Workshop and Conference Travel: 2018 Winter Simulation Conference; Gothenburg, Sweden; December 9-12, 2018

该奖项的目的是支持博士生参加2018年博士学术讨论会和冬季模拟会议。冬季仿真大会是仿真领域领先的国际会议，有来自世界各地的研究人员广泛参加。该奖项将支持研究生的参与，他们将成为模拟社区的下一代领导者。参与国际科学讨论论坛是建立一支成熟的科研队伍的重要机制，该奖项将使新兴的美国学者与来自欧洲和其他地方的同行和高级研究人员进行互动。座谈会和会议将于2018年12月9日至12日在瑞典哥德堡瑞典会展中心举行。研讨会由四位领先的模拟研究人员组织，为与会者提供了展示他们的研究并与来自学术界和工业界的资深研究人员互动的机会。研讨会的组织者将尽可能广泛地吸纳高素质的博士生作为支持，并将特别从代表性不足的STEM群体和非研究1机构中挑选候选人。研讨会将通过主要的专业协会和名单服务广泛推广，如运筹学和管理科学研究所(INFELS)、IEFac.List、模拟学会讨论委员会和冬季模拟会议邮件名单。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The objective of this award is to support the attendance of Ph.D. students at the 2018 Ph.D. Colloquium and Winter Simulation Conference. The Winter Simulation Conference is a leading international conference in the field of simulation and is widely attended by researchers from all over the world. This award will support the participation of graduate students who will become the next generation of leaders in the simulation community. Participation in international scientific discussion forums is an important mechanism in building a mature workforce in scientific research, and this award will enable interaction of emerging U.S. scholars with their counterparts and senior researchers from Europe and elsewhere. The Colloquium and Conference will be held at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Center in Gothenburg, Sweden, from December 9-12, 2018. The Colloquium is organized by four leading simulation researchers and provides attendees the opportunity to present their research and to interact with senior researchers from both academia and industry. Workshop organizers will include the broadest possible group of highly qualified Ph.D. students for support and will particularly identify candidates from underrepresented STEM groups and from non-Research 1 institutions. The workshop will be broadly promoted through major professional societies and list serves, such as the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the IEFac.list, the Simulation Society Discussion Board, and the Winter Simulation Conference mailing list.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.