Travel Support for Minority Students to Attend INFORMS Annual Meeting; October 24-27, 2004; Denver, CO

这笔赠款提供资金支持10名代表性不足的少数族裔研究生参加2004年10月24日至27日在丹佛举行的运筹学和管理科学研究所（INFORMS）年会。学生们将在INFORMS少数族裔问题论坛的欢迎招待会上进行海报展示，并参加会议上举行的博士生讨论会。 因此，受此项资助的学生将获得必要的专业发展技能，成为运筹学专业不可或缺的一部分，并有机会向该专业的广大受众传播他们的研究成果。这项资助将有助于增加运筹学专业人员的数量和多样性。 此外，从经验中获得的专业发展以及与该领域榜样的互动将对学生在该领域的学位和实践的坚持产生积极影响。

This grant provides funding to support 10 underrepresented minority graduate students to attend the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting in Denver from October 24, 2004 to October 27, 2004. The students will give poster presentations at the welcoming reception of the Minority Issues Forum of INFORMS and also attend the doctoral colloquium conducted at conference. Thus, the students supported by this grant will acquire necessary professional development skills to become an integral part of the operations research profession and the opportunity to disseminate their research to a broad audience in the profession.This grant will assist in increasing the number and diversity of operations research professionals. Also, the professional development gained from the experience along with the interaction with role models in the field will positively affect the students' persistence to a degree and practice in the field.