NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 TPRC46

2018年TPRC46通信、信息和互联网政策研究会议将于2018年9月21日至22日星期五和周六在华盛顿特区的美国大学华盛顿法学院举行。TPRC通过在美国和世界各地传播和讨论与政策问题相关的新研究，促进对通信和互联网中当前和新出现的问题的跨学科思考。它服务于研究人员、政策制定者以及私营部门和民间社会的成员，从学生到知名的实践者。该奖项帮助大约15名美国研究生参加这次会议。参加TPRC这样的会议是研究生院经历的核心部分，为学生提供了与学术界和工业界的高级研究人员互动的机会，并使他们接触到各个专业领域的前沿研究和思考。TPRC汇集了计算机科学家、网络研究人员、政策制定者以及私营部门和民间社会的成员。参加TPRC为美国研究生提供了一个与蓬勃发展的国际研究社区建立联系的绝佳机会。这项提案中要求的支持将使学生能够参加TPRC46 2018年的主要会议、小组讨论和论文演示以及研究生联合会(GSC)。该项目将使学生接触到这些新兴领域的新思想，并允许他们与学科外的研究人员互动，包括法律、经济、社会科学和技术学者，从而拓宽他们的智力视野。专门为GSC举办的会议的特殊一天有助于确保学生参与其中，并最大限度地从参加会议中获益。GSC为研究生提供由学者、行业和政府领导人指导的机会，以及与其他研究生建立网络的机会。GSC参与者将从代表不同行业和部门的TPRC社区成员那里获得关于研究策略和感兴趣的主题的见解。该项目将研究和教育结合起来，目标是计算机科学专业的学生，并参加一次主要的跨学科会议，会议内容涉及通信、信息和互联网方面的国家和国际政策方面的挑战。TPRC会议已经发展成为一个顶级的国际会议，为学生提供了一个极大的机会来扩大他们的思想广度、研究技能和技术视角。旅行补助金联合主席致力于鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参与。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The 2018 TPRC46 Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy will take place Friday and Saturday, September 21-22 2018, at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C. TPRC promotes interdisciplinary thinking on current and emerging issues in communications and the Internet by disseminating and discussing new research relevant to policy questions in the U.S. and around the world. It serves researchers, policymakers, and members of the private sector and civil society, from students to well-established practitioners. This award assists approximately 15 U.S.-based graduate students to attend this conference. Participation in conferences such as TPRC forms a central part of the graduate school experience, providing students with an opportunity to interact with senior researchers from academia and industry, and exposing them to leading-edge research and thinking in the various fields of expertise. TPRC brings together computer scientists, network researchers, policymakers, and members of the private sector and civil society. Attending TPRC presents an excellent opportunity for U.S. graduate students to connect with a thriving international research community. The support requested in this proposal will enable students to attend the main conference, panels and paper presentations as well as the Graduate Student Consortium (GSC) at TPRC46 2018. This program will expose students to new ideas in these emerging areas, and allow them to interact with researchers outside their disciplines, including legal, economic, social science and technology scholars, thereby broadening their intellectual horizons. A special day of the conference dedicated to the GSC helps to ensure students are engaged and maximize the benefit from attending the conference. The GSC provides graduate students with opportunities for mentoring by academics, industry, and government leaders, as well as the opportunity to network with other graduate students. GSC participants will gain insights on research strategies and topics of interest from members of the TPRC community representing various industries and sectors. This project integrates research and education with a target of computer science students and exposure to a premier interdisciplinary conference covering challenges in national and international policy on communications, information, and the Internet. The TPRC 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. The travel grant co-chairs are committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities.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.