Workshop for Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation in Operations Research; Seattle, Washington; November 3-7, 2007

这次研讨会的目的是在2007年11月3-7日在西雅图举行的INFINS年会上，向运筹学研究社区宣传网络使能的发现和创新(CDI)的目标。PI将邀请主要演讲者，他们将就适合CDI征集的研究项目类型提供见解。NSF项目官员也将到场为这个研究社区提供指导。选择研讨会的地点是为了方便参加情况通报会议的大约4000名与会者访问研讨会。这次研讨会是一项及时的工作，将极大地提高国家科学基金会收到的提案的质量。专题介绍和常见问题将在网上公布(www.datadrivenecision.osu edu)，从而使其他人也能从讲习班中受益。

This workshop is intended to be a workshop to disseminate the goals of Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) to the Operations Research community at the INFORMS Annual Meeting which will be held in Seattle, November 3-7, 2007. The PI will invite key speakers who will provide insights into the types of research projects which will be appropriate for the CDI solicitation. NSF program officers will also be present to provide guidance to this research community. The venue of the workshop was chosen to make the workshop easily accessible to the roughly 4000 participants at the INFORMS meeting.This workshop is a timely undertaking, and will greatly enhance the quality of proposals received by NSF. The presentations and the frequently asked questions will be posted on the web (www.datadrivendecision.osu.edu), thus allowing others to also benefit from the workshop.