Travel: FLAIRS Conference Experience for Workforce Development in Artificial Intelligence

人工智能（A.I.）渗透到我们生活的方方面面。随着这种增长——去年ChatGPT等平台的流行加速了这种增长——工业界和学术界都非常重视招聘能够设计、实施、测试和使用人工智能模型和方法的学生和员工。不幸的是，在某种程度上，由于计算机科学领域需要更多的学生，人工智能领域缺乏熟练的工人。此外，计算领域缺乏多样性，特别是涉及到女性和少数族裔时，导致人工智能系统的思想和设计缺乏多样性，从而在模型和系统中引入偏见。然而，提供接触人工智能的机会可能会有问题，特别是对于来自经济困难或农村社区和机构的学生。简而言之，有必要齐心协力，为不断发展的人工智能领域招募各种各样的学生和工人。该项目将支持不同类型的学生参加2024年5月举行的美国第二古老的人工智能会议——佛罗里达人工智能研究学会（FLAIRS）会议。该提案的目标是通过增加对人工智能的兴趣和劳动力发展来服务于NSF在推进科学方面的兴趣。该计划将接待来自多所大学的15名代表不同人口的学生，特别是妇女、少数民族和残疾人，包括那些主要由经济困难学生组成的大学。学生可以参加一系列的辅导课，并与该领域的研究人员和其他人进行交流。一项明确的计划将重点放在美国东南部地区的大学和学院。提供了清晰的评价。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。

Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) permeates many aspects of our lives. With this growth - accelerated in the last year through the popularity of platforms such as ChatGPT - industry and academia have put a premium on recruiting students and employees that can design, implement, test, and use A.I. models and approaches. Unfortunately, tied somewhat to the need for more students in the general field of computer science, there is a lack of skilled workers in the field of A.I. In addition, the lack of diversity in the computational fields, especially when it comes to women and minorities, has led to a lack of diversity in the thought and design of A.I. systems, introducing bias into models and systems. However, providing exposure to A.I. can be problematic, especially for students from economically disadvantaged or rural communities and institutions. In short, there is a need for concerted efforts to recruit a diverse set of students and workers to the growing field of artificial intelligence. This project will support the participation of a diverse set of students to attend the second oldest artificial intelligence conference in the United States, the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) conference, in May 2024.The objective of this proposal is to serve the NSF’s interest in advancing science through increasing interest and workforce development in artificial intelligence. The plan is to host 15 who represent a diverse demographic, especially among women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, from multiple universities, including those that consist primarily of economically disadvantaged students. The students can participate in a range of tutorials and engage with researchers and others in the field. A clear plan focuses on universities and colleges in the southeast region of the US. Clear evaluation is provided.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.