iMentor Workshop at the ACM CCS Conference 2020-2022

iMentor Workshop专注于吸引、指导和职业建议，这些学生来自代表性不足的社区，他们希望从事计算机安全方面的职业。研讨会与ACM计算机与通信安全会议（ACM CCS）在同一地点举行，为与会者提供了参加主会议并从中受益的机会。ACM CCS是快速和广泛传播计算机和通信安全领域前沿研究成果的顶级场所。ACM CCS通过举办几场技术会议、深入的教程、海报会议、小组讨论和研讨会来实现这一目标。该会议每年都会邀请顶尖的研究人员进行主题演讲。他们就该学科中一些最有趣和最紧迫的挑战举办研讨会，强调在这些领域进一步工作的开放途径。因此，参加iMentor研讨会和主要的ACM CCS会议，并有机会得到高级研究生和教师的一对一指导，对早期研究生来说是一个宝贵的机会。该提案要求在2020年、2021年和2022年每年为来自代表性不足社区的约20名参与者提供旅费支持，平均每人2400美元。支持将包括旅行费用（经济机票），食品，住宿，以及研讨会和主要会议的折扣学生注册费。选择标准包括对该领域有浓厚兴趣的证据，如个人陈述、研究潜力和对学生的潜在利益。该研讨会专门面向女性和其他未被充分代表的少数族裔的早期研究生参与网络安全。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

The iMentor Workshop focuses squarely on attracting, mentoring and career advising early stage graduate students from underrepresented communities who want to pursue a career in computer security. Being co-located with the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (ACM CCS), the workshop provides an opportunity for attendees to also participate in the main conference and benefit from it. ACM CCS is a top-tier venue for quick and wide dissemination of cutting-edge research results in computer and communications security. ACM CCS achieves this by hosting several technical sessions, in-depth tutorials poster sessions, panels and workshops. The conference invites leading researchers every year for keynote talks. They present seminars on some of the most intriguing and pressing challenges in the discipline, highlighting open avenues for further work in these areas. Participation in the iMentor workshop and the main ACM CCS conference together with an opportunity to be mentored one-on-one by senior graduate students and faculty is thus a valuable opportunity for early stage graduate students.The proposal requests travel support for approximately 20 participants from underrepresented communities each year in 2020, 2021 and 2022 at an average rate of $2,400 per participant. The support will cover travel costs (economy airfare), food, lodging, and registration costs at the discounted student rate for the workshop as well as the main conference. Criteria for selection include evidence of a serious interest in the field as demonstrated by personal statement, research potential and potential benefit to student. The workshop is specifically geared toward participation of early stage graduate students from women and other underrepresented minorities in cybersecurity.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.