Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for Graduate Students

2000年NCSU研究生工业数学建模研讨会（IMMW2000）旨在让数学、统计学和工程学专业的学生接触工业和政府实验室的问题，并向他们介绍团队解决问题的方法。研讨会定于2000年7月24日至8月1日举行，由Pierre Gremaud、Zhilin Li、Ralph Smith和Hien Tran组织。讲习班容纳了来自国内和国际机构的约36名研究生（共6个小组）。来自工业界或政府实验室的科学家将被邀请介绍当前的研究问题，并带领5-6名学生组成的团队，通过模型制定和至少部分解决问题。这丰富了传统的研究生经历，为考虑学术职业的学生和准备非学术职业的学生提供了宝贵的培训。对于准备从事学术工作的学生来说，讲习班提供的经验将大大拓宽他们在课堂上的视野，并可能为以后的研究提供催化剂。对于追求非学术事业的学生来说，这种经历更为重要，因为它使他们接触到重要的“现实生活”问题，并为他们提供了解决这些问题的初步经验。

The 2000 NCSU Industrial Mathematics Modeling Workshop for graduate students (IMMW2000) is designed to expose students in mathematics, statistics, and engineering to problems from industry and government laboratories, and introduce them to a team approach to problem solving. The workshop is scheduled for the time period July 24,2000 to August 1, 2000 and is organized by Pierre Gremaud, Zhilin Li, Ralph Smith, and Hien Tran. The workshop accommodates approximately 36 graduate students (for a total of 6 teams)from national and international institutions. Scientists from industry or government laboratories will be invited to present current research problems and lead teams of 5-6 students through model formulation and at least partial solution of the problems. This enriches the traditional graduate experience and provides valuable training for both students considering academic careers and those students preparing for nonacademic careers. For students preparing for an academic career, the workshop provides experience which will significantly broaden their perspective in the classroom and may provide a catalyst for later research. The experience is even more significant for students pursuing nonacademic careers since it provides them with an exposure to important ``real life'' problems and gives them some initial experience at addressing such problems.