Support for Doctoral Students from U.S. Universities to Attend the AIED 2013 and EDM 2013 Conferences

国际人工智能与教育会议(AED2013；http://aied2013.memphis.edu))和国际教育数据挖掘会议(EDM2013；http://edm2013.memphis.edu))为来自世界各地的研究人员提供了专业机会，分享人工智能(AI)、数据挖掘、计算机科学、认知和学习科学、心理学和教育技术等领域的前沿研究成果，这些领域的重点是设计和有效使用先进的学习技术。AIED研究人员的目标是设计新技术，加深对如何使用这些技术的理解，并将它们整合到学习环境中，以实现其潜力。EDM研究人员致力于更好地利用收集、分析、共享和管理数据的技术，以阐明学习、促进学习和设计学习环境。这两个社区的研究人员都渴望更好地了解人们是如何利用技术学习的，以及技术如何通过个人使用和/或通过技术中介的合作来有效地帮助人们学习。该项目支持美国大学的高级研究生参加这两个会议的旅行，这两个会议分别于2013年7月6日至8日在田纳西州孟菲斯和2013年7月10日至12日在EDM 2013举行。参与的研究生加入两个会议的博士联盟(DC)轨道，并与AED或EDM社区的一名高级成员配对，在整个会议期间进行一对一指导。会议和导师配对的DC路径旨在为年轻研究人员提供超越他们在本国机构获得的指导，以帮助他们从研究生院过渡到富有成效的研究生涯。DC Track活动包括结构化的海报会议，学生在其中展示他们的工作，与有相关兴趣的同行会面，以及与该领域的高级成员互动。每名年轻研究人员的一对一导师将是AED/EDM社区的资深成员，他们与年轻研究人员分享研究兴趣，来自不同的大学，方法与年轻研究人员在其家乡机构的经历不同。预计同行之间以及导师和被辅导者之间的对话将贯穿每一位年轻研究人员的职业生涯。这项活动支持了NSF培养更多科学、技术、工程和数学高级专业人员的使命。对于研究生来说，参加会议是昂贵的；资助他们的旅行使他们能够向更大的社区展示他们的工作，与该领域的领导者单独交谈，并从资深研究人员和同行那里获得支持和建议。AEDE会议的特殊之处在于它在三个STEM能力方面的综合和交叉：建立尖端的学习技术，调查理论上植根于认知科学、社会科学和学习科学的教学方法，以及严格测试学习环境在促进K-12、大学和工作场所人群学习(在STEM和其他学科)的有效性。教育管理会议的特别之处在于，它侧重于学习如何使用在学习者与学习技术互动时收集的数据来评估学习者的理解和能力，以便个性化反馈和建议。

The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education (AIED 2013; http://aied2013.memphis.edu) and the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2013; http://edm2013.memphis.edu) provide professional opportunity for researchers from around the world to share results of cutting-edge research from the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), data mining, computer science, cognitive and learning sciences, psychology, and educational technology that focuses on the design and effective use of advanced learning technologies. AIED researchers aim to design new technologies and advance understanding of how to use those technologies and integrate them into learning environments so that their potential is fulfilled. EDM researchers focus on working towards better use of technology for collecting, analyzing, sharing, and managing data to shed light on learning, promoting learning, and designing learning environments. Researchers from both communities aspire to better understand how people learn with technology and how technology can be used productively to help people learn, through individual use and/or through collaborations mediated by technology. This project supports travel for advanced graduate students from US universities to attend these two conferences, held in Memphis, Tennessee, AIED 2013 from July 6 to 8, 2013, and EDM 2013 from July 10 to 12, 2013. Participating graduate students join the Doctoral Consortium (DC) tracks of the two conferences and are paired with a senior member of the AIED or EDM community for one-on-one mentoring throughout the conferences. The DC tracks of the conferences and mentor pairing are designed to provide young researchers with mentoring beyond what they get at their home institutions to help them transition from graduate school to a fruitful research career. DC track activities include structured poster sessions where students present their work, meetings with peers who have related interests, and interactions with senior members of the field. Each young researcher's one-on-one mentor will be senior members of the AIED/EDM community who shares research interests with the young researcher and who comes from a different university and has a different approach than the young researcher experiences in his/her home institution. It is expected that conversations between peers and between mentors and mentees will continue throughout each young researcher's career.This activity supports the mission of NSF to train more advanced professionals in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Attending conferences is expensive for graduate students; funding their travel allows them to present their work to the larger community, speak individually with leaders in the field, and receive both support and advice from both senior researchers and peers. The AIED conference is special in its synthesis and cross-fertilization across three STEM capacities: building cutting-edge learning technologies, investigating pedagogical methods that are theoretically grounded in the cognitive, social, and learning sciences, and rigorously testing the learning environments for their effectiveness at promoting learning (in STEM and other disciplines) among K-12, college, and workplace populations. The EDM conference is special in its focus on learning how to use data collected as learners interact with learning technologies to assess learner understanding and capabilities so as to personalize feedback and advice.