Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2023 Computational Modeling in Biology Network (COMBINE) Forum

数据交换标准对于支持可靠的信息交换、各种工具的互操作性和科学结果的可重复性至关重要。生物学计算建模网络（COMBINE）的创建是为了协调生物学建模的标准化工作，通过提供一个中心点来讨论与生物学研究相关的标准，并在标准用户和开发人员之间组织定期的面对面会议。COMBINE讲习班在制定这些标准方面取得进展，并与开发最先进模型（如全细胞模型）的生物学家密切互动方面发挥了重要作用。该奖项将支持将于2023年10月5日至8日在康涅狄格州法明顿市康涅狄格健康大学细胞分析与建模中心举行的COMBINE 2023会议。美国学生参加会议的旅费和住宿费将得到部分资助。将优先考虑代表人数不足的群体的与会者，否则他们可能很难找到参加会议的资金。本次研讨会将为这些参与者提供宝贵的教育和研究经验，使学生能够分享他们的工作并与更大的社区互动。COMBINE 2023将是一个研讨会式的活动，包括软件教程、口头报告、海报和下午的分组会议，讨论各种系统生物学标准，如系统生物学标记语言、系统生物学图形符号、合成生物学开放语言等。会议将于2023年10月5日至8日在康涅狄格州法明顿市康涅狄格大学健康学院细胞分析与建模中心举行。四天的会议将包括关于标准和相关标准化工作的讨论，讨论标准的工作组，以及使用这些标准的工具的介绍。一些口头报告将从与会者提交的摘要中选出。此外，海报会议将允许人们在促进互动和深入讨论的环境中相互告知他们的软件和其他项目。该基金将为5-7名美国学生提供部分旅费和住宿费。学生将由COMBINE协调员选出。学生申请人将提供一个简短的叙述，说明他们为什么有兴趣参与，包括描述他们目前对标准开发的兴趣/参与。特别鼓励代表性不足群体的成员提出申请。至少三分之一的资金将留给这些个人。剩余的资金将用于支持从事标准工作的学生或开发支持这些标准化工作的关键软件基础设施。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。

Standards for data exchange are critical in supporting the reliable exchange of information, interoperability of various tools, and reproducibility of scientific results. The COmputational MOdeling in Biology NEtwork (COMBINE) was created to coordinate standardization efforts for modeling in biology by providing a central point for discussions about standards relevant to biological studies and organizing regular face-to-face meetings among standards users and developers. COMBINE workshops have been instrumental in making progress in the development of these standards and in interacting closely with biologists that develop state-of-the-art models, such as whole-cell models. This award will support the COMBINE 2023 meeting to be held at the Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health in Farmington, Connecticut, from October 5th to 8th, 2023. Travel and accommodation expenses for US-based students to attend the meeting will be partially supported. Priority will be given to participants from underrepresented groups who otherwise may find it very difficult to find the funds to attend. This workshop will provide a valuable educational and research experience for these participants, enabling students to share their work and interact with the larger community.COMBINE 2023 will be a workshop-style event with software tutorials, oral presentations, posters, and afternoon breakout sessions discussing various Systems Biology standards such as Systems Biology Markup Language, Systems Biology Graphical Notations, Synthetic Biology Open Language, etc. It will be held at the Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut Health, Farmington, Connecticut, from October 5th to 8th, 2023. The four meeting days will include talks about the standards and related standardization efforts, working groups discussing the standards, and presentations of tools using these standards. Some oral presentations will be selected from abstracts submitted by the attendees. In addition, poster sessions will allow people to inform each other about their software and other projects in a setting that fosters interaction and in-depth discussion. The funding will provide partial support for travel, and accommodation expenses to 5-7 US-based students. The students will be selected by the COMBINE coordinators. The student applicants will provide a short narrative on why they are interested in participating, including a description of their current interest/involvement with standard development. Members of underrepresented groups will be especially encouraged to apply. At least one-third of the funds will be reserved for these individuals. The remainder of the funds will be utilized to support the attendance of students working on standards or developing critical software infrastructure that supports these standardization efforts.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.