ICFP PLMW support 2016

标题：2016年国际函数式编程会议学生指导研讨会作为第21届国际函数式编程会议(ICFP)的一部分，正在组织一个学生指导研讨会，这是编程语言领域的主要会议之一。这项提案专门针对女学生和来自代表性不足群体的学生，并优先考虑美国公民和永久居民。赠款的广泛意义和重要性涉及到需要扩大参与，为学生提供机会接受编程语言社区主要成员的指导，并在这一重要研究领域培养下一代研究人员和知识渊博的实践者。

Title: Student Mentoring Workshop at International Conference on Functional Programming, 2016A Student Mentoring Workshop is being organized as part of the 21st International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP), one of the premier conferences in the area of programming languages. The conference will be held in Nara, Japan. This grant will support approximately 12 students to attend the mentoring workshop plus the ICFP conference. This proposal is intended specifically to target women students and students from underrepresented groups and gives priority to US citizens and permanent residents. The broader significance and importance of the grant relate to the need to broaden participation, provide opportunities for students to receive mentoring from leading members of the programming languages community, and build the next generation of researchers and knowledgeable practitioners in this important research arena.