NSF Travel Grant Support for IEEE ICCCN 2008; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; August 3 - 7, 2008

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The 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks(ICCCN?08) will be held in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, USA from August 3 toAugust 7, 2008. This preeminent technical conference is the primary venue for presentingnew research results in the area of computer communications and is widely attended byresearchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as ICCCN is highlyvaluable for graduate students? research and career development. Participants have theopportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote speech sessions, and interactwith many others performing state-of-the-art research in the field.This proposal requests funding to support approximately eight graduate students in theUnited States to attend ICCCN?08. The travel awards will target graduate students, inparticular female and under-represented minority students, since they often have limitedtravel funds to attend conferences, which is an important part of their educationalexperience.