PARTIAL SUPPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

美国国家科学院数学科学及其应用委员会(BMSA)是研究企业和依赖数学科学的联邦机构之间的主要接口。通过研究和讲习班，委员会的20名公益专家帮助确保国家的决策建立在强有力的数学分析和可靠的计算模拟的基础上。2009年发布的BMSA报告记录了遥感气候数据不确定性管理的最佳实践；确定了美国法医科学事业的需求，包括新的统计研究；审查了NSF的研究生研究和教育垂直整合计划；并记录了监管金融部门系统性风险所需的技术能力。目前的拨款将使委员会能够启动和监督关于验证、确认和不确定性量化的数学基础的新研究；扩大分析海量数据的工具包；为未来几十年准备数学科学；以及评估我们人口老龄化的宏观经济影响。资金还将通过理事会会议和在这些会议上发起的活动，支持BMSA努力在数学科学和其他科学、工程和公共政策社区之间建立更紧密的联系。

The National Academies' Board on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications (BMSA) is a primary interface between the research enterprise and federal agencies that rely on the mathematical sciences. Through studies and workshops, the Board's 20 pro bono experts help to ensure that the nation's decision making is based on strong mathematical analysis and reliable computational simulations. BMSA reports issued in 2009 documented best practices in uncertainty management for remotely sensed climate data; identified needs of the U.S. forensic science enterprise, including new statistical research; reviewed NSF's program in Vertical Integration in Graduate Research and Education; and documented technical capabilities necessary for the regulation of systemic risk in the financial sector. The current grant will enable to Board to launch and oversee new studies on mathematical foundations of verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification; enlarging the toolkit for analysis of massive data; preparing the mathematical sciences for the coming decades; and evaluating the macroeconomic effects of our aging population. Funding will also support BMSA efforts to build stronger ties between the mathematical sciences and other communities of science, engineering, and public policy, through Board meetings and the activities that are initiated at those meetings.