PhD Student Travel Funds for INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society 2020 Conference; Arlington, Virginia; May 27-29, 2020

INFORMS运输科学与物流学会2020年会议博士生旅费；

• 批准号: 1938077
• 负责人: Barrett Thomas
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of Iowa
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1938077&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PhD; Student; Travel; Funds; INFORMS

This grants supports the next generation of researchers in transportation science and logistics by providing funding for graduate students to travel to the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Conference being held in May 2020. The grant contributes to the prosperity and welfare of the nation, since the participating students will be the next generation researchers who solve the future's transportation and logistics challenges. The field of transportation and logistics is constantly changing. Efforts by retailors Amazon, Walmart, and Target, and meal delivery services such as GrubHub and UberEats, have dramatically increased home deliveries and along with it increased urban congestion and pollution. Further, a rapidly aging population will require new transportation practices, while changes in long term environmental conditions may require redesigned traffic flows and infrastructure. At the same time, new technologies, such as autonomous vehicles and drones, offer innovative opportunities to solving these challenges. Attending this conference will give students the chance to both develop their own research through feedback from other academics and to also learn about the cutting edge work being done by others. Removing barriers to attendance by providing funds for travel means that a broad and diverse group of students will be able to attend, thus in turn developing a diverse set of future researchers.The INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society's Triennial Conference seeks to be the premier North American conference for academics and practitioners who are addressing the challenges and opportunities in transportation and logistics. Specifically, the conference focuses on the application of optimization methods to transportation and logistics problems. In addition, the purpose of the conference is to "provide a regular, high-quality, and reasonably affordable conference in an easily accessible location in North America that serves the broad research interests of the transportation science and logistics community with an emphasis on promoting new and impactful areas of research." As participants, the graduate students will have a chance to present their work and see the presentations of other scholars. In addition, the students will have a chance to build their network of scholars in similar research areas, helping to increase the quality of their work. The application and selection process will seek applicants capable of high quality research who might not otherwise be able to attend the conference.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.

该赠款通过为研究生提供资金来支持运输科学和物流的下一代研究人员前往2020年5月举行的INFORMS运输科学和物流学会会议。 该补助金有助于国家的繁荣和福利，因为参与的学生将成为解决未来运输和物流挑战的下一代研究人员。运输和物流领域不断变化。零售商亚马逊、沃尔玛和塔吉特的努力，以及GrubHub和UberEats等送餐服务，大大增加了送货上门的数量，沿着增加了城市拥堵和污染。此外，快速老龄化的人口将需要新的交通实践，而长期环境条件的变化可能需要重新设计交通流量和基础设施。与此同时，自动驾驶汽车和无人机等新技术为解决这些挑战提供了创新机会。参加这次会议将使学生有机会通过其他学者的反馈来发展自己的研究，并了解其他人正在做的前沿工作。通过提供旅行资金来消除出席障碍意味着广泛而多样化的学生群体将能够参加，从而反过来培养未来的研究人员。INFORMS运输科学与物流学会三年一度的会议旨在成为北美首屈一指的学术和从业者会议，他们正在解决运输和物流的挑战和机遇。具体来说，会议的重点是应用优化方法的运输和物流问题。此外，会议的目的是“在北美交通便利的地点提供定期，高质量和合理负担得起的会议，为运输科学和物流界的广泛研究兴趣服务，重点是促进新的和有影响力的研究领域。“作为参与者，研究生将有机会介绍他们的工作，并看到其他学者的介绍。此外，学生将有机会在类似的研究领域建立自己的学者网络，帮助提高他们的工作质量。申请和选择过程将寻求有能力进行高质量研究的申请人，否则他们可能无法参加会议。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。