Conference Support: 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory; Berkeley Hill, California; July 18-20, 2011

这笔赠款为将于2011年7月18日至20日在加利福尼亚州伯克利举行的第19届交通运输与交通理论国际研讨会(ISTTT)提供与会者支持资金。研讨会将展示从来自世界各地的500多份意见书中挑选出来的35篇原创论文。选择是通过严格的、多阶段的同行审查程序进行的。入选的35篇论文将在全体会议上发表。为了传播他们的发现，所有的论文将在i)硬拷贝论文集；ii)爱思唯尔的在线Procedia系列；以及iii)著名的档案期刊系列运输研究中发表。将举行一次特别讲习班，以探讨将专题讨论会的成果用于专业实践的其他方法。来自国家科学基金会的资金将支持研讨会的主要内容。部分资金将用于提供奖学金，以促进来自代表性不足群体的一批高级研究生的参与。自成立以来，ISTTT一直是交通理论家的主要聚会。即将到来的伯克利研讨会承诺将在这一传统的基础上再接再厉：此次活动接受的论文代表了来自世界各地的突破性研究。这些论文有可能挑战目前对运输科学的看法，甚至可能改变这一领域。这些文件涉及交通运输中的各种紧迫主题：它们包括促进更环保、更可持续的出行模式，以及在紧急情况下运输人员和货物的想法。考虑到交通在世界上和她的人民生活中扮演的角色，在即将到来的研讨会上公布的想法预计将具有真正的意义。

This grant provides participant support funds for the 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT) to be held July 18-20, 2011 in Berkeley, California. The symposium will showcase 35 original papers drawn from a pool of over 500 submissions from around the world. Selections were made via a rigorous, multi-stage peer-review process. The 35 selected papers will be presented in plenary sessions. To disseminate their findings, all papers will be published in i) hard-copy proceedings; ii) Elsevier's on-line Procedia series; and iii) the prestigious archival journal series Transportation Research. A special workshop session will be held to explore additional ways of placing the symposium findings into professional practice. The funds from NSF will support key elements of the symposium. Part of the funds will cover fellowships to foster participation from a select set of advanced graduate students from underrepresented groups.Since its inception, the ISTTT has been the premier gathering of transport theorists. The coming Berkeley Symposium promises to build on that tradition: the papers accepted for the event represent breakthrough research from around the world. These papers have the potential to challenge current thinking about transport science, and perhaps even to transform the field. And the papers address a variety of pressing topics in transportation: they include ideas for promoting greener, more sustainable travel modes, and for transporting people and goods in emergency situations. Given the role that transportation plays in the world and in the lives of her people, the ideas unveiled in the coming symposium are expected to be of real significance.