Student Travel Support for the 2018 Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT-18) Conference

第27届并行体系结构和编译技术国际会议是介绍、讨论和辩论先进计算和通信系统的创新编译器和体系结构技术的主要论坛。本次会议汇集了架构、编译器、应用程序、语言和系统相关领域的研究人员，就传统系统主题和新兴研究领域进行技术交流。PACT社区一直享受着学术研究人员和工业设计师之间的密切互动，并致力于在PACT 2018年延续这一传统。该项目资助学生旅行津贴，并包括扩大和多样化学生参加第27届并行体系结构和编译技术国际会议(PACT 2018)的目标。今年是大会第27个年头，将于2018年11月1日至4日在塞浦路斯利马索尔举行。这项提议有两个主要的更广泛的影响。首先，获得旅行支持的学生将受益于参与PACT培养的技术、专业、教育和社会交流的机会。会议是交流研究成果和开发新想法的公开论坛，是让学生接触新的研究方法、工具和基础设施的教育平台，也是建立网络并为学生未来的研究人员做准备的社交活动。第二，PACT会议将间接得到加强。由于这项旅行补助金将使学生出席人数增加，因此可以为主要会议提供更多的教程和讲习班。更广泛地说，这种旅行支持将增加未被充分代表的少数族裔和有才华的本科生的出勤率，吸引他们进入研究生院。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 27th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques is the premier forum for presenting, discussing, and debating innovative compiler and architectural techniques for advanced computing and communication systems. This conference brings together researchers in fields related to architecture, compiler, application, language and systems for technical exchange on traditional system topics and emerging research areas. The PACT community has enjoyed a close interaction between academic researchers and industrial designers and aims to continue this tradition at PACT 2018. This project funds student travel grant, and includes a goal to broaden and diversify the student participation in the 27th International Conference on Parallel Architecture and Compilation Techniques (PACT 2018). This year's conference, being in its 27th year, will be held from November 1-4, 2018 in Limassol, Cyprus.This proposal has two primary Broader Impacts. First, the students receiving travel support will benefit from the opportunity to engage in the technical, professional, educational and social exchanges that PACT fosters. The conference serves as an open forum to exchange research results and develop new ideas, as an educational platform to expose students to new research methodologies, tools, and infrastructures, and as a social event to network and prepare students as future researchers. Second, the PACT conference will be indirectly strengthened. More tutorials and workshops can be associated with the main conference, as a result of increased number of student attendance that this travel grant will enable. More broadly, this travel support will increase the attendance of under-represented minorities and talented undergraduate students, attracting them to graduate schools.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.