Conference Support: 31st International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2012); Anaheim,California; 23-27 September 2012

该奖项的目的是支持来自美国的30名研究生，特别是那些来自代表性不足的团体和机构的研究生，参加2012年9月23日至27日在加利福尼亚州阿纳海姆举行的第31届国际激光与光电应用大会(ICALEO 2012)，这是由美国激光学会(LIA)组织的年度会议。这一支持机会将通过美国激光研究所发出的电子邮件进行宣传。学生可以通过回复美国激光研究所发送的电子邮件来申请支持。选择学生的过程将基于以下优先事项：1)来自传统上代表性不足的群体的学生；2)传统上缺乏资金支持研究生参加会议的大学和学院的学生；3)由会议主席与项目委员会协商确定的提交高质量论文的学生。被选中的学生将在会议期间提交他们的论文并竞争学生论文奖。这个项目将努力将研究和教育活动结合在一起，为参加会议的研究生提供服务。通过参加会议，这些学生将接触到最先进的研究课题，并将与学术和行业领袖互动。他们将学习如何最好地利用研究生学习的时间，以及如何为未来的职业生涯做准备。将优先考虑来自代表性不足群体的研究生，如女性、非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生，以及缺乏财政资源的大学的研究生。

The objective of this award is to support 30 graduate students from the United States, particularly those from underrepresented groups and institutions that traditionally lack funding for such support, to attend the 31st International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics (ICALEO 2012), which is an annual conference organized by Laser Institute of America (LIA), to be held in Anaheim, California, from September 23 to 27, 2012. This support opportunity will be advertised though emails to be sent out by Laser Institute of America. The students can apply for the support by replying to the e-mails sent from the Laser Institute of America. The student selection process will be based on the following priorities: 1) students from groups traditionally underrepresented; 2) students from universities and colleges that traditionally lack funding to support graduate student attendance at conferences; and 3) students who present high-quality papers, as determined by the conference chairs in consultation with the program committee. The selected students will be expected to present their papers during the conference and compete for student-paper awards.The efforts to be made in this project will blend research and educational activities for the graduate students who attend. By participating in the conference, these students will be exposed to state-of-the-art research topics and will interact with academic and industrial leaders. They will learn how to best use their time in graduate study and how to be prepared for their future careers. Priority will be given to graduate students from underrepresented groups, such as women, African American and Hispanic students, and from universities that lack financial resources.