Student Support for the 2018 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, To Be Held in Boise, IDaho, June 24-28, 2018

2018年电力系统概率方法国际会议（PMAPS）将于2018年6月24日至28日在爱达荷州博伊西举行。本提案的目的是要求支持参加PMAPS会议的美国学生的会议和住房费用。PMAPS每两年举行一次，地点在世界各地。这是一个非营利性的活动，由IEEE电力和能源协会共同赞助。它专门为学术和工业研究人员以及学生提供一个论坛，讨论概率方法的创新发展和应用，以解决电力系统规划和运行中的各种问题，以改善其运行。传统上，PMAPS会议吸引了来自全球各国的大量研究人员参加。学生与来自不同文化背景的研究人员的互动提供了丰富的经验，远远超出了技术知识的获取。国家科学基金会的支持将大大增加学生参与的人数，包括那些来自代表性不足的少数群体和少数民族服务机构的学生。PMAPS是唯一一个完全致力于概率方法和电力系统应用的国际会议，因此为展示创新研究提供了一个理想的论坛，促进了学生、教授、实践工程师和监管机构之间的密切互动。它还为学生提供了在专家和同行观众面前展示他们的作品的机会。参加本次会议的学生将有机会竞争“罗伊·比林顿学生论文奖”。此外，学生将有机会了解未来可能的研究方向。PMAPS还为学术界和电力行业提供了一个独特的机会，讨论他们对电力和能源领域挑战的看法，其中统计和概率方法可以应用于电力系统规划，运行，控制，维护，状态监测和诊断。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2018 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) will be held in Boise, Idaho from June 24 to June 28, 2018. The objective of this proposal is to request support for conference and housing expenses for US students participating in the PMAPS conference. The PMAPS takes place once every two years with locations around the world. It is a nonprofit event with technical co-sponsorship from the IEEE Power and Energy Society. It is specifically designed to provide a forum for academic and industrial researchers, and students, to discuss innovative development and application of probabilistic methods to a variety of problems in the planning and operation of power systems to improve their operation. Traditionally the PMAPS conference has attracted a sizable participation of researchers from countries across the globe. The interaction of students with researchers from different cultural backgrounds provides an enriching experience that reaches far beyond technical knowledge acquisition. Support from NSF will significantly increase the number of student participants including those from underrepresented minority groups and minority serving institutions. PMAPS is the only international conference entirely dedicated to probabilistic methodologies and applications to power systems and thus provides an ideal forum for the presentation of innovative research fostering close interaction among students, professors, practicing engineers, and regulators.It also offers opportunities for students to present their work in front an audience of experts and peers. Students who attend this conference will have an opportunity to compete for the "Roy Billinton Student Paper Award". In addition, students will have an opportunity to learn about possible future directions in the research. PMAPS also provides a unique opportunity to academia and power industry to discuss their vision of challenges in power and energy fields where statistical and probabilistic methods can be applied to power system planning, operation, control, maintenance, condition monitoring, and diagnostics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.