U.S. Students' and Researchers' Travel to the First European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS '99), July 26 - 30, 1999, Utrecht, The Netherlands

该奖项支持12名美国学生和研究人员进行国际旅行，否则他们将无法参加1999年7月26日至30日在荷兰乌得勒支举行的First AgentLink欧洲代理系统暑期学校。由欧洲esprit资助的基于代理的计算卓越网络AgentLink组织了这所学校（http://www.agentlink.org）。这是一个世界级的活动，将汇集代理和多代理系统领域的国际知名研究人员，介绍基于代理的计算的理论和实践方面的入门和高级课程。该奖项的目的是鼓励并使两组美国研究人员能够参加本次活动：1)对代理系统的研究感兴趣但目前没有资金支持的优秀研究生；2)其他相关领域的研究人员需要鼓励，将他们的专业知识带到这个领域，让他们学习基于代理的计算，以便他们可以将其应用到自己的领域。这笔旅行补助金将支付他们的旅费、住宿费、注册费和一些生活费用。欧洲人也给他们的研究生提供类似的支持，也就是那些在欧洲大学注册为AgentLink会员的学生。这项旅行资助允许一个强大而多样化的美国研究人员群体参加EASS '99，而不仅仅是一小部分精英研究人员。此外，由于暑期学校在欧洲，它为美国研究人员提供了一个与欧洲同事直接接触的独特机会。

This award supports international travel for twelve U.S. students and researchers who would not otherwise be able to attend the First AgentLink European Agent Systems Summer School being held in Utrecht, the Netherlands on July 26-30, 1999. AgentLink, Europe's ESPRIT-funded Network of Excellence for agent-based computing, organizes the school (http://www.agentlink.org). It is a world-class event that will bring together internationally recognized researchers in the area of agents and multi-agent systems to present introductory and advanced courses in the theoretical and practical aspects of agent-based computing. The objective of this award is to encourage and enable two groups of U.S. researchers to attend this event: 1) graduate students of outstanding merit who are interested in research in agent systems but have no current funding to enable such participation; and 2) researchers in other related fields who need encouragement to bring their particular expertise to this field and for them to learn about agent-based computing so that they may apply it to their own fields. This travel grant will cover their travel, hotel, registration fees, and some subsistence. The Europeans are giving similar support to their graduate students, i.e., those at European universities who are registered AgentLink members. This travel grant allows a strong and diverse group of US researchers to attend EASS '99 rather than just a small group of elite researchers. Further, because the summer school is in Europe, it provides a unique opportunity for American researchers to have direct contact with their European colleagues.