Conference Support for the XIX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources (CMWR 2012)

第十九届水资源计算方法国际会议将于2012年6月17日至21日在伊利诺伊大学香槟分校举行。 这个两年一次的系列会议是工程师、地球科学家、水文学家、计算机科学家和应用数学家介绍和讨论他们最新研究的主要场所。 原始计算能力的增加，软件的开发，在线水文数据的可用性，以及网络基础设施的最新进展，使这成为一个特别令人兴奋的时间计算应用到水资源和地球科学的挑战。 该会议将作为一个独特的论坛，汇集来自计算机科学/应用数学社区的方法和工具工作人员，以及来自工程，地球科学，政府和工业的负责解决紧迫的水相关问题的人员。 在特别会议上强调的紧迫的社会相关性的主题包括：气候变化对水文学的影响，河流力学，沿海海洋的循环，生态水文学，地表水和地下水中的污染物迁移，以及二氧化碳的地质封存，NSF的支持将使本科生和研究生能够以较低的价格注册，从而促进学生的参与。 学生和博士后将有机会在一个重要的国际会议上展示他们的工作。会议将促进学术界、政府和工业界之间的互动，并加强国际交流。 在美国举行的上一次会议上，大约40%的与会者是国际性的，代表了20多个国家。 学生和其他与会者将有机会与杰出的全体演讲者互动，他们代表了一个多元化的国际团体，包括高级和中级学者。学生将提交完整的论文，从而为学生提供另一个培训机会。 会议记录将在会议网站上公开提供，从而使整个科学界受益。

The XIX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources will be held June 17-21, 2012, on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This biennial series of meetings has served as the premier venue for engineers, geoscientists, hydrologists, computer scientists and applied mathematicians to present and discuss their latest research. The increase in raw computational power, software developments, availability of on-line hydrologic data, and recent advances in cyber-infrastructure make this a particularly exciting time for computational applications to water resources and geoscience challenges. The conference will serve as a unique forum to bring together those from the computer science/applied math community who work in methods and tools with those from engineering, geoscience, government and industry who are responsible for addressing pressing water-related problems. Topics of pressing societal relevance being emphasized in special sessions include: climate change impacts on hydrology, river mechanics, circulation in coastal oceans, ecohydrology, contaminant transport in surface water and groundwater, and geological sequestration of carbon dioxide.NSF support will allow undergraduate and graduate students to register at a reduced rate, thereby facilitating participation by students. Students and post-docs will benefit from the opportunity to present their work at a major international conference. The conference will foster interactions among those from academia, government, and industry, and will also enhance international exchange. At the last meeting in the United States, approximately 40% of the participants were international, representing more than 20 countries. Students and other conference attendees will have the opportunity to interact with the distinguished plenary speakers, who represent a diverse international group that includes both senior and mid-career scholars. Students will submit full papers, thus providing another opportunity for student training. The conference proceedings will be openly available on the conference web site, thereby benefitting the entire scientific community.