Student Travel Support for the 2011 Internet Measurement Conference

第十一届ACM SIGCOMM互联网测量会议（IMC）将于2011年11月2日至4日在德国柏林举行，由ACM SIGCOMM和ACM SIGMETRICS主办，与USENIX合作。该奖项为来自美国院校的约8名研究生参加本次会议提供资助。IMC是展示收集和分析互联网测量的新研究成果的主要场所。参加像IMC这样的会议对于从事该领域研究的研究生来说是至关重要的。作者有机会展示他们的工作，所有与会者都有机会与许多在该领域进行前沿研究的其他人进行互动。智力优势：该提案将有助于扩大参加互联网测量会议（IMC）的受众，提高互动水平和新合作、新调查和更高质量研究的潜力。鉴于国际旅行费用的上涨，这笔补助金将使学生（否则没有足够的资金）参加在德国的会议。更广泛的影响：该奖项使学生能够参加原本无法参加的会议，从而增加了会议的传播？将美国的研究成果传播给更广泛、更多样化的受众。它还通过让学生观察高质量的演讲并与该领域的高级研究人员互动，将研究生的研究和教育结合起来。优先给予妇女和少数民族学生奖学金，扩大了这些代表性不足的群体的参与。此外，通过向广泛的学院和大学做广告，来自更多样化机构的参与者应该能够参加会议并从中受益。

The Eleventh ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGMETRICS, in cooperation with USENIX, is to be held in Berlin, Germany, November 2-4, 2011. This award provides funding to assist approximately 8 graduate students from US institutions to attend this conference. IMC is the primary venue for presenting new research results on collecting and analyzing measurements of the Internet. Attending conferences such as IMC is of paramount importance for graduate students pursuing research in the field. Authors have the opportunity to present their work and all attendees have a chance to interact with many others performing leading-edge research in the field.Intellectual Merit: This proposal will serve to widen the audience attending the Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), raising the level of interaction and the potential for new collaboration, new investigations, and higher quality research. Given the rising cost of international travel, the grant will enable students (who otherwise do not have sufficient funds) to attend the conference in Germany.Broader Impact: This award, by enabling students to attend who might not otherwise be able, increases the dissemination of the conference?s research results to a larger and more diverse audience. It also integrates research and education of graduate students by allowing students to observe high-quality presentations and interact with senior researchers in the field. Giving preference in grant awards to women and minority students widens the participation among these underrepresented groups. Furthermore, by advertising to a wide range of colleges and universities, participants from a more diverse set of institutions should be able to attend and benefit from the conference.