸引外部旅行和其他资金。统计学在跨学科研究中发挥着越来越重要的作用，统计计算作为向研究人员提供新方法和有效应用最佳统计方法的手段是必不可少的。关于统计计算的早期会议是交流思想和鼓励探索统计软件设计新方向的基本框架。国际会议特别有价值，因为它们允许来自世界各地的研究人员交流思想，而这些研究人员通常不会直接接触。首次接触国际研究界对年轻研究人员的好处尤其重要。国际会议还提供了与杰出的国际毕业生见面的机会，并鼓励他们考虑到美国深造的机会。

DSC 2009, an international workshop on Directions in StatisticalComputing, will be held July 13--14, 2009 at the University ofCopenhagen, Denmark. This is the sixth in a series of meetings;previous meeting were held in Vienna, Austria (1999, 2001, and 2003),Seattle, WA (2005), and Auckland, New Zealand (2007). The workshopwill focus on, but is not limited to, open source statisticalcomputing and aims to provide a platform for exchanging ideas aboutdevelopments in statistical computing. UseR! 2009 will be held July8--10 in Rennes, France, and is the fifth in a series of conferencesthe use and development statistical methods and software related tothe R system. This proposal is for funding exclusively to providesupport to assist with travel expenses for junior investigators fromUS institutions to attend this meeting. Work of young researchers isoften among the most novel, yet often these researchers lack thetravel funds necessary to attend such a conference because they havenot yet established themselves sufficiently to attract external traveland other funding for their work.Statistics is playing an increasingly important role ininterdisciplinary research, and statistical computing is essential asthe means for making new methodology available to researchers andallowing the best statistical practices to be applied effectively.Scholarly conferences on statistical computing are an essentialframework for the exchange of ideas and for encouraging theexploration of new directions in the design of statistical software.International conferences are particularly valuable as they allow theexchange of ideas among researchers from around the world who wouldnot ordinarily come into direct contact. The benefit to youngresearchers of a first exposure to the international researchcommunity is particularly important. International meetings alsoprovide an opportunity to meet with outstanding international graduatestudents and encourage them to consider opportunities for furtherstudy in the United States.