This award is made as part of the FY 2012 Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships Program. These fellowships support a research and training plan at a host institution in the mathematical sciences, including applications to other disciplines. The title of the research fellowship awarded to Elena Yudovina is "Applications of queueing theory." The host institution for the fellowship is University of Michigan, and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. George Michailidis.