Collaborative Research: Travel Support for Students to Participate in Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference 2013; San Juan, Puerto Rico; 18-22 May 2013

这项合作助学金提供差旅支持，使学生能够参加2013年5月18日至22日在波多黎各圣胡安举行的工业和系统工程研究会议(ISERC)。这些资金将通过各大学和工业工程师学会(IIE)的配套资金和支持来筹集，将在很大程度上减轻学生的旅费负担，从而提高学生对会议的参与度。预计将有20至100名学生从这些旅行基金中受益。学生构成了ISERC在会议注册中不可或缺的一部分。学生以不同的方式参与，包括发表与研究生和本科生研究有关的论文和海报，参加技术会议，参加学生比赛，奖学金颁奖活动等。在ISERC，学生的积极参与激励了许多学生选择研究生院和从事学术活动。过去的数据显示，当会议在美国大陆以外举行时，学生出席率会下降。NSF的支持将有助于在ISERC 2013中保持较高的学生参与率。ISERC为学生提供了一个扩大他们工作影响的绝佳机会。作为IE和OR领域的主要年度会议之一，ISERC是美国和国际学术界和工业界研究人员展示研究成果和交流思想的场所。与ISERC合作的是应用解决方案会议，其重点是工业问题的解决方案。ISERC的会场将汇聚工业界、学术界、政府和其他组织中所有相关学科的从业者、供应商和研究人员。ISERC是学生与同龄人、潜在雇主或未来的合作者建立网络关系的绝佳机会。对学生来说，另一个宝贵的机会是参加IIE组织的博士座谈会。学生们将参加一个由该领域专家领导的特别小组会议，讨论各种感兴趣的话题，包括求职、学术界和工业界的生活、终身教职过程、教学、研究和专业服务。学生还将有机会在ProQuest索引的高质量会议记录中发表他们的作品。由于ISERC 2013将在波多黎各举行，它提供了一个独特的机会，可以增加该地区本科生拉美裔学生对他们在美国大陆寻求研究生和研究职业的学生同龄人的接触。通过旅费补助金，IE社区将能够增加学生参加会议的人数。

This collaborative grant provides travel support to enable students to attend the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC) that will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 18-22 May 2013. These funds will be leveraged through matching funds and support from various universities and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and will go a long way in reducing the travel cost burden on students and thereby improve student participation at the conference. It is expected that 20 to 100 students will benefit from these travel funds. Students form an integral part of ISERC of the registrations at the conference. Students participate in different ways including presenting papers and posters related to graduate and undergraduate research, attending technical sessions, participating in student competitions, scholarship award functions and so on. Strong student participation at ISERC has motivated a number of students to pursue graduate school options and event academic careers. Past data has shown that student attendance drops when the conference was held outside the continental US. NSF support will help maintain high student participation in ISERC 2013.ISERC provides an excellent opportunity for students to broaden the impact of their work. Being one of the major annual conferences in the field of IE and OR, the ISERC is a venue for US and international researchers in both academia and industry to showcase research results and exchange ideas. In conjunction with the ISERC is the Applied Solution Conference, which focuses on solutions to industrial problems. The venue of the ISERC will bring together practitioners, vendors, and researchers in all related disciplines in industry, academia, government, and other organizations. The ISERC is an excellent opportunity for the students to network with peers, potential employers, or future collaborators. Another valuable opportunity for the students is to attend the Doctoral Colloquium organized by IIE. Students will join a special panel session led by experts in the field to discuss various topics of interest, including the job search, life in academia and industry, the tenure process, teaching, research, and professional service. Students will also have an opportunity to publish their work in a high quality conference proceedings indexed by ProQuest. Since ISERC 2013 is being held in Puerto Rico, it provides a unique opportunity to increase exposure of undergraduate Hispanic students from that region to their student peers pursuing graduate and research careers in the continental USA. Through the travel grant, the IE community would be able to increase the student participation at the conference.