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

ICNP 2016是IEEE网络协议国际会议的第24届年会，涵盖了网络协议的各个方面，包括设计，分析，规范，验证，实现和性能。这笔赠款部分支付了在美国学术机构注册的约15名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。智力优势：该奖项旨在通过降低美国研究生就读机构的财务障碍来扩大ICNP的参与。允许在研究人员学术生涯的早期阶段接触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进一步发展这一领域的知识，需要最大限度地增加ICNP等成熟的相关会议的参与者人数，并针对各种研究人员。该奖项的目标是通过增加ICNP的与会者人数并鼓励妇女和少数民族参与这样一个高质量的研究活动来帮助这两项努力。更广泛的影响：网络协议的研究是由ICNP等会议参与者的互动推进的。所要求的旅行支助将至少在三个方面产生重大影响。首先，研究生本来无法参加ICNP将受益于以下发言者的谈话，并参加由此产生的讨论。第二，ICNP参与者一般会间接受益于赠款接受者的存在。由于奖励委员会将努力选择一个多样化的学生群体，会议的人口统计也将变得更加多样化。最后，整个研究界将受到ICNP持续成功的积极影响。学者在其职业生涯的早期阶段的参与，其中一些是来自代表性不足的群体，将推进培训和该领域的下一代研究领导人的质量。

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.