USENIX File and Storage Technologies (FAST) 2018 Student Travel Support

该奖项旨在帮助大约15名美国研究生参加在加利福尼亚州奥克兰举行的第16届USENIX文件和存储技术会议（FAST 2018）。 参加FAST 2018和类似的会议是研究生院经验的宝贵和重要的一部分。它为学生提供了与更资深的研究人员互动的机会，并使学生接触到这一重要研究领域的领先工作和实际行业实践。过去的赠款获得者继续经营自己的研究实验室，并组织包括FAST在内的会议，该计划的长期优点是什么？该奖项反映了NSF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。

This award is to assist approximately 15 US-based graduate students to attend the 16th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies (FAST 2018) in Oakland, CA. Participation in FAST 2018 and similar conferences is a valuable and important part of the graduate school experience. It provides students with the opportunity to interact with more senior researchers, and exposes students to leading work and practical industry practices in this important area of research.Past grant recipients have gone on to run their own research labs and organize conferences including FAST, and the long-term merits of this program?s impact on storage research is well established.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.