Workshop on the Mathematics and Algorithms of Social Insects

这笔资金将部分支持一个研究专题讨论会，预计将吸引大约100-150名与会者。 社会昆虫的行为是计算机科学家的灵感来源，特别是那些研究多智能体系统和机器人算法的科学家。 该研讨会将是该系列的第二次，但也是第一次在美国举行，其目标是将计算机科学家、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激发计算、规划和物流问题的解决方案;以及如何将计算机和工程学的方法和技术应用于理解社会昆虫行为的问题。 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会在所有这些学科中产生一系列新科学。 为此，PI打算作出特别努力，以促进参与者之间的多样性，并包括高级和初级研究人员，从业人员和学生的混合。 特别是，因为很可能会有一些研究生很难向他们的系或顾问证明参加非主流研讨会的费用是合理的，或者根本没有资金参加，所以很大一部分资金将被指定用于支持聪明的、跨学科的学生和代表性不足的群体的成员的参与，他们可能不会出席会议，但可能对代表们产生重大影响。 PI正在向行业和欧洲机构寻求资金; PI预计NSF的资金将用于支持大约15名教师和20名学生的出席。更广泛的影响：研讨会将有助于塑造几个学科正在进行和未来的研究项目，并将支持他们之间及时的交叉施肥。 特别是，会议将有助于扩大研究生在这一协同努力的参与，为他们提供一个机会，使他们在社区中获得更广泛的曝光，为他们的创新工作，并获得反馈和指导，从资深成员的研究界。 这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在其专业发展的关键阶段与高级研究人员建立社会网络。 由于学生和教师构成了一个跨各种维度的多元化群体，包括国籍/文化和科学学科，学生的视野被拓宽，以使各个领域的未来受益。

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.