Conference: FOCS Conference Student and Postdoc Travel Support

会议：FOCS 会议学生和博士后旅行支持

• 批准号: 2332110
• 负责人: Shanghua Teng
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: University of Southern California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2332110&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; FOCS; Student; Postdoc; Travel

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) is one of the premier annual research conferences that cover the breadth of theoretical computer science. It is a conference of very long standing that has continued to play a formative role in the field; it is also at the leading edge of connections made to other areas. This project aims to increase the impact of this conference on students and postdoctoral researchers, particularly those from under-represented groups, by encouraging and enabling their participation, especially in cases where travel expenses would otherwise preclude their attendance.Concretely, this project assists students and postdoctoral fellows in attending the 2023 Annual FOCS conference, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Mathematical Foundations of Computing (TCMF). The coming FOCS will take place in Santa Cruz, CA, November 6-9, 2023. As computing becomes 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. We anticipate the conference presentations and discussions will expose students and postdoctoral researchers 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 an emphasis on junior scholars in need, supporting the participation of junior researchers from underrepresented populations in the stimulating exchange of ideas benefits all conference attendees. 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.

电气和电子工程师协会 (IEEE) 计算机科学基础研讨会 (FOCS) 是覆盖理论计算机科学广泛领域的顶级年度研究会议之一，该会议历史悠久，一直发挥着重要作用。该项目旨在通过鼓励和促进学生和博士后研究人员的参与，提高他们在该领域的影响力。 ，特别是在情况下具体来说，该项目帮助学生和博士后参加由 IEEE 计算机学会计算数学基础技术委员会 (TCMF) 主办的 2023 年年度 FOCS 会议。加利福尼亚州圣克鲁斯，2023 年 11 月 6-9 日。随着计算变得无处不在，扩大年轻学者对 FOCS 前沿研究的参与至关重要。一直是理论计算机科学突破性研究的最重要场所之一，并且越来越多地成为计算机科学内外其他领域的重要大使，我们预计会议演讲和讨论将使学生和博士后研究人员接触到更广泛的知识。我们期望社区能够反过来受益，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重大贡献，重点关注有需要的初级学者，支持来自不同国家的初级研究人员的参与。代表性不足的人群在刺激思想交流方面使所有会议受益随着理论计算机科学的工具和技术（例如新颖的模型、算法、不可能的结果以及数据科学和机器学习中意想不到的联系）对于计算机科学内外的多个领域变得至关重要，预计这种范围会更广泛。初级研究人员的参与将使整个社会受益。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。