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

这笔资金将用于支持目前在美国攻读博士学位的20名学生参加即将于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）的AI-ED博士生联盟。 AI-艾德国际会议是促进为所有年龄段的学习者提供互动和自适应学习环境的严格研究和开发的首要两年一度的活动; AI艾德将是该系列的第六次活动。 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。 AI-ED '07博士生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获得宝贵的反馈和该领域顶级研究人员的个人指导。 这种对博士生的支持特别恰当，因为目前AIED协会的600多名成员中只有4%是学生，即使代表了44个国家。 因此，NSF提供这种学生支持是及时的。PI和co-PI都在AI-ED '07中担任积极的领导角色，并且都在人类语言和高级学习技术领域拥有超过200万美元的NSF赠款。AI-ED '07博士联盟委员会将由两个PI和AIED协会的现任主席组成。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，否则他们将不得不错过;特别是那些缺乏其他来源资金的人（例如，顾问赠款）。 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和共同PI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.