Support for Young Researchers to attend the 2014 Intelligent Tutoring Systems Conference

美国在历史上一直是智能辅导系统领域的全球领导者，或者使用计算机化人工智能来加强教学和学习的方法，从儿童在学校学习数学到士兵在美国军队学习高技术工作。在这一领域的卓越会议是ITS会议;在这次会议上提出的最新研究和从业者学习的最先进的技术，使这些重要的教育技术的创建状态。该项目将支持7个博士学位。学生，通过竞争过程中选择，参加会议，介绍他们的工作，并接受他们的论文委员会以外的额外指导。这项工作的智力价值在于研究生提交的研究，以考虑参加会议的早期职业轨道;这项工作然后通过世界一流的导师的指导来加强，他们以结构化的形式与学生会面，以改善他们的研究。更广泛的影响包括对七名选定学生的职业影响，特别是因为有前途的研究生的顾问可能没有资金送他们参加会议仍然可以包括在内，他们的工作可以展示和改进。可能的长期影响包括建立ITS研究人员的领域和提高辅导系统的质量，从而最终提高教育质量。

The United States has historically been the global leader in the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems, or ways to use computerized artificial intelligence to enhance teaching and learning in contexts ranging from children learning math in school, to soldiers learning highly technical jobs in the US military. The preeminent conference in this field is the ITS conference; at this conference the latest research is presented and practitioners learn the state of the art techniques that allow creation of these important educational technologies. This proposal would support seven Ph.D. students, selected through a competitive process, to attend the conference, present their work, and receive additional mentoring outside of their dissertation committees. The intellectual merit of the work rests on the studies the graduate students submit to be considered for participation in the early career track of the conference; this work is then enhanced by guidance from world-class mentors who meet with the students in a structured format to improve their research. The broader impact includes the career impact on the seven selected students, especially since promising graduate students whose advisors may not have funding to send them to the conference can still be included, and their work can be showcased and improved. Possible long-term broader impacts include building the field of ITS researchers and improving the quality of tutoring systems, and thus eventually, improving the quality of education.