NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 AGT Mentoring Workshop Co-Located with Economics and Computation (EC)

该奖项将支持学生参加2018年6月18日至21日在纽约州伊萨卡举行的算法博弈论（AGT）指导研讨会和第19届计算机协会（ACM）经济与计算（EC）会议。算法博弈论是理论计算机科学和经济学的交叉领域。这使得它最适合处理互联网上经济和社会系统的巨大增长所带来的基础问题，因此该领域在过去几十年中一直蓬勃发展。经济学与计算是该领域的主要会议，其主要目的是通过汇集计算机科学家和经济学家来加强该领域。调查人员正在组织一个为期一天的AGT指导讲习班，与欧共体设在同一地点。该研讨会将有助于指导和培训在AGT领域从事研究工作的学生。NSF提供的旅行资金将帮助参与者参加指导研讨会和EC，在那里他们将了解当前的研究并与该领域的领导者互动。该奖项将为大约8至10名精心挑选的学生提供旅费、住宿费和注册费，否则这些学生将难以参加。旅行奖和研讨会项目的评选标准将旨在鼓励代表性不足的少数民族和妇女参与。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support students to attend the Algorithmic Game Theory (AGT) Mentoring Workshop and the 19th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Economics and Computation (EC), June 18 - 21, 2018, in Ithaca, NY. The field of Algorithmic Game Theory is at the intersection of theoretical computer science and economics. This makes it most suitable to handle foundational issues posed by tremendous growth in economic and social systems on the Internet, and therefore the field has been thriving in the past few decades. Economics and Computation is the leading conference in this area, with the main aim of strengthening the field by bringing together both computer scientists and economists. The investigators are organizing a one-day AGT mentoring workshop to be co-located with EC.The workshop will help to mentor and train students pursuing research careers in the field of AGT. Travel funds from NSF will facilitate participants' attendance at the mentoring workshop and EC, where they will learn about current research and interact with leaders in the field. The award will cover travel, lodging and registration fees for approximately 8 to 10 carefully selected students who otherwise would find it difficult to attend. The selection criteria for the travel award and the workshop program will aim to encourage participation by underrepresented minorities and women.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.