U.S.-Based Students Travel Support for the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2013

该奖项为参加2013年11月5日至8日在美国佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的第21届ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS会议的25-30名美国研究生和本科生提供旅费支持（http://sigspatial2013.sigspatial.org）。ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS会议已成为世界上促进空间数据和分析以及地理信息系统（GIS）领域研究的首要会议。会议为原创研究提供了一个论坛，涵盖了GIS的所有概念、设计和实现方面，从应用程序、用户界面、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，开展基于地理空间数据和知识的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）的首要年度活动。会议旨在不断推进空间数据管理和空间数据分析方面的最新技术，并扩大其影响。美国研究生和本科生的参与导致了年轻人的智力模拟，在一个具有巨大技术和社会影响的领域追求先进的研究和开发活动。参加本次会议的学生将受益匪浅，因为他们能够参与到当前地理空间系统和应用领域的最新技术中，展示他们的工作，并有可能为研究合作和研究指导建立联系。过去参加ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS的总人数超过300人，其中大部分来自美国，其次是欧洲和亚洲。在ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS中，美国研究生的强大代表有助于保持美国在重要研究领域的竞争力，这些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。空间和地理信息的应用有助于广泛的社会背景：通过先进的交通应用改善普通公民的生活，通过使用地理空间知识更好地收集情报来增加国家的安全，以及开发对全球环境产生积极影响的应用。教育和培训下一代空间和地理信息系统领域的科学家、工程师和从业人员将产生重大影响，并将增强美国在这一重要领域的竞争优势。

This award provides travel support for 25-30 U.S.-based graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the 21th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2013 Conference, held in Orlando, FL, USA, November 5-8, 2013 (http://sigspatial2013.sigspatial.org). 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. The participation of U.S. graduate and undergraduate students results in the intellectual simulation of young minds to pursue advanced research and development activities in an area that has huge technical and societal impact. The students greatly benefit from attending this conference, as they are 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 300 participants, with a majority of the participants from the U.S., followed by Europe and Asia. 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. Applications of spatial and geographical information contribute to a wide-array of societal contexts: improving the lives of ordinary citizens through advanced transportation applications, increasing the security of the nation through better intelligence gathering using geospatial knowledge, and developing applications that will have a positive impact on the global environment. Educating and training the next generation of scientists, engineers, and practitioners in the area of spatial and geographical information systems will have a significant impact and will enhance the continuation of the competitive edge of the United States in this important area.