Conference: International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems (ISAP2005); November 6-10, 2004; Arlington, VA.

下一届智能系统在电力系统中的应用国际会议，ISAP2005，将于2005年11月6日至10日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行，该市位于华盛顿大都市区。这项提议的目的是请求为学生的旅费和包括会议记录光盘制作、通讯和用品在内的一些直接会议费用提供支助。将向电力系统公用事业公司和制造商寻求配套资金。将特别努力招收少数群体和代表性不足群体的学生和演讲者。ISAP是唯一一个完全致力于电力系统智能系统应用的国际会议，因此为展示创新研究提供了一个理想的论坛，促进了研究人员之间的密切互动。预计这次会议将对主要话语领域的研究和教学质量产生重大影响，这是由于其跨学科性质以及受邀演讲者和与会者的高质量。由于两年一次的会议传统上在欧洲、北美、南美和亚洲之间轮流举行，ISAP2005为目前注册的美国学生提供了一个独特的机会，很可能是唯一的机会，让他们专门与电力系统智能系统领域的国际专家互动。在智能系统慢慢进入传统电力工程课程的同时，本次会议将为美国学生提供学习最新技术的重大教育机会。更广泛的影响NSF对包括印刷、通信和用品在内的行政成本的潜在贡献将使会议组织者将会议注册费保持在中等水平，从而抵消我们国际与会者相对较高的差旅和住宿费用；即与许多亚洲、非洲或东欧国家的国家生活费用相比，较高。传统上，ISAP会议吸引了来自东欧国家以及南美洲和亚洲的大量研究人员参加，在这些国家，拥有出色技术专长的研究人员面临着经济资源的匮乏。美国和国际学生与来自不同文化背景的研究人员的互动提供了一种丰富的体验，远远超出了技术知识的获取。这次会议还为NSF提供了一个与学生、学术界和电力行业互动的独特机会，以促进和讨论NSF对复杂系统、传感、通信和控制领域的技术挑战及其经济、教育和社会学影响的愿景。

The next International Conference on Intelligent Systems Applications to Power Systems, ISAP2005, will take place November 6 - 10, 2005 in Arlington, VA, which is located in the Washington metropolitan area. It is the objective of this proposal to request support for the travel expenses for students and for some of the direct conference costs including CD production of the proceedings, communication and supplies. Matching funds will be sought from power system utilities and manufacturers. Special efforts will be made to recruit students and speakers from minorities and underrepresented groups. Intellectual Merit ISAP is the only international conference entirely dedicated to intelligent system applications for power systems and thus provides an ideal forum for the presentation of innovative research fostering close interaction between researchers. This conference is expected to have a substantial impact on the quality of the research and teaching in the major areas of discourse which is due to its interdisciplinary nature as well as to the high quality of the invited speakers and participants. Since the venue of the bi-annual conference traditionally rotates between Europe, North-America, South-America and Asia, ISAP2005 provides a unique and most likely the only opportunity for currently enrolled US students to interact exclusively with international experts in the area of intelligent systems for power systems. While intelligent systems slowly enter the traditional power engineering curriculum, this conference will provide major educational opportunities for US students to learn about the newest techniques. Broader Impact NSF's potential contribution to the administrative costs including printing, communications and supplies will allow the conference organizers to keep the conference registration fee at a moderate level, thus offsetting the relatively high travel and lodging expenses for our international participants; i.e. high when compared to national living expenses in many Asian, African or Eastern European countries. Traditionally the ISAP conference has attracted a sizable participation of researcher from Eastern-European countries as well as South-America and Asia where researchers with excellent technical expertise face a lack of economic resources. The interaction of US as well as international students with researchers from different cultural backgrounds provides an enriching experience that reaches far beyond technical knowledge acquisition. It also offers opportunities to present and involve students from underrepresented minorities in exciting and societal relevant research and education activities.This conference further provides a unique opportunity for NSF to interact with students, academia and power industry to promote and discuss NSF's vision of technical challenges in complex systems, sensing, communication and control as well as its economic, educational and sociological impact.