Requesting support for young US scientists to attend the Conference on Mathematical Geophysics 2012

这项提案要求提供资金，以帮助支付美国学生、博士后和年轻科学家参加2012年6月18日至22日在爱丁堡大学举行的国际数学地球物理会议的费用和旅费。没有终身教员将得到这些资金的支持，并将优先考虑代表性不足的群体(妇女和少数群体)。数学地球物理会议(CMG)由国际大地测量和地球物理联合会数学地球物理委员会主办(见下文组织委员会)。会议网址为：http://www.cmgedinburgh2012.org.uk.。2012年的会议题为“用数据对抗模型”。这次会议汇集了来自地球物理、物理海洋学、大气和气候动力学的应用数学家、计算科学家和地球科学家，讨论地球科学的进展。今年的会议强调需要面对复杂的数学地球系统模型，同时对地球、海洋和大气进行越来越多的观测。今年CMG会议的范围大大扩大，包括物理海洋学、大气和气候动力学以及应用数学方面的专门会议，将后者与“地球数学”国际倡议联系起来。这次会议提供了一个独特的多学科论坛，以便在地球科学的学科边界之间交流思想和技术。它允许来自通常不交流的学科的地球科学家之间的互动，例如物理海洋学家和地球物理学家。申请的资金用于支付22名美国学生、博士后和早期职业科学家的旅费和住宿费，大约是过去参加会议人数的一半。拟议的资金为美国学生和早期职业科学家提供了一个重要的机会，让他们可以在非正式的环境中相互交流，并与资深科学家进行互动。主办方将直接联系大学和学院的地球科学教职员工和来自代表性不足群体的学生，以鼓励他们的学生和同事申请旅费和住宿补助参加会议。这次会议将讨论的地球科学问题不仅从科学角度来看都是高度相关的，而且特别是由于其社会和经济影响。这包括对地震、气候变化等的研究。

This proposal requests funds to help support meeting costs and travel expenses of U.S. students, post docs and young scientists to the International Conference on Mathematical Geophysics to be held in the University of Edinburgh, from June 18-22, 2012. No tenured faculty will be supported with these funds, and priority will be given to underrepresented groups (women and minorities). The Conference on Mathematical Geophysics (CMG) is sponsored by the Committee on Mathematical Geophysics of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (see organizing committees below). The conference website can be found at http://www.cmgedinburgh2012.org.uk. The 2012 conference is titled "Confronting models with data".This conference brings together applied mathematicians, computational scientists and Earth scientists from geophysics, physical oceanography, and atmospheric and climate dynamics, to discuss advances in Earth sciences. This year's meeting emphasizes the need to confront complex mathematical Earth-system models with increasing quantities of observations of the Earth, oceans and atmosphere. The scope of the CMG meeting is significantly extended this year to include dedicated sessions in physical oceanography, atmospheric and climate dynamics, and applied math, connecting the latter to the "Mathematics of Planet Earth" international initiative. This meeting provides a unique multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas and techniques across the disciplinary boundaries in the Earth sciences. It allows interactions among Earth scientists from disciplines that do not normally communicate, such as physical oceanographers and geophysicists. Funds are requested to support travel and lodging costs for 22 U.S. students, post-docs, and early career scientists, approximately a half of the number attending past meetings.The proposed funding provides an important opportunity for U.S. students and early career scientists to interact with each other and with senior scientists in an informal setting. The organizers will directly contact Earth science faculty members in universities and colleges with students from under-represented groups, to encourage their students and colleagues to apply for travel and lodging grants to attend the conference. Earth science issues to be discussed in this meeting are all highly relevant not only from a scientific point of view, but especially due to their societal and economic implications. This includes the study of earthquakes, climate change and more.