IIS: RI: Travel Proposal: Student Travel Support for the 2019 Association for Computational Linguistics Student Research Workshop

计算语言学协会(ACL)是计算语言学和自然语言处理的主要国际组织。这是机器学习和人工智能研究人员的主要应用领域之一。该协会年度会议的会议记录提供了该领域的基础；它是计算语言学中被引用最多、最受尊敬的出版物。因此，它也是计算语言学和自然语言处理领域研究人员最重要的聚会，也是年轻研究人员了解该领域、建立专业联系和获得曝光率的最重要机会之一。ACL通过举办学生研究研讨会来支持这些形成性活动已有20年的历史。事实证明，这些研讨会很受欢迎：吸引了数十名高素质的申请者提交。学生研究研讨会将是2019年7月28日至8月2日举行的ACL 2019年会议的一部分。研讨会将征集两类作品：(1)*论文提案*，面向已决定论文主题并希望获得反馈的高级学生；(2)*研究论文*，描述已完成的工作或正在进行的工作，并取得重要的初步成果。每一篇被接受的论文都将被指派一名既定的研究导师，该导师将在会议期间与学生会面，提供个人反馈。这两种类型的论文将在主会议的海报会议上公布。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。

The Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) is the primary international organization for computational linguistics and natural language processing. This is one of the primary application areas for researchers in machine learning and artificial intelligence. The proceedings of the ACL's annual meeting provide the foundation of the field; it is the most cited and most respected publication in computational linguistics. Thus, it is also the most important gathering of researchers in computational linguistics and natural language processing, and represents one of the most important opportunities for young researchers to understand the field, build professional connections, and gain exposure. ACL has a twenty-year history of supporting these formative activities by holding a student research workshop. The workshops have proven popular: attracting dozens of submissions from highly qualified applicants.The student research workshop will be a part of the 2019 meeting of the ACL held from July 28th to Aug 2nd, 2019. The workshop will solicit submissions in two categories: (1) *thesis proposals* for advanced students who have decided on a thesis topic and wish to receive feedback and (2) *research papers* describing completed work or work in progress with significant preliminary results. Each accepted paper will be assigned an established research mentor who will meet with the student during the conference to provide individual feedback. Both paper types will be presented in the poster session of the main conference.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.