US-Based Students Support to Attend the ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2010 (ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2010)

这种旅行支持使美国- 2010年11月2日至5日在美国加州的圣何塞举行的第18届ACM SIGSPATIAL国际地理信息系统进展会议（SIGSPATIAL）（http：//acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/）。ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS会议已经确立了自己的世界？的首要会议，以促进在空间数据和分析和地理信息系统（GIS）领域的研究。会议为原创研究贡献提供了一个论坛，涵盖GIS的所有概念，设计和实施方面，从应用程序，用户界面和可视化到存储管理和索引问题。它汇集了研究人员，开发人员，用户和从业人员，他们根据地理空间数据和知识进行新系统的研究和开发，并促进GIS各个方面的跨学科讨论和研究。这是ACM空间信息特别兴趣小组（ACM SIGSPATIAL）的年度活动。会议旨在不断推进空间数据管理和空间数据分析的最新发展，并扩大其影响。该补助金为20-25名合格的美国研究生和有前途的本科生参与者提供部分旅行支持和会议注册。学生们将大大受益于参加这次会议，因为他们将能够参与当前最先进的地理空间系统和应用领域，介绍他们的工作，并有可能为研究合作和研究指导建立联系。过去ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS参与者的总数超过250人，其中大多数参与者来自美国，其次是欧洲和亚洲。由于地理信息的重要性日益增加，过去几年来，参加会议的人数稳步增加。一个强大的美国代表- ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS的研究生在保持美国在重要研究领域的竞争力方面非常有用，这些研究领域对美国的基础设施和应用至关重要，这些基础设施和应用严重依赖地理参考信息。

This travel support enables U.S.-based students to attend the 18th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (SIGSPATIAL), held in San Jose, California, USA, November 2-5, 2010 (http://acmgis2010.cs.ucsb.edu/). The ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference has established itself as the world?s premier conference to foster research in the areas of Spatial Data and Analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all conceptual, design, and implementation aspects of GIS ranging from applications, user interfaces, and visualization to storage management and indexing issues. It brings together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners carrying out research and development in novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of GIS. It is the premier annual event of the ACM Special Interest Group on Spatial Information (ACM SIGSPATIAL). The conference seeks to continuously advance the state of-the-art in spatial data management and spatial data analysis and broaden its impact. This grant provides partial travel support and conference registration for 20-25 qualified U.S. based graduate and promising undergraduate student participants. The students will greatly benefit from attending this conference, as they will be able to partake in the current state-of-the-art in the area of geo-spatial systems and applications, present their work, and potentially make connections for research collaborations and research mentoring. The total number of ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS participants in the past has been in excess of 250 participants, with a majority of the participants from the U.S., followed by Europe and Asia. The conference participation has shown a steady increase in the past few years due to the growing importance of geographic information. A strong representation of U.S.-based graduate students at ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS is useful in maintaining U.S. competitiveness in the important research areas crucial for U.S. infrastructures and applications that critically depend on geo-referenced information.