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IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | July 29, 2018 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | July 29, 2018 |
| Award Number: | 1838259 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Sylvia Spengler
sspengle@nsf.gov (703)292-7347 IIS Division of Information & Intelligent Systems CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Start Date: | August 15, 2018 |
| End Date: | July 31, 2019 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $10,000.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $10,000.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
660 S MILL AVENUE STE 204 TEMPE AZ US 85281-3670 (480)965-5479 |
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ORSPA Tempe AZ US 85281-6011 |
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Info Integration & Informatics, Robust Intelligence |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
This award will support US students to attend the 16th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR&R) and its Doctoral Consortium, which will be held in Tempe, Arizona from October 29 to November 2, 2018. The Principles of KR&R conference series, established in 1989, is driven by some of the key researchers in the field of knowledge representation, and attracts a substantial number of highly visible researchers and submissions each year. In response to the high demands for graduate students in this area, the conference has established a practice of the Doctoral Consortium event during the conference, where students can deeply interact with the researchers, and is pursuing options to further enhance the educational aspect of its events. This year there will be 7 workshops and 8 tutorials prior to the main conference. A dedicated mentoring program and other student-centered events will be put in place for the maximum benefit of the participating students.
The KR&R Doctoral Consortium provides an opportunity for student education in the field of knowledge representation and reasoning. The conference is a premier event attended by prominent researchers in the area. The principal investigators are among the main drivers of the conference series, and established researchers with high visibility and proven track record of successful student mentoring. The planned activity furthers technological advancement in the emerging area of knowledge representation and reasoning -- which is currently seeing substantial industrial interest and uptake -- through the enhancement of next generation computer scientists, with long-term benefits both to industry and academia. Actions will be implemented in order to broaden visibility, by trying to attract students from new research groups.
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.
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The major goal of the project is to support doctoral students in the USA to attend the 16th International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning and the co-located Doctoral Consortium, which were held from Oct 27 to November 2, 2018, in Tempe, Arizona; and interact with senior researchers and industry personnel.
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR) is an exciting, well-established field of research. In KR, a fundamental assumption is that an agent's knowledge is explicitly represented in a declarative form, suitable for processing by dedicated reasoning engines. This assumption, that much of what an agent deals with is knowledge-based, is common in many modern intelligent systems. Consequently, KR has contributed to the theory and practice of various areas in AI, such as automated planning, natural language understanding, among others, as well as to fields beyond AI, including databases, verification, and software engineering. In recent years, KR has contributed to new and emerging fields including the semantic web, computational biology, and the development of software agents.
The KR conference series is a leading forum for a timely in-depth presentation of progress in the theory and principles underlying the representation and computational management of knowledge. It has been a forum for the exchange and discussion of new ideas, issues, and results on the principles and practice of KR.
The Doctoral Consortium has a long tradition in KR conferences and has always been very successful events, fostering the participation of doctoral students, exposing them to disciplines related to KR, and putting them in direct contact with world-class researchers in the field. The 2018 doctoral consortium had accepted 13 successful proposals from all around the world. Among them, 4 students are from the US, and the NSF funding was provided to them as travel awards. Additionally, four US student authors at KR 2018 and another US student were given the travel awards.
Each DC student submitted a 4-page long thesis summary, a curriculum vitae, and a letter of recommendation from the thesis supervisor/advisor. Based on their thesis summary, each student was assigned a mentor, a senior researcher from the area of the students' research. Having 2 DC chairs from different areas of research helped to find and assign suitable mentors. The mentors received the thesis summary before the conference to prepare feedback for the mentees. At the conference, the following activities were organized for the doctoral consortium participants. At the conference, the following activities were organized for the doctoral consortium: (i) a Doctoral Consortium Students Bonding Event, where DC students introduced each other and socialized; (ii) a lightning talk session at the main conference, in which the DC students had short presentations regarding their research progress; (iii) the poster session, where DC students presented their posters that detail their dissertation plan and established results, along with other poster presentations for the main conference; (iv) the DC mentoring lunch, where the DC students met with mentors one on one, who gave detailed feedback on the submitted research proposals and gave advice on research and possible career paths after completion of Ph.D.
These events allowed for a broad interaction with the general KR conference and was also another opportunity for the students to discuss their research work with their mentors. Overall, the Doctoral Consortium was a successful event that received positive feedback from students, mentors, and the KR audience.
Last Modified: 12/29/2019
Modified by: Joohyung Lee
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