Student Travel Grant for 2018 Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Conference and Doctoral Consortium

该奖项将支持美国学生参加将于2018年10月29日至11月2日在亚利桑那州坦佩举行的第16届知识表示和推理原则国际会议(KR&Amp；R)及其博士联盟。KR&Amp；R系列会议的原则成立于1989年，由知识表示领域的一些关键研究人员推动，每年吸引大量高知名度的研究人员和投稿。为了应对这一领域对研究生的高要求，会议建立了在会议期间举行博士联盟活动的做法，学生可以在那里与研究人员深入互动，并正在寻求进一步加强其活动的教育方面的选择。今年，在主要会议之前，将有7个讲习班和8个教程。一个专门的指导计划和其他以学生为中心的活动将为参与的学生带来最大的好处。KR&Amp；R博士联盟为学生提供在知识表达和推理领域的教育机会。这次会议是该地区著名研究人员参加的一项重要活动。主要研究人员是会议系列的主要推动者之一，他们拥有高知名度和成功的学生指导记录。这项计划中的活动通过加强下一代计算机科学家的能力，进一步推动了知识表示和推理这一新兴领域的技术进步--这一领域目前正引起工业界的极大兴趣和广泛采用，对工业界和学术界都有长期的好处。为了扩大知名度，将采取行动，试图吸引来自新研究小组的学生。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support US students to attend the 16th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR&R) and its Doctoral Consortium, which will be held in Tempe, Arizona from October 29 to November 2, 2018. The Principles of KR&R conference series, established in 1989, is driven by some of the key researchers in the field of knowledge representation, and attracts a substantial number of highly visible researchers and submissions each year. In response to the high demands for graduate students in this area, the conference has established a practice of the Doctoral Consortium event during the conference, where students can deeply interact with the researchers, and is pursuing options to further enhance the educational aspect of its events. This year there will be 7 workshops and 8 tutorials prior to the main conference. A dedicated mentoring program and other student-centered events will be put in place for the maximum benefit of the participating students.The KR&R Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for student education in the field of knowledge representation and reasoning. The conference is a premier event attended by prominent researchers in the area. The principal investigators are among the main drivers of the conference series, and established researchers with high visibility and proven track record of successful student mentoring. The planned activity furthers technological advancement in the emerging area of knowledge representation and reasoning -- which is currently seeing substantial industrial interest and uptake -- through the enhancement of next generation computer scientists, with long-term benefits both to industry and academia. Actions will be implemented in order to broaden visibility, by trying to attract students from new research groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.