U.S. Graduate Student Travel to the Second AgentLink European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) 2000

该奖项支持15名美国研究生的国际旅行，否则他们将无法参加2000年8月14日至18日在德国萨尔布吕肯举行的第二届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，将汇集自主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和支持对代理系统的研究感兴趣但没有当前资金的优秀美国研究生参加本次活动。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。欧洲人也对他们的研究生（即那些在欧洲大学注册的AgentLink会员）提供类似的支持。这项旅行补助金允许一个强大而多样化的美国研究生群体参加EASSS 2000，而不仅仅是一小群精英研究人员。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 fifteen U.S. graduate students who would not otherwise be able to attend the Second AgentLink European Agent Systems Summer School being held in Saarbrucken, Germany, from August 14-18, 2000. 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 autonomous 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 U.S. graduate students of outstanding merit who are interested in research in agent systems but have no current funding to attend this event. 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 graduate students to attend EASSS 2000 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.