Travel Grant for MobiCom 2012

要求拨款支持美国院校的学生参加将于2012年8月22日至26日在土耳其伊斯坦布尔举行的第18届移动计算与网络国际年会（MobiCom 2012）。自成立以来，MobiCom一直是无线和移动网络领域最重要的国际会议之一，涵盖了无线领域广泛的理论和应用研究。该会议自1994年以来每年举行一次，为广泛的无线网络主题的基本进展提供了一个有价值的论坛。Mobicom 2012技术计划包括技术会议、研讨会、小组讨论和教程。该提案要求学生旅行支持，以促进美国学生参加会议。参加这样高水平的技术场地对未来的研究人员是非常有价值的。他们不仅可以接触到该领域最先进的技术，而且还将有机会与来自世界各地机构的同行互动，与领先的研究人员会面，并参与可能塑造该领域未来的讨论（例如，在技术，标准等方面）。特别是，女学生以及来自传统上没有在MobiCom任职的代表性不足的少数群体机构的学生将得到更高的优先考虑。

Funds are requested to support students at U.S. institutions to attend the 18th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2012), which will be held August 22-26, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. Since its inauguration, MobiCom has been one of the premier international conferences in wireless and mobile networking, covering a wide spectrum of theoretical and applied research in wireless area. The conference has been held annually since 1994, and has provided a valuable forum for fundamental advances on a wide range of wireless networking topics. Mobicom 2012 technical program consists of technical sessions, workshops, panels, and tutorials. This proposal requests students travel support to boost the participation of US-based students to the conference. Attending such high-caliber technical venues is extremely valuable for future researchers. Not only will they be exposed to the state-of-the-art in the field, but they will also have the opportunity to interact with peers from institutions worldwide, meet with leading researchers, and take part in discussions that are likely to shape the future of the field (e.g., in terms of technology, standards, etc). In particular, higher priority will be given to female students as well as those from under-represented minority groups institutions that are not traditionally represented in MobiCom.