NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

2018年电气和电子工程师协会（IEEE）国际通信会议（ICC）将于2018年5月20日至5月24日在密苏里州堪萨斯城举行。这个卓越的技术会议是IEEE通信协会的旗舰会议之一，也是展示通信和网络领域新研究成果的主要场所。它被该领域的研究人员和实践者广泛参加。参加国际商会这样的会议对研究生的发展至关重要。参与者有机会展示他们的工作，参加小组和主题会议，并与该领域的数百名其他前沿研究人员进行互动。更广泛的影响：该提案为大约15名美国研究生参加15年后将在美国举行的首次会议提供旅费支持。旅行奖将针对第一次参加会议的学生和少数族裔学生，因为参加会议是他们教育经历的重要组成部分，而他们的旅行资金往往有限。研究界和工程工作人员受益于学生在管道中的改进，并引入新的研究人员的观点。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 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Communications (ICC) will be held in Kansas City, Missouri from May 20 to May 24, 2018. This preeminent technical conference is one of the flagship conferences of the IEEE Communications Society, and a primary venue for presenting new research results in the area of communications and networking. It is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as ICC is of paramount importance for the development of graduate students. Participants have the opportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of other leading-edge researchers in the field.Broader Impact: This proposal provides travel support for approximately fifteen graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference, which will be held in the US after 15 years. The travel awards will target first-time attendees and under-represented minority students, since attending conferences is an important part of their educational experience, and they often have limited travel funds. The research community and the Engineering workforce benefit from the improvement of students in the pipeline, and the introduction of new researcher perspectives.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.