Student Travel Support for IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, To Be Held in Miami, FL, December 17-19, 2018

该奖项支持学生前往并参加将于2018年12月17日至19日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行的第57届IEEE决策与控制会议（CDC）。IEEE CDC是世界领先的工程师和研究人员的年度论坛，对系统和控制理论以及控制技术感兴趣。与往年一样，第57届CDC将介绍贡献和邀请的论文，辅导会议，全体会议和半全体会议，以及研讨会。预计会议将吸引1500多名与会者，其中包括500多名学生。认识到学生对控制系统协会（CSS）的现在和未来的重要性，该奖项将支持CSS为前往参加CDC-18的学生提供资金。每年CDC演讲所涵盖的研究主题非常广泛：这反映了控制和系统理论的众多应用。控制系统使得日常生活中的许多技术和基础设施得以发展，从打印机到电力系统再到自动驾驶汽车。系统和控制理论工具在网络物理系统的设计，操作和安全性中处于核心地位，它们可以告知研究人员如何构建大型网络（例如，电力、通信、计算机、交通）对故意和意外干扰的鲁棒性。从该奖项获得旅费的学生参加CDC将有很多机会与专业团体的成员在一个刺激的环境中互动，并与广泛的同事交流思想。会前举办的大量讲习班以及许多专题介绍的互动形式将为培训和学习提供更多机会。具体的外展工作将致力于宣传会议和学生旅游奖计划，以代表性不足的少数民族。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This award supports student travel to and participation in the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), to be held in Miami, FL, December 17-19, 2018. The IEEE CDC has been the world's leading annual forum for engineers and researchers with an interest in systems and control theory as well as control technology. As in previous years, the 57th CDC will feature the presentation of contributed and invited papers, tutorial sessions, plenary and semi-plenary sessions, and workshops. It is anticipated that the conference will draw over 1500 participants, including more than 500 students. Recognizing the importance of students to the present and future of the Control Systems Society (CSS), this award will support CSS in providing funding for students traveling to attend CDC-18.The research topics covered every year by CDC presentations is very broad: this reflects the multitude of applications of controls and systems theory. Control systems have enabled the development of many technologies and infrastructures present in everyday life, from printers to power systems to self-driving cars. Systems and control theoretic tools are central in the design, operation, and security of cyber-physical systems, where they can inform researchers about ways to make large networks (e.g., power, communication, computer, traffic) robust to deliberate and accidental disturbances.Students receiving travel funds from this award to attend CDC will have many opportunities to interact with members of the professional community in a stimulating setting, and to exchange ideas with a broad group of colleagues. The large number of workshops before the conference and the interactive format of many of the presentations will allow additional opportunity for training and learning. Specific outreach effort will be devoted to advertising the conference and the student travel award program to under-represented minorities.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.