Student Travel Support for IEEE 23rd International Symposium on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2015)

该项目的目标是通过提供学生旅行奖学金来促进科学进步，参加将于2015年10月5-7日在佐治亚州亚特兰大举行的第23届IEEE计算机和电信系统建模、分析和仿真国际研讨会(吉祥物2015)。2005年PITAC和2007年NSF网络基础设施愿景报告明确指出，人是改进计算科学和研究以及保持美国竞争优势的关键。为此，该项目旨在通过支付旅行和住宿费用，支持大约20名美国大学的学生参加2015年的吉祥物活动。这次会议为学生提供了互动和了解计算机网络和计算机系统性能评估领域最先进研究的机会，将来自学术和工业背景的专业人士聚集在一起，这已成为讨论建模和先进计算系统的设计、实施和含义的主要论坛。学生们有很大的成长机会，例如为期三天的技术会议、主旨会议/全会、小组讨论、平行会议、工业会议和海报招待会。其目标是通过以下方式改善计算机领域：让更多的学生接触技术专家和潜在的合作者，在学生之间建立更好的关系，帮助学生遇到暑期访问/实习的潜在东道主，帮助学生遇到潜在的博士后赞助人，并鼓励学生留在这个领域。特别是，受资助的学生将与在关键计算领域(如系统、网络、I/O、中间件/操作系统和应用程序)进行关键工作的研究人员进行互动。该项目的更广泛影响是，学生有机会接触学术界、工业界和国家实验室，从而获得对学生研究的有用反馈以及未来的就业机会。

The goal of this project is to promote the progress of science by providing student travel scholarships to attend the 23nd IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2015), to be held in Atlanta, GA, on Oct. 5-7, 2015. The 2005 PITAC and 2007 NSF Cyberinfrastructure Vision reports make it clear that people are key to improving computational science and research and in maintaining the competitive edge of the United States. To this end, the project aims to support about 20 students from US-based universities to attend MASCOTS 2015 by defraying travel and hotel expenses for them. The conference offers opportunities for students to interact and learn about state-of-the-art research in the areas of computer networks and performance evaluation of computer systems by bringing together professionals from academic and industrial backgrounds in what has become a premier forum for discussing the design, implementation, and implication of modeling and advanced computing systems. There are significant growth opportunities available to the students, such as three days of technical sessions, keynotes/plenaries, panels, parallel sessions, an industrial session, and a poster reception. The goal is to improve the computing field by: exposing more students to technical experts and potential collaborators, building better relationships between students, helping students meet potential hosts for summer visits/internships, helping students meet potential post-doctoral sponsors, and encouraging the students to stay in the field. Especially, the supported students will interact with researchers who are doing key work in crucial computing areas such as systems, networking, I/O, middleware/OS, and applications. The broader impacts of the project are the opportunities for the students to gain access to contacts with academia, industry, and national laboratories, leading to useful feedback on the students' research as well as opportunities for future employment.