Supporting Students Attending User Modeling 2007 Conference

支持学生参加 2007 年用户建模会议

• 批准号: 0705243
• 负责人: Kurt VanLehn
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: University of Pittsburgh
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0705243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Students; Attending; User; Modeling

This is funding to support travel by 6 students currently enrolled in PhD programs in the United States to present their accepted papers and posters, and to take part in the Doctoral Consortium, at the upcoming International User Modeling Conference, to be held July 25-29, 2007, in Corfu, Greece. User modeling has been found to significantly enhance the effectiveness and usability of software systems in a variety of areas, including educational applications and applications oriented to users with various disabilities. The International Conferences on User Modeling is the premier biennial event in the field of user modeling and user-adaptive software systems; UM'07 will be the 11th event in the series. Active participation of young researchers in this conference is very important, both for the health of the field and for the researchers themselves. The UM'07 Doctoral Consortium provides a unique opportunity for PhD students partway through their dissertation research to receive valuable feedback from top researchers in the field. Experience has shown that most Doctoral Consortium participants at past User Modeling conferences were later able to expand and publish their work originally presented at the Consortium. The PI is the co-director of the NSF-funded Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center on "Studying Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms" and co-chair of the UM'07 Doctoral Consortium.Broader Impact: Bringing young and creative researchers to UM'07 will help advance an important and socially valuable research field. For many graduate students, the cost of attending the User Modeling conference exceeds their travel budget. Thus, NSF funding will significantly impact the careers of the next generation of User Modeling researchers, by enabling a number of them to take part in an important event they would otherwise have to miss. The students will have an opportunity to gain wider exposure in the community for their innovative work, and to obtain feedback and guidance from senior members of the research community. Participation will also help foster a sense of community among these young researchers, by allowing them to create a social network both among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. The PI has indicated that he will act to assure participation by members of traditionally under-represented institutions, and will pay close attention to inclusion of minorities and women.

这笔资金将用于资助目前在美国攻读博士学位的6名学生前往希腊科孚岛出席即将于2007年7月25日至29日举行的国际用户建模会议，展示他们已接受的论文和海报，并参加博士联盟。 用户建模已被发现，以显着提高软件系统的有效性和可用性在各个领域，包括教育应用程序和面向用户的各种残疾。 用户建模国际会议是用户建模和用户自适应软件系统领域的首要两年一度的活动; UM'07将是该系列的第11次活动。 青年研究人员积极参加这次会议是非常重要的，无论是对该领域的健康和研究人员本身。 UM'07博士联盟为博士生提供了一个独特的机会，通过他们的论文研究，从该领域的顶尖研究人员那里获得宝贵的反馈。 经验表明，在过去的用户建模会议上，大多数博士联盟的参与者后来都能够扩展和发布他们最初在联盟中提出的工作。 PI是美国国家科学基金会资助的匹兹堡学习科学中心的共同主任，该中心的“在真实的课堂上通过学习实验研究鲁棒学习”，并担任UM'07博士联盟的共同主席。更广泛的影响：将年轻和有创造力的研究人员带到UM'07将有助于推进一个重要的和有社会价值的研究领域。 对于许多研究生来说，参加用户建模会议的费用超过了他们的旅行预算。 因此，NSF的资助将对下一代用户建模研究人员的职业生涯产生重大影响，使他们中的一些人能够参加一个重要的活动，否则他们将不得不错过。 学生将有机会在社区中获得更广泛的曝光，以促进他们的创新工作，并从研究界的高级成员那里获得反馈和指导。 参与还将有助于培养这些年轻研究人员的社区意识，使他们能够在自己之间以及与处于专业发展关键阶段的高级研究人员建立社会网络。 PI表示，他将采取行动确保传统上代表性不足的机构的成员参与，并将密切关注少数民族和妇女的参与。