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届知识表示与推理原理国际会议（KR&R）及其博士联盟。KR&R原理会议系列成立于1989年，由知识表示领域的一些关键研究人员推动，每年都会吸引大量知名研究人员和投稿。为了满足该领域研究生的高要求，会议在会议期间设立了博士联盟活动的实践，让学生可以与研究人员进行深入互动，并正在寻求进一步增强其活动的教育意义的方案。今年在主会议之前将举办 7 个研讨会和 8 个教程。为了让参与学生获得最大利益，我们将举办专门的指导计划和其他以学生为中心的活动。KR&R 博士联盟为学生在知识表示和推理领域的教育提供了机会。该会议是该领域著名研究人员参加的重要活动。主要研究人员是该系列会议的主要推动者之一，他们的研究人员具有很高的知名度和成功的学生指导记录。计划中的活动通过增强下一代计算机科学家的能力，进一步推动知识表示和推理这一新兴领域的技术进步，该领域目前引起了工业界的广泛关注和采用，为工业界和学术界带来长期利益。将采取行动，通过努力吸引新研究小组的学生来扩大知名度。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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.