Travel Grant to Participate in the International Scientific Conference on Digital Libraries in Russia

该奖项将资助首席研究员和一名博士候选人参加2001年9月在俄罗斯彼得罗扎沃茨克举行的国际数字图书馆科学会议，并在会议上发表一篇受邀的研究成果论文。首席研究员在本次活动中的演讲有多重目的。他的研究领域，图像数据库安全，是一个关键的发展普遍可访问的国际数字图书馆。这次会议对于活跃的俄罗斯数字图书馆社区来说是一次重要的会议，它汇集了国际专家，讨论建立全球信息基础设施所涉及的国际研究合作问题。王博士将是为数不多的美国演讲者之一，并将继续展示美国数字图书馆界对俄罗斯在这一领域的努力的兴趣和支持。资金由国际项目司提供。

This award supports travel expenses for the Principal Investigator and a Ph.D candidate to attend and present an invited paper of research results at the International Scientific conference on Digital Libraries to be held in Petrozavodsk, Russia in September, 2001.The presentation by the Principal Investigator at this event serves multiple purposes. His area of research, image database security, is a critical one to the development of generally accessible international Digital Libraries. This conference is an important one for the active Russian Digital Libraries community and brings together international experts to discuss international research collaboration issues involved in building a global information infrastructure. Dr. Wang will be one of few US speakers and will continue to demonstrate the US digital libraries community's interest and support for Russian efforts in this area. Funding is being provided by the Division of International Programs.