Proposal to Support Student Travel for the ACM SOSR 2018 Conference

SDN研究研讨会（SOSR）是软件定义网络（SDN）研究出版物的主要场所，建立在过去几年成功的SOSR和HotSDN（软件定义网络热点话题）研讨会的基础上。SOSR 2018将于2018年3月26日至27日在洛杉矶举行。与2017年一样，SOSR将与开放网络峰会（ONS）同地举行，为业界和学术界共同探讨和讨论SDN各方面的最新发展提供机会。本次会议将使这两个活动的学术和行业参与者之间进行互动，重点关注SDN的研究和发展。该奖项支持10名美国学生参加研讨会。会议可以为学生提供一个独特的机会，与资深研究人员互动，并使他们接触到前沿的研究课题和领域的进展。此外，由美国计算机协会（ACM）主办的SOSR在强调来自多个国家的网络研究人员和行业从业者之间的互动方面是独一无二的。参加SOSR为美国学生提供了一个与蓬勃发展的国际研究界联系的绝佳机会。此外，SOSR 2018将包括演示和海报环节，让学生展示并获得他们正在进行的工作反馈。旅行支持将使学生既可以参加主要会议，也可以参加演示和海报会议。否则这十个学生就不能参加会议了。调查员是旅行补助金主席，致力于鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族的参与。该项目通过接触计算机网络和通信领域的主要技术会议，将学生的研究和教育结合起来。SOSR会议已经发展成为一个顶级的国际会议，为学生提供了一个扩展思想广度、研究技能和技术视角的绝佳机会。将鼓励妇女和其他少数民族参加，因此她们将特别受益于出席会议。在美国国家科学基金会旅行资助的支持下，SOSR会议将为充满活力的SDN社区带来新鲜血液。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR) is the premier venue for research publications on Software Defined Networking (SDN), building on past years' successful SOSR and HotSDN (Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking) workshops. SOSR 2018 will be held in Los Angeles on March 26- 27, 2018. As in 2017, SOSR will be co-located with the Open Networking Summit (ONS), providing opportunity for industry and academia to jointly explore and debate recent developments related to all aspects of SDN. This conference will enable interaction among the academic and industrial attendees of these two events focused on research and development of SDN. This award support ten US-based students to participate in the symposium. The conference can provide students with a unique opportunity to interact with senior researchers and expose them to cutting-edge research topics and progress in the field. In addition, SOSR, sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), is unique in its emphasis on interactions among networking researchers and industry practitioners from multiple countries. Attending SOSR presents an excellent opportunity for U.S. students to connect with the thriving international research community. Furthermore, SOSR 2018 will include demo and poster sessions that allow students to present and obtain feedback on their work in progress. The travel support will enable students to attend both the main conference and the demos and posters sessions. These ten students would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. The investigator is the travel grant chair and is committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities. This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to a premier technical meeting in computer networks and communications. The SOSR conference has developed into a top-tier international conference, presenting a tremendous opportunity to students to expand their breadth of ideas, research skills, and technical perspective. Women and other minorities will be encouraged to participate and thus will particularly benefit from the attendance. With National Science Foundation travel grant support, SOSR conference will help bring new blood to the vibrant SDN community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.