IEEE PerCom 2011 Student Travel Support

这项旅行奖励将支持学生参加2011年3月21日至3月25日在华盛顿州西雅图举行的IEEE普及计算和通信国际会议(PerCom)。这是普适计算社区的旗舰会议。这次会议提供了一个宝贵的机会来展示研究成果，了解普及计算的最新技术，并通过博士论坛培训博士生。对于参与的学生来说，特别有价值的将是博士论坛。除了传统的主要由海报演示组成的博士论坛外，2011年的会议还将扩大该论坛，使其为学生参与者带来更具体的好处。特别是，PerCom 2011年博士论坛将包括在会议开始前一天为与会者举行的闭门会议。学生和论坛委员会成员(大约6人)将一起参加工作会议，讨论与进行博士研究和建立论文后职业生涯有关的问题。具体地说，论坛讨论的议题将包括关于如何制定和贯彻研究问题的讨论、关于提出研究想法和解决方案的讨论和批评、关于为支持研究提供证据的讨论和演示，以及一个侧重于如何启动和维持研究事业的小组讨论。旅行奖项将侧重于通过在PerCom网页和针对女性和少数族裔学生的网站(包括NSF赞助的IGERT和REU网站)上宣传支持机会，特别是招募女性和少数族裔学生参加会议。

This travel award will support student participation in the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) to be held from March 21st to March 25th, 2011, in Seattle, Washington. This is the flagship conference of the pervasive computing community. The conference offers a valuable opportunity to present research results, to learn about the state of the art in pervasive computing, and to train doctoral students through the PhD forum. Of particular value to participating students will be the PhD Forum. In addition to a traditional PhD Forum that consists primarily of poster presentations, the 2011 conference will extend the forum to include a more concrete benefit to student participants. In particular, the PerCom 2011 PhD Forum will include a closed session for participants that will take place one day before the conference starts. The students and the Forum committee members (approximately 6 individuals) will come together for a working session to discuss concerns related to performing PhD research and building a post-dissertation career. Specifically, topics discussed in the Forum will include discussions on how to formulate and follow through on research questions, discussions and critiques of presenting research ideas and solutions, discussions and demonstrations on providing evidence to support research, and a panel focused on how to launch and sustain a research career. The travel awards will focus on particularly recruiting women and minority students to attend the conference by advertising the support opportunity on the PerCom web page and on web sites targeted toward women and minority students, including NSF-sponsored IGERT and REU web sites.