Conference Support: 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory; Berkeley Hill, California; July 18-20, 2011

该基金为将于2011年7月18日至20日在加州伯克利举行的第19届交通与交通理论国际研讨会（ISTTT）提供参与者支持资金。研讨会将展示来自世界各地的500多篇论文中的35篇原创论文。这些选择是通过严格的、多阶段的同行评审过程做出的。选定的35份文件将在全体会议上提出。为了传播他们的发现，所有的论文将在i)纸质论文集中发表；ii) Elsevier的在线procdia系列；和iii)著名的档案杂志系列运输研究。将举行一次特别研讨会，探讨将研讨会成果应用于专业实践的其他方法。来自NSF的资金将支持研讨会的关键要素。部分资金将用于支付奖学金，以促进从代表性不足的群体中挑选出的一批高级研究生的参与。自成立以来，ISTTT一直是运输理论家的主要聚会。即将召开的伯克利研讨会有望在这一传统的基础上再接再厉：会上接受的论文代表了来自世界各地的突破性研究。这些论文有可能挑战目前对交通科学的看法，甚至可能改变这一领域。这些文件涉及交通运输领域的各种紧迫问题：包括推广更环保、更可持续的旅行模式，以及在紧急情况下运送人员和货物的想法。考虑到交通运输在世界和人民生活中所扮演的角色，在即将到来的研讨会上提出的想法预计将具有真正的意义。

This grant provides participant support funds for the 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) to be held July 18-20, 2011 in Berkeley, California. The symposium will showcase 35 original papers drawn from a pool of over 500 submissions from around the world. Selections were made via a rigorous, multi-stage peer-review process. The 35 selected papers will be presented in plenary sessions. To disseminate their findings, all papers will be published in i) hard-copy proceedings; ii) Elsevier's on-line Procedia series; and iii) the prestigious archival journal series Transportation Research. A special workshop session will be held to explore additional ways of placing the symposium findings into professional practice. The funds from NSF will support key elements of the symposium. Part of the funds will cover fellowships to foster participation from a select set of advanced graduate students from underrepresented groups.Since its inception, the ISTTT has been the premier gathering of transport theorists. The coming Berkeley Symposium promises to build on that tradition: the papers accepted for the event represent breakthrough research from around the world. These papers have the potential to challenge current thinking about transport science, and perhaps even to transform the field. And the papers address a variety of pressing topics in transportation: they include ideas for promoting greener, more sustainable travel modes, and for transporting people and goods in emergency situations. Given the role that transportation plays in the world and in the lives of her people, the ideas unveiled in the coming symposium are expected to be of real significance.