Student Travel Support for the 2014 Internet Measurement Conference

由ACM SIGCOMM和ACM SIGMETRICS主办，USENIX合作的第14届ACM SIGCOMM互联网测量会议（IMC）将于2014年11月5日至7日在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华举行。该奖学金将资助大约12-14名来自美国院校的研究生参加本次会议。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。该奖项旨在扩大参加互联网测量会议（IMC）的观众，提高互动水平，并有可能开展新的合作、新的调查和更高质量的研究。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）参加在加拿大的会议。这一项目使原本无法参加会议的学生也能参加，将使会议的研究成果传播给更多和更多样化的听众。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。通过优先向妇女和少数民族学生提供助学金，希望扩大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 14th ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC), sponsored by ACM SIGCOMM and ACM SIGMETRICS, in cooperation with USENIX, will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 5-7, 2014. This award provides funds to assist approximately 12-14 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.This award serves 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 Canada. This project, by enabling students to attend who might not otherwise be able, will increase 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. By giving preference in grant awards to women and minority students, it is hoped the participation among these underrepresented groups will be widened. 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.