Proposal for Participant Support in the IPSN Extremem Sensing Competition 2009. To be held on April 13, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.

Cameron (Kamin) D. Whitehouse，弗吉尼亚大学IPSN极端传感竞赛2009参与者支持提案智力优势：该项目为参加极端传感竞赛（XSC）的美国学生提供旅行和会议支持，该竞赛将作为第八届ACM/IEEE传感器网络信息处理会议（IPSN 2009）的一部分举行。在XSC中，学生、研究人员或行业参与者构建用于执行预先指定任务的传感器系统。该活动要求学生解决一些公开的挑战，包括传感、控制、信号处理、无线网络以及这些领域之间的相互作用。2009年的比赛考虑了身体区域网络（ban）和航位推算。更广泛的影响：极端传感竞赛的大多数参与者都是大三研究生，该活动使他们能够在研究生课程的早期与CPS研究社区接触。没有资助的学生，否则将无法参加ISPN和参加XSC特别考虑支持。来自代表性不足群体的学生也会得到特别考虑以获得支持。广告强调向这些群体伸出援手。该活动还向大型网络物理系统研究社区展示学生参与者和项目，因为ISPN 2009是网络物理系统（CPS）周的一个组成部分，竞赛向所有CPS周的参与者开放。

Cameron (Kamin) D. Whitehouse, University of VirginiaProposal for Participant Support in the IPSN Extreme Sensing Competition 2009Intellectual Merit: This project provides travel and conference support for U.S. students to participate in the Extreme Sensing Competition (XSC), being held as part of the 8th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN 2009). In the XSC, students, researchers, or industry participants build a sensor system that is used to perform a pre-specified task. The event requires students to address a number of open challenges involving sensing, control, signal processing, wireless networking, and the interactions between these areas. The 2009 competition considers body area networks (BANs) and dead reckoning.Broader Impact: Most participants in the Extreme Sensing Competition are junior graduate students and the event allows them to engage with the CPS research community early in their graduate program. Unfunded students who would otherwise be unable to attend ISPN and participate in the XSC are given special consideration for support. Students from underrepresented groups are also given special consideration for support. Advertising emphasized outreach to these groups. The event also showcases the student participants and projects to the large cyber-physical systems research community, as ISPN 2009 is a component of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Week and the competition is open to all CPS Week attendees.