Workshop on the Mathematics and Algorithms of Social Insects

这笔资金用于部分支持一个研究研讨会，预计将吸引大约100-150人参加。对于计算机科学家来说，群居昆虫的行为是越来越多的灵感来源，特别是那些研究多代理系统和机器人学算法的科学家。这将是该系列的第二个，但也是第一个在美国举办的研讨会，目的是将计算机科学家、生物学家、机器人研究人员、数学家和工程师聚集在一起，分享想法：昆虫行为的数学和算法模型如何启发计算、规划和后勤问题的解决方案；以及如何将计算和工程的方法和技术应用于理解昆虫社会行为的问题。PI的假设是，计算机科学家、机器人专家和生物学家之间的这种合作很可能导致所有这些学科的新科学层出不穷。为此，国际和平研究所打算特别努力促进参与者之间的多样性，并包括高级和初级研究人员、从业人员和学生。特别是，由于可能会有一些研究生很难向他们的部门或顾问证明参加非主流研讨会的费用是合理的，或者他们根本没有资金参加，因此很大一部分资金将专门用于支持聪明的跨学科学生和代表性不足群体的成员参加研讨会，否则他们可能不会出席，但可能会对代表产生重大影响。PI正在向业界和欧洲机构征集资金；PI预计NSF的资金将用于支持大约15名教职员工和20名学生的出席。广泛影响：研讨会将有助于形成正在进行的和未来几个学科的研究项目，并将支持它们之间的及时交叉受精。特别是，会议将帮助研究生更多地参与这一协同努力，为他们提供机会，让他们在社区中更广泛地接触到他们的创新工作，并从研究界的高级成员那里获得反馈和指导。它将进一步帮助培养这些年轻研究人员的社区意识，使他们能够在自己之间以及与处于专业发展关键阶段的资深研究人员建立一个社交网络。由于学生和教职员工在不同的维度上构成了一个多样化的群体，包括国籍/文化和科学学科，学生的视野被开阔到各个领域的未来利益。

This is funding to partially support a research symposium that is expected to attract approximately 100-150 participants. The behavior of social insects is a growing source of inspiration for computer scientists, especially those investigating algorithms for multi-agent systems and robotics. The goal of the workshop, which will be the second in the series but the first to be held in the United States, is to bring computer scientists, biologists, robotics researchers, mathematicians and engineers together to share ideas: on how mathematical and algorithmic models of insect behavior might inspire solutions to problems in computing, planning and logistics; and on how methodologies and techniques from computing and engineering might be applied to the problem of understanding social insect behavior. The PI's hypothesis is that such collaborations among computer scientists, roboticists and biologists may well lead to a cascade of new science in all these disciplines. To this end, the PI intends to make special efforts to foster diversity among the participants, and to include a mixture of senior and junior researchers, practitioners, and students. In particular, because it is likely that there will be some graduate students who may find it hard to justify the cost of attending a non-mainstream workshop to their departments or advisors, or who simply do not have the funds to attend, a large chunk of the funds will be earmarked for supporting participation by bright, interdisciplinary students and members of under-represented groups, who might not otherwise attend but who may have a significant impact upon the delegates. The PI is soliciting funding from industry and from European agencies; the PI expects NSF funding will be used to support attendance by approximately 15 faculty and 20 students.Broader Impacts: The workshop will help shape ongoing and future research projects in several disciplines, and will support timely cross-fertilization among them. In particular, the meeting will help expand the involvement of graduate students in this synergistic effort, by providing them an opportunity to gain wider exposure in the community for their innovative work and to obtain feedback and guidance from senior members of the research community. It will further help foster a sense of community among these young researchers, by allowing them to create a social network both among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. Because the students and faculty constitute a diverse group across a variety of dimensions, including nationality/cultural and scientific discipline, the students' horizons are broadened to the future benefit of the various fields.