Conference: FOCS Conference Student and Postdoc Travel Support

会议：FOCS 会议学生和博士后旅行支持

• 批准号: 2332110
• 负责人: Shanghua Teng
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2332110&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; FOCS; Student; Postdoc; Travel

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) is one of the premier annual research conferences that cover the breadth of theoretical computer science. It is a conference of very long standing that has continued to play a formative role in the field; it is also at the leading edge of connections made to other areas. This project aims to increase the impact of this conference on students and postdoctoral researchers, particularly those from under-represented groups, by encouraging and enabling their participation, especially in cases where travel expenses would otherwise preclude their attendance.Concretely, this project assists students and postdoctoral fellows in attending the 2023 Annual FOCS conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing (TCMF). The coming FOCS will take place in Santa Cruz, CA, November 6-9, 2023. As computing becomes 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. We anticipate the conference presentations and discussions will expose students and postdoctoral researchers 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 an emphasis on junior scholars in need, supporting the participation of junior researchers from underrepresented populations in the stimulating exchange of ideas benefits all conference attendees. 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.

电气与电子工程师研究所（IEEE）关于计算机科学基础（FOCS）的研讨会是涵盖理论计算机科学广度的首要年度研究会议之一。这是一个漫长的会议，继续在该领域发挥成长的作用。它也处于与其他区域建立的连接的前沿。 This project aims to increase the impact of this conference on students and postdoctoral researchers, particularly those from under-represented groups, by encouraging and enabling their participation, especially in cases where travel expenses would otherwise preclude their attendance.Concretely, this project assists students and postdoctoral fellows in attending the 2023 Annual FOCS conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing （TCMF）。即将到来的焦点将在2023年11月6日至9日在加利福尼亚州圣克鲁斯举行。随着计算的无处不在，对于扩大年轻学者参与尖端研究至关重要。 FOCS是理论计算机科学开创性研究的最重要的场所之一，并且越来越多地是计算机科学内外其他领域的关键大使。我们预计会议演讲和讨论将使学生和博士后研究人员了解一系列基本问题和思想。我们希望社区依次受益，因为这些年来的初级研究人员多年来为理论计算机科学的增长做出了重大贡献。强调有需要的初级学者，支持了代表人群不足的初级研究人员在刺激思想交流中的参与使所有会议参与者都受益。由于理论计算机科学的工具和技术（例如新型模型，算法，不可能结果以及数据科学和机器学习中的意外联系）对计算机科学内部和外部的几个领域变得至关重要，因此可以预期，初级研究人员的这种更广泛的参与将使社会上的社会受益。