U.S.-Based Student Support to Attend ACM SIGSPATIAL 2014

这笔赠款支持25-30名美国研究生和本科生参加2014年11月4日至7日在美国得克萨斯州达拉斯举行的第22届ACM SIGSPATIAL 2014年大会的旅行奖励(http://sigspatial2014.sigspatial.org).ACM SIGSPATIAL地理信息系统会议始创于1993年，现已成为促进空间数据和分析以及地理信息系统(GIS)领域研究的世界主要会议。这次会议为涉及地理信息系统所有方面的原创研究贡献提供了一个论坛。美国研究生和本科生的参与培养了年轻人的智力刺激，使他们能够在一个具有重大技术和社会影响的领域从事高级研究和开发活动。具体的学生活动包括空间数据竞赛“2014 ACM SIGSPATAL杯”，介绍和讨论学生的工作和辅导。此外，学生们还可以通过参加会议获益良多，这些会议展示了当前地理空间系统和应用领域的最新成果，并有可能为研究合作和研究指导建立联系。过去ACM SIGSPATIAL的参与者总数已超过300人，其中大部分参与者来自美国，其次是欧洲和亚洲。ACM SIGSPATIAL地理信息系统拥有强大的美国学生代表，这有助于保持美国在重要研究领域的竞争力，这些研究领域对美国的基础设施和应用至关重要，这些领域严重依赖地理参考信息。空间和地理信息的应用有助于广泛的社会背景：通过先进的交通应用改善普通公民的生活，通过利用地理空间知识更好地收集情报来加强国家安全，以及开发将对全球环境产生积极影响的应用。在空间和地理信息系统领域教育和培训下一代科学家、工程师和实践者将产生重大影响，并将增强美国在这一重要领域的竞争优势的延续。ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS2014大会汇集了对空间信息处理和空间知识提取问题的解决方案感兴趣的研究人员、学生和专业人员，这些问题包括概念、设计和实施问题，范围从应用程序、用户界面和可视化到存储管理和索引问题。空间数据和应用在许多子领域提出了新的研究挑战，包括(但不限于)空间信息获取、建模、数据结构和算法、分析、查询和集成、人机交互和可视化，以及系统和体系结构。从这些子领域，出现了由广泛的应用(例如，应急和危机管理、环境监测、全球定位和位置检测、地球科学、基于位置的和移动服务、导航和路线规划)驱动的深入研究问题。会议正在促进地理信息系统各方面的跨学科讨论和研究。会议力求不断推进空间数据管理和空间数据分析的最新水平，并扩大其影响。

This grant supports travel awards for 25-30 U.S.-based graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the 22th ACM SIGSPATIAL 2014 Conference, held in Dallas, Texas, USA, November 4-7, 2014 (http://sigspatial2014.sigspatial.org). The ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS conference was originated in 1993 and has established itself as the world's premier conference to foster research in the areas of Spatial Data and Analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The conference provides a forum for original research contributions covering all aspects of GIS. The participation of US graduate and undergraduate students fosters intellectual stimulation of young minds to pursue advanced research and development activities in an area with significant technical and societal impact. Specific student activities include spatial data competition "2014 ACM SIGSPATAL Cup", presentation and discussion of students' work and mentoring. In addition, the students greatly benefit from attending conference sessions featuring current state-of-the-art results in the area of geospatial systems and applications, and potentially making connections for research collaborations and research mentoring. The total number of ACM SIGSPATIAL participants in the past has been in excess of 300 participants, with a majority of the participants from the U.S., followed by Europe and Asia. A strong representation of U.S.-based students at ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS is useful in maintaining U.S. competitiveness in the important research areas crucial for U.S. infrastructures and applications that critically depend on geo-referenced information. Applications of spatial and geographical information contribute to a wide-array of societal contexts: improving the lives of ordinary citizens through advanced transportation applications, increasing the security of the nation through better intelligence gathering using geospatial knowledge, and developing applications that will have a positive impact on the global environment. Educating and training the next generation of scientists, engineers, and practitioners in the area of spatial and geographical information systems will have a significant impact and will enhance the continuation of the competitive edge of the United States in this important area.ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2014 Conference brings together researchers, students, and professionals interested in research, development, and deployment of solutions to spatial information handling and spatial knowledge extraction problems, including conceptual, design, and implementation issues ranging from applications, user interfaces, and visualization to storage management and indexing issues. Spatial data and applications pose novel research challenges in a wide variety of sub-areas, which include (but are not limited to), spatial information acquisition, modeling, data structures and algorithms, analysis, querying and integration, human-computer interaction and visualization, and systems and architectures. From these sub-areas deep research questions emerge that are motivated by a broad range of applications (e.g., emergency and crisis management, environmental monitoring, global positioning and location detection, geosciences, location-based and mobile services, navigation and route planning). The meeting is fostering interdisciplinary discussions and research in all aspects of GIS. The conference seeks to continuously advance the state of-the-art in spatial data management and spatial data analysis and broaden its impact.