U.S.-Turkey Cooperative Research: Design of Communications Networks Using Computational Intelligence, and Study of Women in Engineering in the U.S. and in Turkey

描述：该奖项是对匹兹堡大学工业工程系Alice Smith博士和土耳其安卡拉Gazi大学工业工程系Berna Dengiz博士合作研究的支持。该项目有两个不同的目标：使用计算智能的方法，即神经网络和遗传算法，在考虑可靠性时改进数据和语音通信网络拓扑的设计；利用美国和土耳其科学家(均为女性)的合作，研究土耳其妇女参与工程的问题，并与美国妇女参与工程的情况进行比较。范围：该奖项允许两名具有互补能力的科学家合作，从事在美国和土耳其的通信行业具有应用价值的重要科学工作。他们还将讨论一个对美国工程女性职业生涯非常重要的主题。该项目将通过在安卡拉的加齐大学进行研究，为匹兹堡大学的一名研究生和一名本科生提供国际经验。该项目完全符合国际方案司的目标。该奖项包括由工程教育和中心分部提供的资金。

Description: This award is for the support of cooperative research by Dr. Alice Smith, Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Berna Dengiz, Department of Industrial Engineering at Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey. The project has two separate objectives: to use methods from computational intelligence, namely neural networks and genetic algorithms, to improve the design of data and voice communications network topologies when considering reliability; and to utilize the collaboration of the US and Turkish scientists (both are women) to study the issue of women participation in engineering in Turkey, and a comparison with their participation in engineering in the United States. Scope: This award allows cooperation of two scientists with complementary capabilities, to do important scientific work that has applications in the communications industry, in the US and in Turkey. They will also address a subject that is important to careers of women in engineering in the United States. The project will provide an international experience to one graduate student and one undergraduate student from the University of Pittsburgh, by conducting research at Gazi University in Ankara. The project fits well within the objectives of the Division of International Programs. This award includes funding from the Division of Engineering Education and Centers.