Student Travel Grant for The Web Conference 2019

该奖项为15名美国学生提供支持，让他们参加2019年5月13日至17日在加利福尼亚州旧金山举行的2019年网络大会。学生们将参加会议，介绍他们自己的工作，有机会了解并与该领域的领导者讨论当前的研究课题，以及通过会议提供的众多额外活动和网络机会进一步发展他们的职业生涯。会议的活动包括研究跟踪会议、演示会议、研讨会、教程、展览会议，以及专门针对学生的活动，包括博士研讨会。作为网络大会倡导多样性的更广泛努力的一部分，特别强调纳入代表性不足的少数族裔学生、女性和本科生。网络会议(前身为WWW会议)是关于万维网未来发展方向的主要国际会议。这一系列会议于1994年在欧洲核子研究中心开始，当时它是由网络的共同创建者罗伯特·凯略组织的。这次会议汇集了研究人员、开发人员、用户和商业企业，并提供了一个开放的论坛，所有意见都可以在这个论坛上发表，但要经过严格的同行审查。会议的地点在北美、欧洲和亚洲之间轮流举行，2019年将标志着近十年来首次在美国举办。此外，2019年版的会议将是一个反思点，因为它将承认网络30周年。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award provides support for 15 U.S.-based students to attend The Web Conference 2019, held in San Francisco, California, from May 13-17, 2019. The students will attend the conference to present their own work, to get the opportunity to learn and discuss current research topics with leaders in the field, as well as to further their career through the numerous additional events and networking opportunities provided by the conference. Events at the conference include Research track sessions, Demonstration sessions, Workshops, Tutorials, Exhibition sessions, as well as events specifically geared towards students, including a PhD Symposium. As part of The Web Conference's wider effort to champion diversity, a particular emphasis is on the inclusion of underrepresented minority students, women, and undergraduate students.The Web Conference (formerly known as the WWW conference) is the premier international conference on the topic of the future directions of the World Wide Web. The conference series began in 1994 at CERN, when it was organized by the Web's co-creator Robert Cailliau. The conference brings together researchers, developers, users, as well as commercial ventures, and provides an open forum in which all opinions can be presented, subject to a strict process of peer review. The location of the conference rotates among North America, Europe, and Asia, and 2019 will mark the first time in almost ten years that it is organized in the US. Also, the 2019 edition of the conference will be a reflection point, as it will acknowledge the 30th anniversary of the Web.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.