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、石油和天然气回收以及运输不可或缺的一部分。因此，开发用于海洋中的科学、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会议已成为水下传感器网络领域的主要技术场所之一。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WUWNet 19。参加高质量的科学会议，如WUWNet，是研究培训经验的一个极其重要的组成部分。它允许学生与同龄人互动，为年轻的研究人员提供向高级研究人员和学者学习的机会，使学生接触前沿研究，并允许学生参加可能塑造该领域未来的讨论。申请的资金将用于为本科生和研究生提供旅行支持，否则他们可能无法参加会议。将特别注意从本科生和开始研究生群体招募第一次与会者。该项目将高度重视支持代表性不足的群体参加WUWNet'19，包括妇女，少数民族和残疾学生。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。

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.