FOCS Conference Student and Postdoc Travel Support

IEEE计算机科学基础研讨会（FOCS）是两个最重要的年度研究会议之一，涵盖了理论计算机科学的广度。这是一个历史悠久的会议，继续在该领域发挥着形成性作用；它在与其他领域的联系方面也处于领先地位。该项目旨在通过鼓励和支持学生和博士后的参与，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生和博士后，增加会议对他们的影响，特别是在他们因差旅费用而无法参加会议的情况下。具体而言，研究者要求NSF基金协助学生和博士后参加今年由IEEE计算机学会计算数学基础技术委员会（TCMF）主办的年度FOCS会议。即将到来的FOCS将于2022年2月7日至10日在科罗拉多州丹佛市的希尔顿丹佛城市中心举行。随着计算机变得无处不在，扩大年轻学者对前沿研究的参与至关重要。FOCS已经成为理论计算机科学开创性研究的最重要场所之一，并且越来越多地成为计算机科学内外其他领域的关键大使。智力价值包括支持研究人员在其职业生涯的早期阶段展示他们的工作并加强他们的参与。我们期望由此产生的讨论将使获奖者接触到一系列广泛的基本问题和思想。我们希望社区也能从中受益，因为这些年轻的研究人员多年来为理论计算机科学的发展做出了巨大的贡献。在强调有需要的年轻学者的同时，更广泛的影响是支持代表性不足的年轻研究人员，促进思想交流，并使会议与会者受益于不同人口的出席。随着理论计算机科学的工具和技术（如新模型、算法、不可能结果以及数据科学和机器学习中的意外联系）对计算机科学内外的几个领域变得至关重要，预计初级研究人员的更广泛参与将使整个社会受益。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。

The IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) is one of the two premier annual research conferences that covers the breadth of theoretical computer science. It is a conference of very long standing that has continued to played a formative role in the field; it is also at the leading edge of connections made to other fields. This project aims to increase the impact of this conference on students and postdocs, particularly those from under-represented groups, by encouraging and enabling their participation, especially in cases where travel expenses would otherwise preclude their attendance.Concretely, the investigator requests NSF fund to assist students and postdoctoral fellows for attending this year’s Annual FOCS conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing (TCMF). The coming FOCS will take place at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, Colorado, between February 7-10 2022. As computing becoming ubiquitous, it is crucial to expand the participation of young scholars in cutting-edge research. FOCS has served as one of the most important venues for groundbreaking research in theoretical computer science – and increasingly, as a key ambassador to other areas within and outside computer science. The intellectual merit consists of supporting researchers at early stage of their career to present their work and to enhance their engagements. We anticipate that the resultant discussions will expose the awardees to a broad set of fundamental questions and ideas. We expect the community to benefit in turn, as such junior researchers have contributed substantially to the growth of theoretical computer science over the years. With emphasis on young scholars in need, the broader impact is on supporting under-represented junior researchers in this the stimulating exchanging of ideas, and for the conference attendees to benefit from the attendance of a diverse population. As the tools and techniques from theoretical computer science (such as novel models, algorithms, impossibility results, and unexpected connections in data science and machine learning) are becoming vital to several domains inside and outside computer science, it is anticipated that such broader participation of junior researchers will benefit society at large.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.