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

目前许多基因组学数据处理工具都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研讨会（StringBio）专注于生物信息学中的字符串算法，旨在聚集研究人员，从业者和学生，由简短的教程和研究讲座组成。该旅行奖将为10-15名学生参加本次研讨会提供部分支持。将优先考虑来自代表性不足群体和女性的学生。鼓励学生的参与可能会激励许多参与者（尤其是本科生）在相关领域追求更高的学习。教程计划由经验丰富的研究人员提供字符串处理基础，涵盖从标准到高级的相关算法和数据结构。这些教程旨在帮助学生和研究人员，他们希望通过解决基本的构建模块和当前的最先进的生物信息学挑战来快速开始。不同于标准的会议报告已经取得的进展，StringBio专家的研究报告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。这些会谈预计将提供一个极好的机会，特别是对那些在他们的第一次出版物的道路上的初学者。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.