NSF Student Travel Grant for Workshop on String Algorithms in Bioinformatics (StringBio), 2019

目前许多基因组数据处理工具依赖于字符串算法和相关的数据结构，因此与生物信息学领域相关的字符串分析问题引起了人们的极大兴趣。一年一度的生物信息学字符串算法(StringBio)研讨会仅专注于生物信息学中的字符串算法，旨在以一种由简短教程和研究演讲组成的形式聚集研究人员、从业者和学生。此旅游奖励将部分支持10-15名学生参加这个工作坊。来自代表人数不足的群体和女性的学生将优先考虑。鼓励学生参与可能会激励许多参与者(特别是本科生)在相关领域继续深造。计划由经验丰富的字符串处理基础研究人员讲授教程，涵盖从标准到高级的相关算法和数据结构。这些教程的目的是帮助学生和研究人员想要在生物信息学挑战中快速起步，解决基本的构建块和当前的最新技术。与已经取得的进展的标准会议报告不同，StringBio的专家的研究演讲将描述当前和正在进行的研究，与会者可以通过表达他们的兴趣和潜力来加入。这些讲座有望提供一个极好的机会，特别是对于初学者来说。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。

Many current genomics data processing tools rely on string algorithms and related data structures, and therefore 'string analytics' problems relating to the bioinformatics domain have attracted a lot of interest. Focused solely on string algorithms in bioinformatics, the annual String Algorithms in Bioinformatics (StringBio) workshop aims to gather researchers, practitioners, and students with a format that is composed of short tutorials and research talks. This travel award will provide partial support to 10-15 students to participate in this workshop. Preference will be given to students from under-represented groups and females. Encouraging student participation might inspire many participants (especially undergraduates) to pursue higher studies in related areas. Tutorials are scheduled to be given by experienced researchers on foundations of string processing to cover related algorithms and data structures from standard to advanced levels. These tutorials aim to help students and researchers who would like to make a quick start in bioinformatics challenges by addressing the basic building blocks and current state-of-the-art. Different from standard conference presentations of already achieved progress, the research talks by experts at StringBio will describe current and ongoing research studies to which, the attendees can join by expressing their interests and potentials. The talks are expected to provide an excellent opportunity, particularly for the beginners in the path to their first publications.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.