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

这笔资金将支持目前在美国攻读博士学位的20名学生前往参加即将于2007年7月9日至13日在加州洛杉矶举行的国际人工智能教育会议（AI-ED），参加AI-ED博士生联盟。人工智能教育国际会议是两年一次的重要活动，旨在促进对所有年龄段学习者的互动和适应性学习环境的严格研究和开发；AI ED将是该系列的第六届活动。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有效性和可用性的关键研究领域。青年研究人员的积极参与对于该领域的健康和研究人员本身都非常重要。AI-ED '07博士联盟为正在进行论文研究的博士生提供了一个独特的机会，可以从该领域的顶尖研究人员那里获得宝贵的反馈和个人指导。鉴于目前AIED协会的600多名成员中只有4%是学生，尽管有44个国家的代表，这种对博士生的支持尤其恰当。因此，NSF为该学生提供支持是及时的。PI和co-PI都在AI-ED '07中发挥着积极的领导作用，并且在人类语言和高级学习技术领域都拥有超过200万美元的NSF资助。AIED '07博士联合委员会将由两位pi和AIED协会现任主席组成。更广泛的影响：将年轻和有创造力的研究人员带到AI-ED '07将有助于推进一个重要的和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，使他们中的一些人能够参加一个重要的活动，否则他们就会错过；特别是那些缺乏其他来源资金（例如，顾问的补助金）的人。学生将有机会在社区中获得更广泛的创新工作，并获得研究界资深成员的反馈和指导。参与还将有助于在这些年轻的研究人员中培养一种社区意识，使他们能够在他们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会网络。调查团和联合调查团表示，他们将采取行动，确保传统上代表性不足的机构成员的参与，并将密切注意少数民族和妇女的参与。

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.