Proposal for Supporting Travel Expenses to Attend the 7th IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium (RTAS) in Taipei, Taiwan

本提案旨在赞助研究生和初级教员参加将在台湾台北举行的第七届IEEE实时技术和应用研讨会（RTAS）的差旅费，该研讨会由IEEE计算机协会实时系统技术委员会赞助。RTAS提供了一个论坛，介绍实时系统研究的最新进展，并讨论遇到的实际挑战和采取的解决方案。RTAS 2001的一个特殊使命是促进亚洲和北美之间实时计算和通信社区的讨论和技术交流。因此，我们邀请了C博士。L.刘（他在70年代发展了速率单调调度理论，现任台湾新竹清华大学校长）担任名誉主席，亚洲、美洲和欧洲的顶尖研究人员担任技术计划委员会成员。除了单一的技术会议，我们还将组织教程和研讨会，解决实际的，时间QoS问题的应用领域或在互联网上。研讨会，作为许多其他学术活动，依赖于社区的资深成员的经验，但需要新的想法和新的人加入社区。因此，为了鼓励研究生和年轻的教职员工参加这项令人兴奋的技术计划，我们请求支持支付研究生和初级教职员工的差旅费。申请的总金额为12，000美元，平均旅费为每名入选的初级教员1，200美元，每名入选的研究生800美元。我们相信，参加这次研讨会将对年轻科学家非常有益，否则他们将无法参加这次聚会。将为未来的（国际）合作进行联系，并肯定会发生想法交流。将在全国范围内宣传对学生和初级教员的旅行支助，特别鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾学生申请赞助。

This proposal seeks to sponsor travel expenses for graduate students and junior faculty membersto attend the 7th IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium (RTAS) to be heldin Taipei, Taiwan and sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems. RTAS provides a forum for presenting the latest advances in real-time systemsresearch and for discussing the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. Aspecial mission of RTAS 2001 is to foster discussion and technology exchange in the real-timecomputing and communication communities between Asia and North America. As such, we haveinvited Dr. C. L. Liu (who developed the rate-monotonic scheduling theory in the 70's and iscurrently the president of National Ching-Hua University in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) to serve as theHonorary Chair, and top-notch researchers in both Asia, Americas, and Europe to serve on theTechnical Program Committee. In addition to single-track technical sessions, we will also organizetutorials and workshops that address practical, temporal QoS issues in application domains or overthe Internet.The symposium, as many other academic activities, relies on the experience of senior membersof the community but requires fresh ideas and new people to join the community. As such, andto encourage graduate students and young faculty members to participate in the exciting technicalprogram, we are requesting support to defray the travel expenses for graduate students and juniorfaculty attendees. The total amount requested is $12,000 on the basis of an average travel grantof $1,200 for each selected junior faculty participant and $800 for each selected graduate student.We believe attendance at this Symposium will be very beneficial to young scientists who otherwisewould be unable to participlate in the gathering. Contacts for future (international) collaborationswill be made and idea exchange will certainly occur. Travel support for student and junior facultyattendance will be advertised nationwide and women, minorities and disabled students will beespecially encouraged to apply for sponsorship.