Computers in Mineral Industry Planning, Engineering and Management, Indo-U.S. Workshop, January 1991, Calcutta, India, Group Travel Award in U.S. and Indian Currencies

描述：该项目支持15名美国科学家参加计划于1991年1月在印度加尔各答举行的印美矿业规划、工程和管理计算机联合研讨会。印度协调员是印度丹巴德印度矿业学院院长D·K·辛哈博士。这些活动将包括为期三天的研讨会，参观印度的采矿作业和采矿管理/工程办事处，随后将举行为期两天的圆桌讨论会，讨论新出现的研究需求。研讨会将包括介绍矿业的最新发展，以及对工程师和管理人员的教育和培训。在圆桌会议上，印度和美国的联合研究项目将概述未来的合作。将讨论的主题包括：矿产勘探中的自动化数据获取，矿产资源和储量质量估计的统计建模；影响矿山规划、开发和运营的因素；采矿的经济和风险分析方面；矿物加工；维护和调度；遥控、自动化、机器人和人工智能系统；以及安全和健康、生产力以及区域和国家规划的国家数据库的应用。范围：这次研讨会让美国和印度的科学家和工程师讨论了一个对两国都很重要的领域。研讨会的想法是由印度-美国科学和技术小组委员会在其最近一次会议(1987年11月)上提出的。该项目可能会加强两国学术和工业组织未来的合作，并允许在印度和美国独立开发的信息交流。

Description: This project supports participation of 15 U.S. scientists in a joint Indo-U.S. Workshop on computer in mineral industry planning, engineering and management planned for January 1991 in Calcutta, India. The Indian coordinator is Dr. D. K. Sinha, Director, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India. The activities will include a three-day seminar, visits to mining operations and mining management/engineering offices in India, to be followed by a two-day round table discussions on emerging research needs. The seminar will include presentations on recent developments in mineral industry, and education and training of engineers and managers. In the round table, joint Indo-U.S. research projects will be outlined for future collaboration. Topics to be discussed will include: automated data acquisition in mineral exploration, statistical modeling for quality estimates of mineral resources and reserves; factors affecting mine planning, development and operation; economic and risk analysis aspects of mining; mineral processing; maintenance and scheduling; remote control, automation, robotics and artificial intelligence systems; and applications of national data bases for safety and health, productivity and regional and national planning. Scope: This workshop brings U.S. and Indian scientists and engineers to discuss an area of importance to both countries. The idea of the workshop was recommended by the Indo-U.S. subcommission on Science and Technology in its most recent meeting (November 1987). The project is likely to enhance future collaboration between academic and industrial organizations in the two countries and to allow for the exchange of information developed independently in India and the U.S.