NeTS: Student Travel Support for the 2016 SIGCOMM Conference

NeTS：2016 年 SIGCOMM 会议的学生旅行支持

• 批准号: 1644729
• 负责人: Phillipa Gill
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644729&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; Student; Travel; Support; 2016

The 2016 SIGCOMM conference will take place from August 22 to August 26, 2016 in Florianopolis, Brazil. This award assists 20 US-based graduate students attend this conference. Participation in conferences such as SIGCOMM forms a central part of the graduate school experience as it provides students with an opportunity to interact with senior researchers from academia as well as industry and exposes them to leading-edge research in the field. ACM SIGCOMM stands unique in its emphasis on interactions between networking researchers at an international level, and attending SIGCOMM presents an excellent opportunity for US graduate students to connect with a thriving international research community. In 2014-2015, SIGCOMM added additional programming to enrich the student experience. A mentorship program has run in the past two years assigning junior students with a more senior mentor at the conference. In 2015, the introduction of "preview sessions" gave students a chance to get briefed on topics prior to attending main session talks. The response to both of these has been extremely positive. The support requested in this proposal will enable students to attend the main conference and associated workshops at SIGCOMM 2016. These students would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. The travel grant chair is committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities. Intellectual Merit: This project provides travel support for graduate students to attend SIGCOMM 2016 and the associated workshops. This program will expose students to new ideas in these emerging areas, and allow them to interact with other researchers thereby broadening their intellectual horizons. In particular, the mentorship program and topic preview sessions help ensure students are engaged and get maximum benefit from attending the conference. Broader Impacts: This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to a premier technical meeting in computer networks and communications. Students will have the opportunity to observe high-quality presentations and interact with senior researchers in the field both in the main conference and the associated workshops. The proposed student participation will have a positive impact on the quality of their research. Women and other minorities are encouraged to participate. The SIGCOMM conference has developed into a top-tier international conference, presenting a tremendous opportunity to students to expand their breadth of ideas, research skills, and technical perspective.

2016年SIGCOMM会议将于2016年8月22日至2016年8月26日在巴西的弗洛里亚诺波利斯举行。该奖项协助20名美国研究生参加了这次会议。参与Sigcomm之类的会议构成了研究生院经验的核心部分，因为它为学生提供了与学术界和行业的高级研究人员互动的机会，并使他们接触了该领域的领先研究。 ACM Sigcomm在强调国际级别的网络研究人员之间的互动方面具有独特性，并参加Sigcomm为美国研究生提供了与蓬勃发展的国际研究社区建立联系的绝佳机会。在2014 - 2015年，Sigcomm添加了其他编程以丰富学生的体验。在过去的两年中，一项指导计划已在会议上为初级学生提供更多高级导师。 2015年，“预览会议”的引入使学生有机会在参加主会议之前就对主题进行简要介绍。对这两种的反应都是非常积极的。本提案中要求的支持将使学生能够参加2016年Sigcomm的主要会议和相关研讨会。否则，这些学生将无法参加会议。旅行赠款主席致力于鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族的参与。知识分子优点：该项目为研究生提供了旅行支持，以参加2016年Sigcomm和相关的研讨会。该计划将使学生在这些新兴领域的新想法中接触新想法，并允许他们与其他研究人员进行互动，从而扩大他们的智力视野。特别是，指导计划和主题预览会议有助于确保学生参与并从参加会议中获得最大收益。更广泛的影响：该项目通过接触计算机网络和通信中的主要技术会议来整合学生对学生的研究和教育。学生将有机会观察高质量的演讲，并与主要会议和相关研讨会的高级研究人员进行互动。拟议的学生参与将对他们的研究质量产生积极影响。鼓励妇女和其他少数民族参加。 Sigcomm会议已发展成为一场顶级国际会议，为学生提供了巨大的机会，以扩大他们的思想，研究技能和技术观点的广度。