Student Travel and Activities Support: ACM SIGSPATIAL 2012 International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems

该旅行支持使美国学生能够参加2012年11月6日至9日在美国加利福尼亚州雷东多海滩举行的第20届ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS2012大会(http://acmgis2012.cs.umd.edu/).ACM SIGSPATIAL地理信息系统会议已经确立为促进空间数据和分析以及地理信息系统(GIS)领域研究的世界首要会议。会议为原创研究提供了一个论坛，涵盖了地理信息系统的所有概念、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。它将研究人员、开发人员、用户和实践者聚集在一起，在基于地理空间数据和知识的新系统中进行研究和开发，并促进在地理信息系统所有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)的主要年度活动。该会议旨在不断推进空间数据管理和空间数据分析的最新水平，并扩大其影响。这项资助为30-35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。学生们将从参加这次会议中获益匪浅，因为他们将能够参与当前地理空间系统和应用领域的最新技术，展示他们的工作，并可能为研究合作和研究指导建立联系。过去ACM SIGSPATIAL地理信息系统的参与者总数已超过250人，其中大部分参与者来自美国，其次是欧洲和亚洲。过去几年，由于地理信息的重要性日益增加，参加会议的人数稳步增加。ACM SIGSPATIAL地理信息系统公司拥有强大的美国研究生代表，这有助于保持美国在重要研究领域的竞争力，这些研究领域对美国的基础设施和应用至关重要，这些领域严重依赖地理参考信息。那些获奖的人将出现在NSF学生支持的研究特别部分，这是海报、演示和博士展示相结合的会议的一个主要活动，所有与会者都会参加。

This travel support enables U.S.-based students to attend the 20th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2012 Conference, held in Redondo Beach, CA, USA, November 6-9, 2012 (http://acmgis2012.cs.umd.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 geospatial 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 30-35 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 geospatial 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. Those who receive the award will be featured in the NSF Student Supported Research special section of the combined Poster, Demo, and PhD Showcase Session, a major event in the conference that is attended by all conference participants.