U.S.-Ukraine International Research Experience for Students: Discrete and Nondifferentiable Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications

OISE 05- 53513 Sergiy Butenko这个美国-乌克兰项目为美国本科生和研究生提供了在乌克兰基辅的Glushkov控制论研究所进行研究的机会。 研究活动集中在离散和不可微优化及其应用领域。主要研究人员是来自德克萨斯州工程实验站的Sergiy Butenko和来自Glushkov控制论研究所的Ivan Sergienko。美国学生在Glushkov研究所度过三周的时间，他们在由一名美国研究生，一名美国本科生和一名乌克兰学生组成的团队中工作。 研究生被指派为团队领导，乌克兰高级研究人员担任导师。 学生提供了各种研究项目的想法可供选择。 他们也可以提出自己的问题来解决。要解决的问题包括一些众所周知的问题，以及具有许多应用的新颖组合优化问题。 该项目的一个主题是分析交通网络的连通性及其在制定有效的应急响应策略中的作用。该项目实现了通过国际合作研究培训、网络和指导为美国学生提供全球视野和职业发展机会的计划目标。

OISE 05-53513Sergiy ButenkoThis US-Ukraine project provides US undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to conduct research at the Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics in Kyiv, Ukraine. The research activities are focused in the areas of discrete and nondifferentiable optimization and their applications. The principal investigators are Sergiy Butenko from the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and Ivan Sergienko from the Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics.The US students spend three-week periods at the Glushkov Institute where they work in teams consisting of one US graduate student, one US undergraduate student, and one Ukrainian student. The graduate students are assigned as team leaders and the Ukrainian senior researchers serve as mentors. Students are offered a variety of research project ideas to choose from. They may also propose their own problems to work on. The problems to be solved include some well-known ones, as well as novel combinatorial optimization problems that have numerous applications. An example of a project topic offered is the analysis to connectivity properties of transportation networks and their role in developing effective emergency response strategies.This project fulfills the program objectives of providing US students with a global perspective and opportunities for professional growth through international cooperative research training, networking and mentoring.