Student Travel Support for the COSN 2014 Conference

该基金支持来自美国院校的大约10-12名研究生参加计算机协会在线社交网络（COSN）第二次会议，该会议将于2014年10月1日至2日在爱尔兰都柏林举行。参加诸如COSN之类的会议是研究生院经历中极其重要的一部分。参加这次会议将培养一批对在线社会网络感兴趣的有前途的年轻研究人员，从而加强这一新兴研究领域的科学工作者队伍。该奖项将使这些年轻的研究人员能够与其他研究人员和会议活动进行互动；了解学术界和工业界潜在的职业发展道路；访问国际研究人员网络，支持他们的专业发展；并观察在线社交网络研究的跨学科性质、多样性和相互关系。该项目通过在线社交网络上的顶级技术会议，将学生的研究和教育结合起来。学生将有机会观看高质量的演讲，并与该领域的高级研究人员互动。期望学生的参与能对学生的研究兴趣产生积极的影响。该项目将通过鼓励和使妇女和其他代表性不足的少数群体参与来促进多样性。此外，COSN作为年度会议的真正国际风格体现在技术计划委员会的组成以及预期的论文作者组上。

This grant supports participation of approximately 10-12 graduate students from US institutions in the second instance of the Conference on Online Social Networks (COSN) of the Association for Computing Machinery, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, on October 1-2, 2014. Participation in conferences such as COSN is an extremely important part of the graduate school experience. Attendance at the conference will enhance the scientific workforce in this emerging research area by developing a group of promising young researchers interested in online social networks. The award will enable these young researchers to interact with other researchers and conference events; to learn of potential career paths within academia and industry; to access an international network of researchers who can support their professional development; and to observe the interdisciplinary nature, diversity and interrelationships of research in online social networks.This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to a premier technical meeting in online social networks. Students will have the opportunity to observe high-quality presentations and interact with senior researchers in the field. The proposed student participation is expected to have a positive impact on the students' research interests. The project will promote diversity by encouraging and enabling women and other under-represented minorities to participate. Furthermore, the truly international flavor of COSN as an annual conference is reflected in the composition of the Technical Program Committee as well as the expected set of authors of papers.