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

当前许多基因组学数据处理工具依赖于字符串算法和相关数据结构，因此与生物信息学领域相关的“字符串分析”问题引起了人们的广泛兴趣。年度生物信息学字符串算法 (StringBio) 研讨会仅关注生物信息学中的字符串算法，旨在以由简短教程和研究讲座组成的形式聚集研究人员、从业者和学生。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的学生和女性。鼓励学生参与可能会激励许多参与者（尤其是本科生）在相关领域继续深造。教程将由经验丰富的研究人员提供字符串处理基础知识，涵盖从标准到高级的相关算法和数据结构。这些教程旨在通过解决基本构建模块和当前最先进的技术来帮助想要快速开始应对生物信息学挑战的学生和研究人员。与标准会议介绍已取得的进展不同，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自己的兴趣和潜力来参与其中。这些会谈预计将提供一个极好的机会，特别是对于首次发表论文的初学者来说。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。

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.