NSF Student Travel Grant for 2019 ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks (WUWNet)

我们的海洋是气候调节、营养生产、石油和天然气开采以及运输不可或缺的一部分。因此，开发用于海洋科学、环境、商业、安全和军事任务的水下传感器网络技术具有重大意义。WUWNet会议确立了自己作为水下传感器网络领域主要技术场所之一的地位。第十四届ACM WUWNet将于2019年10月23日至25日在亚特兰大举行，承诺将在以往成功的基础上，进一步扩大范围。组委会负责组织一个非常强大的项目，包括技术会议、小组讨论、主题演讲和特别会议，以及海报/演示会议和供应商展览。该项目的主要目标是促进学生参与WUWNet19。参加高质量的科学会议，如WUWNet，是科研培训体验中极其重要的一部分。它允许学生与同龄人互动，给年轻的研究人员提供向资深研究人员和学者学习的机会，让学生接触尖端研究，并允许学生参与可能塑造该领域未来的讨论。申请的资金将用于为可能无法参加会议的本科生和研究生提供旅费支持。总额为16,000美元的资金将用于支持大约16名学生参加WUWNet19。将特别注意从本科生和初学研究生群体中招募首次参加会议的人。该项目将高度优先支持代表不足的群体参加WUWNet‘19，包括妇女、少数族裔和残疾学生。该奖项反映了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。

Our oceans are integral to climate regulation, nutrient production, oil and gas retrieval, and transportation. As such, there is significant interest to develop underwater sensor network technologies for scientific, environmental, commercial, safety, and military missions in the oceans. The WUWNet conference has established itself as one of the premier technical venues in the field of underwater sensor networks. The fourteenth ACM WUWNet, which will be held in Atlanta, Oct 23-25, 2019, promises to build on its previous success and further expand the scope. The organizing committee is in charge of putting together a very strong program, including technical sessions, panels, keynote speeches, and special sessions, as well as poster/demo sessions and vendors exhibit.This main goal of the project is to promote student participation in WUWNet19. Participation in high-quality scientific meetings, such as WUWNet, is an extremely important part of the research training experiences. It allows the students to interact with their peers, gives opportunities the young investigators to learn from senior researchers and scholars, exposes the students to cutting-edge research, and allows the students to take part in discussions that are likely to shape the future of the field. The requested funding will be used to provide travel support for both undergraduate and graduate students who might otherwise be unable to attend the conference.A total amount of $16,000 will be used to support approximately sixteen students to attend WUWNet19. Special attention will be paid to recruit the first-time attendees from undergraduate and beginning graduate groups. The project will give high preference to support the under-represented groups to participate in WUWNet'19, including women, minorities, and students with disabilities.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.