FOCS Conference Student and Postdoc Travel Support

IEEE计算机科学基础研讨会(FOCS)是涵盖理论计算机科学的两个主要年度研究会议之一。这是一个由来已久的会议，它继续在该领域发挥重要作用；它也处于与其他领域建立联系的前沿。该项目旨在通过鼓励和促进学生和博士后的参与来增加这次会议对学生和博士后的影响，特别是在旅费本来会阻止他们参加的情况下。具体地说，研究人员请求NSF基金帮助学生和博士后研究员参加今年由IEEE计算机协会计算数学基础技术委员会(TCMF)赞助的年度FOCS会议。即将到来的FOCS将于2022年2月7日至10日在科罗拉多州丹佛市的希尔顿丹佛市中心举行。随着计算变得无处不在，扩大年轻学者对尖端研究的参与至关重要。Focs已成为理论计算机科学中最重要的开创性研究场所之一，并日益成为计算机科学内外其他领域的重要大使。智力价值包括在他们职业生涯的早期支持研究人员展示他们的工作并提高他们的参与度。我们预计，由此产生的讨论将使获奖者了解一系列广泛的基本问题和想法。我们预计社区将反过来受益，因为这些初级研究人员多年来为理论计算机科学的发展做出了巨大贡献。随着对有需要的年轻学者的重视，更广泛的影响是在这方面支持代表性不足的初级研究人员，以促进思想交流，并使与会者受益于不同群体的出席。由于理论计算机科学的工具和技术(如新的模型、算法、不可能的结果以及数据科学和机器学习中的意外联系)对计算机科学内外的几个领域变得至关重要，预计这种初级研究人员的更广泛参与将造福整个社会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) is one of the two premier annual research conferences that covers the breadth of theoretical computer science. It is a conference of very long standing that has continued to played a formative role in the field; it is also at the leading edge of connections made to other fields. This project aims to increase the impact of this conference on students and postdocs, particularly those from under-represented groups, by encouraging and enabling their participation, especially in cases where travel expenses would otherwise preclude their attendance.Concretely, the investigator requests NSF fund to assist students and postdoctoral fellows for attending this year’s Annual FOCS conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing (TCMF). The coming FOCS will take place at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, Colorado, between February 7-10 2022. As computing becoming ubiquitous, it is crucial to expand the participation of young scholars in cutting-edge research. FOCS has served as one of the most important venues for groundbreaking research in theoretical computer science – and increasingly, as a key ambassador to other areas within and outside computer science. The intellectual merit consists of supporting researchers at early stage of their career to present their work and to enhance their engagements. We anticipate that the resultant discussions will expose the awardees to a broad set of fundamental questions and ideas. We expect the community to benefit in turn, as such junior researchers have contributed substantially to the growth of theoretical computer science over the years. With emphasis on young scholars in need, the broader impact is on supporting under-represented junior researchers in this the stimulating exchanging of ideas, and for the conference attendees to benefit from the attendance of a diverse population. As the tools and techniques from theoretical computer science (such as novel models, algorithms, impossibility results, and unexpected connections in data science and machine learning) are becoming vital to several domains inside and outside computer science, it is anticipated that such broader participation of junior researchers will benefit society at large.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.