Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics; June 21-23, 2006; Shanghai, China

这笔赠款请求资助一个美国代表团出席2006年6月21-23日在上海举行的名为“服务运营与物流与信息学”的国际会议，中国。服务作为鉴别器的作用及其影响价值和利润的能力增加了对研究的关注。在研究和教育方面存在很大差距，重要的是加快关键领域的相关研究，以发展服务型经济所需的知识和技能。该代表团的主要目标是发表主旨演讲、有远见的小组会议和4个教程，以宣传NSF SEE研究计划，并解决关键研究和教育问题，同时提供一个平台，在这个全球聚会上传播服务导向型运营中研究的重要性。预计会有一些国际合作倡议。这次年度会议是第一次在世界范围内促进服务科学、管理和工程研究的会议。因此，大多数代表来自NSF SEE受赠者，以及服务工程领域的研究人员和演绎人员。由于与会者来自不同的社会(例如IEEE、INFORMS、ACM、ASME)和学科(IE、OR、制造、商业、工程)，这种支持也将帮助代表们不仅在NSF的受赠者之间，而且在来自世界各地的研究人员和专业人员之间建立研究合作。这笔赠款的很大一部分将向妇女和少数群体提供支持，以鼓励他们继续活跃在这一新的和充满活力的领域。

This grant requests funding in support of a US delegation to attend the internationalconference entitled Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI) to be heldJune 21-23, 2006 in Shanghai, China. The role of services as a discriminator and itsability to impact value and profit has increased the focus on research. There is asignificant research and educational gap, and it is important to accelerate the relevantresearch in the pivotal areas to develop the knowledge and skills required in a servicesledeconomy.The main goal of this delegation is to deliver a keynote, a visionary panelsession, and 4 tutorials to publicize the NSF SEE research programs and address keyresearch and educational issues while providing a platform to spread the importance ofresearch in service oriented operation at this worldwide gathering. Some internationalcollaboration initiatives are expected. This annual conference is the first one of this kindto promote services sciences, management, and engineering research around the world.The majority of delegates thus are from NSF SEE grantees, and researchers andeducators in service engineering. As the conference participants are from differentsocieties (e.g., IEEE, INFORMS, ACM, ASME) and disciplines (IE, OR, Manufacturing,Business, Engineering), this support will also help delegates build researchcollaborations among not only NSF grantees but also researchers and professionalsfrom around the world. A significant portion of this grant will provide support to womenand minorities to encourage them to stay active in this new and vibrant field.