Travel Support for Minority Students Attending INFORMS Annual Meetings

这项旅费支助的目的是为代表人数不足的少数民族研究生提供经费，使他们能够参加运筹学和管理科学研究所2007年、2008年和2009年的年会。 该补助金资助的学生将参加INFORMS教育论坛的博士研讨会。 因此，学生将获得必要的专业发展技能，成为运筹学和管理科学专业的一个组成部分。 此外，学生将在会议上展示他们的研究成果，以传播他们的研究，以广泛的受众在该行业。 因此，通过专业发展，研究和与该领域的榜样互动的演示所获得的经验将积极影响学生的坚持获得博士学位和在该领域的实践。如果成功的话，这项资助所支持的努力将增加运筹学专业人员的数量和多样性。 此外，学生与该领域知名专业人士的互动沿着其他学生将有助于发展一个同事网络，为他们的职业生涯提供指导。 这项工作的主要目标是增加接触少数民族研究生的研究人员在运筹学，反之亦然。 长期的希望是学生们能进入教授职位。

The objective of this travel support is to provide funding for underrepresented minority graduate students to attend the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meetings for years 2007, 2008, and 2009. The students supported by this grant will be engaged in the doctoral colloquium of the education forum of INFORMS. Hence, the students will acquire the necessary professional development skills to become an integral part of the operations research and management science profession. In addition, the students will present their research at the conferences to disseminate their research to a broad audience in the profession. Therefore, the experience gained through the professional development, presentation of research and interaction with role models in the field will positively affect the students' persistence to obtain a doctoral degree and practice in the field.If successful, the efforts supported by this grant will increase the number and diversity of operations research professionals. Also, the interaction of the students with known professionals in the field along with other students will assist in developing a network of colleagues to provide guidance to further their careers. The primary goal of this work is increase exposure minority graduate students to researchers in operations research and vice versa. The longer-term hope is that the students will enter into the professoriate.