Support for NSF Student Poster Session at the 2016 Mixed Integer Programming Workshop; Coral Gables, Florida; 23-26 May 2016

该奖项提供旅费支持，使优化领域的选定学生能够参加2016年混合整数规划研讨会（MIP 2016），该研讨会将于2016年5月23日至26日在佛罗里达州珊瑚盖布尔斯举行。MIP讲习班每年在北美举行一次，其目的是鼓励初级研究人员参与整数规划和有关领域。本次研讨会的主要焦点是展示年轻的研究人员，并提高在职业生涯早期阶段有成就的学生的知名度，这对于数学规划的漫长评审和出版过程特别有帮助。研讨会由23个邀请演讲组成，其中大约一半的演讲者是初级教师/博士后，以及一个参加人数众多的学生海报会议。研讨会还为研究生提供了与世界顶尖研究人员交流的机会。MIP研讨会的一个目标是尽可能降低参加的费用，以鼓励代表性不足的少数民族学生和初级研究人员的参与。这个奖项将有助于实现这一目标。该奖项将鼓励更多的学生参加MIP 2016。研讨会将展出约25张学生海报。所要求的经费将为其中10名发言者提供500美元的旅费。这些旅行补助金将通过竞争程序发放，因此获得这些旅行支助将被视为一种荣誉。申请将由项目委员会进行评估。入选的学生将有机会参加会议，并在MIP研讨会的学生海报环节展示他们的海报。MIP研讨会的学生海报会议是学生向已建立的整数规划研究人员展示他们的工作的好方法。这些会议传统上参加人数很多，并作为建立网络的跳板。学生海报演示者与业界和学术界的专业人士之间的互动将有利于学生的职业发展。MIP工作坊的海报环节鼓励学生参与高质量的研究方法，并发展有效的写作和沟通技巧。此外，还有一个由学生颁发的最佳海报奖。

This award provides travel support to enable selected students in the field of optimization to attend the 2016 Mixed Integer Programming Workshop (MIP 2016), to be held in Coral Gables, Florida, 23-26 May 2016. The MIP workshop is held annually in North America and is designed to encourage participation of junior researchers in integer programming and related areas. A primary focus of this workshop is to showcase young researchers, and to increase the visibility for accomplished students at an early stage in their career, which is especially helpful given the very long refereeing and publication process in mathematical programming. The workshop consists of a single track of 23 invited talks, with about one half of the speakers being junior faculty/postdoctoral fellows, as well as a well-attended student poster session. The workshop also provides an opportunity for graduate students to network with the world's top researchers. A goal of the MIP workshop is to keep the cost of attending as low as possible to encourage participation of underrepresented and minority students, and junior researchers. This award will help accomplish that goal.The award will encourage broader student attendance at MIP 2016. There will be approximately 25 student posters presented at the workshop. The requested funding would provide $500 in travel funding for 10 of these presenters. These travel grants will be awarded through a competitive process and thus receipt of these travel support will be considered an honor by the recipients. Applications will be evaluated by the program committee. Selected students will have the opportunity to attend the conference and present their poster at the MIP workshop's student poster session. The MIP workshop's student poster session is a great way for students to showcase their work to established researchers in integer programming. These sessions are traditionally well attended and serve as a spring board for networking. The interaction between the student poster presenters and established professionals (from both industry and academia) will benefit students' careers. The MIP workshop's poster session encourages students to engage in high quality research methods and to develop effective writing and communication skills. In addition, there is also an award for the best poster presented by a student.