Conference: SHF: Small: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2024 IEEE VLSI Test Symposium

该奖项将支持一些在美国的学生参加第41届IEEE超大规模集成(VLSI)测试研讨会(VTS)，目的是让他们接触这一学科，并鼓励他们在围绕VLSI测试和相关研究的新问题上追求职业生涯。参加这次研讨会被认为是计算机工程专业学生研究生院经历的重要组成部分，提供了与资深研究人员互动和接触该领域前沿工作的机会。这项支持将使科学知识能够传播给学生，否则他们就不会有这一宝贵的经验。这种学生旅行支持也将促进有前途的研究生的发展，并将直接和间接地帮助培训未来在计算机工程，特别是半导体微电子测试的关键领域的劳动力。40多年来，VLSI测试研讨会(VTS)一直是探讨新兴趋势和新概念的主要会议，重点讨论测试、可靠性、内置测试、硬件安全研究和开发。2024年版的会议将讨论这些领域的主要趋势和挑战，包括主旨和全体会议、技术论文会议、教程、小组讨论和特别会议。会议委员会已经建立了足够的评估标准，从通过公开广告形成的申请者池中挑选合格的学生。虽然申请的资金将主要用于支持研究生，但委员会也可能考虑美国的博士后研究员，以更好地接触到该领域的各种潜在研究人员。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。

This award will support a number of US-based students to attend the 41st annual IEEE Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Test Symposium (VTS) with the intention of exposing them to the discipline and to encourage them to pursue careers in emerging issues around VLSI testing and related research. Participation in this symposium is considered an important part of the graduate-school experience of students in computer engineering, providing the opportunity to interact with senior researchers and to be exposed to leading-edge work in the field. The support will enable dissemination of scientific knowledge to students who would otherwise not have this valuable experience. This student-travel support will also facilitate the development of promising graduate students and will both directly and indirectly help train the workforce of the future in the key areas of computer engineering, in general, and Semiconductor Microelectronics Testing in particular. Participation of members from groups underrepresented in computer engineering will be given due consideration for receiving support through this grant.The VLSI Test symposium (VTS) for more than 40 years has been the premier conference where emerging trends and novel concepts focused on testing, reliability, built-in test, hardware security research and development have been explored. The 2024 edition of this conference will address key trends and challenges in these areas and includes Keynote and Plenary Talks, Technical Paper Sessions, Tutorials, Panels, and Special Sessions. The conference committee has set up adequate evaluation criteria to select qualified students from a pool of applicants formed via open advertising. While the requested funds will primarily be used for supporting graduate students, the committee may also consider US-based post-doctoral fellows to better reach a diverse population of potential researchers in this 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.