Student Support for the Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference, Los Angeles, CA -July 9-13, 2007

这笔资金用于支持目前在美国注册博士项目的20名学生参加即将于2007年7月9日至13日在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶举行的国际人工智能教育大会(AI-ED)的AI-ED博士生联盟。AI-ED国际会议是两年一度的主要活动，旨在促进为所有年龄段的学习者促进互动和适应性学习环境的严格研究和发展；AI-ED将是该系列的第六个活动。AI-ED所代表的跨学科领域，包括认知科学、计算机科学和教育技术，是提高软件学习系统的有效性和可用性的关键研究领域。青年研究人员积极参与这次会议是非常重要的，无论是对该领域的健康，还是对研究人员本身。AI-ED‘07博士联盟为博士生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们在论文研究的中途获得来自该领域顶尖研究人员的宝贵反馈和个人指导。鉴于目前AEDE协会600多名成员中只有4%是学生，即使有44个国家的代表，这种对博士生的支持也是特别合适的。因此，NSF提供这种学生支持是及时的。PI和共同PI在AI-ED‘07中都扮演着积极的领导角色，都拥有超过200万美元的NSF在人类语言和高级学习技术领域的拨款。AI-ED‘07博士联盟委员会将由两名PI和AED学会现任主席组成。更广泛的影响：将年轻和有创造力的研究人员带到AI-ED‘07将有助于推动一个重要的、具有社会价值的跨学科研究领域。对于许多研究生来说，参加AI-ED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AIED研究人员的职业生涯产生重大影响，使他们中的许多人能够参加否则他们不得不错过的重要活动；特别是那些缺乏其他来源资金(例如，顾问补助金)的人。学生们将有机会在社会上更广泛地接触他们的创新工作，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资深研究人员建立一个社交网络。非政府组织和共同非政府组织表示，他们将采取行动，确保传统上代表性不足的机构的成员参与，并将密切关注少数群体和妇女的加入。

This is funding to support travel by 20 students currently enrolled in PhD programs in the United States to participate in the AI-ED Doctoral Student Consortium, at the upcoming International Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (AI-ED), to be held July 9-13, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The AI-ED International Conference is the premier biennial event for promoting promotes rigorous research and development of interactive and adaptive learning environments for learners of all ages; AI ED will be the 6th event in the series. The interdisciplinary areas that AI-ED represents, comprising cognitive science, computer science, and educational technology, are critical research domains that enhance the effectiveness and usability of software learning systems. Active participation of young researchers in this conference is very important, both for the health of the field and for the researchers themselves. The AI-ED '07 Doctoral Consortium provides a unique opportunity for PhD students partway through their dissertation research to receive valuable feedback and individual mentoring from top researchers in the field. This support for doctoral students is particularly apt given that currently only 4% of the over 600 members of the AIED society are students, even with 44 countries represented. It is thus timely for NSF to offer this student support. The PI and co-PI both hold active leadership roles within AI-ED '07, and both hold over $2 million of NSF grants in the areas of human-language and advanced learning technologies. The AI-ED '07 Doctoral Consortium Committee will be comprised of the two PIs together with the current president of the AIED society. Broader Impact: Bringing young and creative researchers to AI-ED '07 will help advance an important and socially valuable interdisciplinary research field. For many graduate students, the cost of attending the AI-ED conference exceeds their travel budget. Thus, NSF funding will significantly impact the careers of the next generation of AIED researchers, by enabling a number of them to take part in an important event they would otherwise have to miss; in particular, those who lack funding from other sources (e.g., advisor's grants). 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 and co-PI have indicated that they will act to assure participation by members of traditionally under-represented institutions, and will pay close attention to inclusion of minorities and women.