Supporting Students Attending User Modeling 2007 Conference

这笔资金用于支持目前在美国注册的6名博士生在2007年7月25-29日在希腊科孚举行的国际用户建模会议上展示他们被接受的论文和海报，以及参加博士联盟。已经发现，用户建模可以显著提高软件系统在各种领域的有效性和可用性，包括教育应用程序和面向各种残疾用户的应用程序。用户建模国际会议是用户建模和用户自适应软件系统领域最重要的两年一次的活动；UM‘07将是该系列的第11次活动。青年研究人员积极参与这次会议是非常重要的，无论是对该领域的健康，还是对研究人员本身。UM‘07博士联盟为博士生提供了一个独特的机会，让他们在论文研究的中途获得该领域顶尖研究人员的宝贵反馈。经验表明，在过去的用户建模会议上，大多数博士联合会的参与者后来都能够扩展和发表他们最初在联合会上展示的工作。PI是美国国家科学基金会资助的匹兹堡学习科学中心“在真实课堂上用学习实验研究稳健学习”的联合主任，也是UM‘07博士协会的联合主席。广泛影响：将年轻和有创造力的研究人员带到UM’07将有助于推动一个重要的和具有社会价值的研究领域的发展。对于许多研究生来说，参加用户建模会议的费用超过了他们的旅行预算。因此，NSF的资助将显著影响下一代用户建模研究人员的职业生涯，使他们中的许多人能够参与到他们原本不得不错过的重要活动中。学生们将有机会在社会上更广泛地接触他们的创新工作，并从研究界的高级成员那里获得反馈和指导。参与还将有助于培养这些年轻研究人员的社区意识，使他们能够在自己之间以及与处于专业发展关键阶段的资深研究人员建立一个社交网络。国际和平协会表示，他将采取行动，确保传统上代表性不足的机构的成员参与，并将密切关注少数群体和妇女的纳入。

This is funding to support travel by 6 students currently enrolled in PhD programs in the United States to present their accepted papers and posters, and to take part in the Doctoral Consortium, at the upcoming International User Modeling Conference, to be held July 25-29, 2007, in Corfu, Greece. User modeling has been found to significantly enhance the effectiveness and usability of software systems in a variety of areas, including educational applications and applications oriented to users with various disabilities. The International Conferences on User Modeling is the premier biennial event in the field of user modeling and user-adaptive software systems; UM'07 will be the 11th event in the series. Active participation of young researchers in this conference is very important, both for the health of the field and for the researchers themselves. The UM'07 Doctoral Consortium provides a unique opportunity for PhD students partway through their dissertation research to receive valuable feedback from top researchers in the field. Experience has shown that most Doctoral Consortium participants at past User Modeling conferences were later able to expand and publish their work originally presented at the Consortium. The PI is the co-director of the NSF-funded Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center on "Studying Robust Learning with Learning Experiments in Real Classrooms" and co-chair of the UM'07 Doctoral Consortium.Broader Impact: Bringing young and creative researchers to UM'07 will help advance an important and socially valuable research field. For many graduate students, the cost of attending the User Modeling conference exceeds their travel budget. Thus, NSF funding will significantly impact the careers of the next generation of User Modeling researchers, by enabling a number of them to take part in an important event they would otherwise have to miss. The students will have an opportunity to gain wider exposure in the community for their innovative work, and to obtain feedback and guidance from senior members of the research community. Participation will also help foster a sense of community among these young researchers, by allowing them to create a social network both among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. The PI has indicated that he will act to assure participation by members of traditionally under-represented institutions, and will pay close attention to inclusion of minorities and women.