Student and Minority Faculty Travel Support for ACM SIGCOMM 2008 Conference; Seattle, Washington; August 17-22, 2008

2008年ACM通信架构、协议和应用会议将于2008年8月17日至22日在华盛顿州西雅图举行。该会议是审查计算机网络和通信最新技术的首要技术会议。该奖项提供资金，以帮助大约16个美国为基础的（包括波多黎各）研究生以及大约2个美国-代表性不足的少数民族（包括女性）教师或主要为代表性不足的少数民族服务的美国机构的教师参加本次会议。参加会议，如SIGCOMM是研究生院经验的一个非常重要的组成部分，以及在数据网络的教学和研究的重要组成部分。它提供了与更高级的研究人员互动的机会，并接触到该领域的前沿研究。本提案中要求的支持将使学生和少数民族或少数民族在职教师能够参与，否则他们将无法参加AMC SIGCOMM 2008。学术价值：该项目提议为研究生、少数民族和少数民族教职员工提供旅费资助，以参加2008年SIGCOMM。这将使他们接触到新的想法，并允许与其他研究人员进行互动。更广泛的影响这个项目通过接触计算机网络和通信的首要技术会议，将学生的研究和教育结合起来。学生和少数民族教师将有机会观察高质量的演示文稿，并与该领域的高级研究人员互动。建议的学生参与会对学生产生积极的影响？兴趣和研究质量。教师的参与会对教学、研究质量和他们自己的学生产生影响吗？在自己的家乡机构进行研究。

0838746Karen SollinsThe 2008 ACM Conference on Communications Architectures, Protocols and Applications will be held in Seattle, WA, August 17-22, 2008. This conference is the premier technical meeting that examines the state-of-the-art in computer networks and communications. This award provides funding to assist approximately 16 United States-based (including Puerto Rico) graduate students as well as approximately 2 U.S.-based under-represented minority (including women) faculty members or faculty members of U.S. institutions that are primarily serving under-represented minorities in attending this meeting. Participation in conferences such as SIGCOMM is an extremely important part of the graduate school experience, as well as an important part of the teaching and research in data networking. It provides the opportunity to interact with more senior researchers and to be exposed to leading edge research in the field. The support requested in this proposal will enable the participation of students and minority or minority serving faculty members who would otherwise be unable to attend AMC SIGCOMM 2008. The Travel Grant committee and SIGCOMM are committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities.Intellectual Merit: This project proposes to provide travel support for graduate students and minority and minority-serving faculty members to attend SIGCOMM 2008. This will expose them to new ideas and allow for interaction with other researchers.Broader Impact This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to the premier technical meeting in computer networks and communications. Students and minority faculty will have the opportunity to observe high-quality presentation and interact with senior researchers in the field. The proposed student participation will have positive impact on students? interest and the quality of their research. The faculty participation will have an impact on teaching, the quality of the research and on their own students? research in their home institutions.