Student Travel Support for the 24th IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP)

ICNP 2016是第24届IEEE国际网络协议会议，是一个涵盖网络协议所有方面的会议，包括设计、分析、规范、验证、实现和性能。该奖项部分支付约15名在美国学术机构注册的研究生参加会议的旅费。ICNP 2016将于2016年11月8日至11日在新加坡举行。智力奖励：该奖项旨在通过降低在美国就读的研究生的经济障碍来扩大ICNP的参与。在研究人员学术生涯的早期阶段参加高质量的会议是对该领域未来的重要投资。特别是为代表性不足的学生提供出席机会，将导致会议期间讨论或引发的想法更加多样化。传播有关网络协议的最新成果以及促进这一领域的知识需要最大限度地增加诸如ICNP等已建立的相关会议的参与者数量，并针对各种各样的研究人员。该奖项的目标是通过增加ICNP与会者的人数和鼓励妇女和少数民族参加这样一个高质量的研究活动来协助这两方面的努力。更广泛的影响：网络协议的研究是由ICNP等会议参与者的相互作用推进的。所要求的旅行支助将至少在三个方面产生重大影响。首先，那些原本无法参加ICNP的研究生将受益于演讲者的演讲并参与讨论。第二，ICNP参与者一般将间接受益于赠款接受者的存在。由于颁奖委员会将努力选拔多样化的学生，因此大会的人口结构也将更加多样化。最后，整个研究界将受到ICNP持续成功的积极影响。学者在其职业生涯早期阶段的参与，其中一些来自代表性不足的群体，将促进该领域下一代研究领导人的培训和质量。

ICNP 2016, the 24th annual edition of the IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, is a conference covering all aspects of network protocols, including design, analysis, specification,, verification, implementation, and performance. This award partially covers the travel costs of approximately 15 graduate students enrolled in United States academic institutions to attend the conference. ICNP 2016 will be held in Singapore from November 8th to 11th, 2016. Intellectual Merit: This award serves to broaden participation at ICNP by lowering the financial barrier of attendance for graduate students attending institutions in the Unites States. Allowing exposure to a high quality conference at an early stage of a researcher's academic life is an important investment in the future of the field. Providing opportunities for attendance to underrepresented students in particular will result in a greater diversity of ideas discussed or sparked during the conference. Disseminating the latest results around network protocols as well as furthering the knowledge in this area requires maximizing the number of participants at well-established relevant conferences such as ICNP and targeting a wide variety of researchers. The goal of this award is to assist in both efforts by increasing the number of attendees at ICNP and encouraging women and minorities to participate in such a high quality research event. Broader Impacts: Research in network protocols is advanced by the interactions of participants at conferences such as ICNP. The requested travel support will have a significant impact in at least three ways. First, graduate students that would have been unable otherwise to attend ICNP will be benefited by following the speaker's talks and participating in resulting discussions. Second, ICNP participants in general will indirectly benefit by the presence of the grant recipients. Since the award committee will make an effort to select a diverse group of students, the demographics of the conference will become more diverse as well. Finally, the research community as a whole will be positively impacted by the continuing success of the ICNP. The participation of scholars at early stages of their careers, some of which are coming from underrepresented groups, will advance training and the quality of the next generation of research leaders in the field.