NSF Student Travel Grant for IEEE Cluster 2021

2021年集群大会是集群计算领域以及将集群系统用于科学和商业应用领域的主要会议。这次会议汇集了来自学术界、工业界、实验室和商业的研究人员、开发人员和用户，讨论了与集群计算相关的许多领域的最新进展和趋势，包括应用程序、体系结构、编程、数据和可视化。大会将于2021年9月7日至10日在线举行。该项目将资助学生参加会议，深入参与集群研究社区。集群学生参与计划为学生提供了一个全面的手段来提高他们的整体研究技能和职业规划努力，而不仅仅是展示海报和论文。正如美国国家科学基金会的使命所言，该项目符合国家利益，促进科学进步，因为它提供了一个传播研究成果、联系研究人员和培训下一代学者的论坛。由于新冠肺炎的安全问题，会议将完全虚拟。这次会议的学生项目委员会正在招收学生，重点是多样化和包容代表不足的群体和来自不同机构的学生。会议将在会议期间举办以学生为中心的具体会议，包括研究报告培训、研究职业指导、行业互动以及与会议最佳论文候选人的作者的会议/讨论。虽然该项目将为参加会议的学生中的很大一部分提供资金，但一些学生在会议上提交论文和海报，并将优先获得资助。NSF提供的资金将对未来一代集群计算研究人员的职业生涯产生重大影响，同时鼓励该领域的多样性。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。

The Cluster 2021 Conference is a premier conference in the field of cluster computing and in the use of cluster systems for scientific and commercial applications. The conference brings together researchers, developers and users from academia, industry, laboratories, and commerce to discuss recent advances and trends in many areas related to cluster computing, including applications, architectures, programming, data and visualization. The conference will be held online from September 7-10, 2021. The project will fund students to participate in the conference, to engage deeply with the Cluster research community. The Cluster student participation program provides a comprehensive means for students to improve their overall research skills and career planning efforts, beyond presenting posters and papers. The project serves the national interest, as stated by NSF's mission, to promote the progress of science as it provides a forum to disseminate research efforts, connect researchers, and train the next generation of scholars.Due to Covid-19 safety issues, the conference will be fully virtual. The student program committee for the conference is recruiting students with an emphasis on diversity and inclusion of underrepresented groups and from a diverse set of institutions. The conference will run specific student-centric sessions during the conference, including sessions on research presentation training, research career guidance, industry interaction, and a meeting/discussion with the authors of the best paper candidates from the conference. While the project will enable funding a significant fraction of the students attending the conference, some students are presenting papers and posters at the conference and will be given priority for funding. The funding provided by NSF will have a significant impact on the careers of the future generation of researchers in cluster computing, while encouraging diversity in the field.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.