Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2024 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE)

2024年IEEE量子计算与工程国际会议（QCE）定于9月15日至20日在加拿大魁北克省蒙特利尔举行，这是一个汇集了不同参与者的活动，包括研究人员，科学家，工程师，企业家，开发人员，学生，从业者，教育工作者和程序员。这是一个由几个IEEE协会共同发起的倡议，如量子倡议，计算机协会，通信协会，光子学协会，超导理事会，技术上由技术工程管理协会和电子封装协会共同赞助。该会议作为一个多学科论坛，讨论量子计算和工程的挑战和机遇。该提案为美国约20名本科生和研究生提供旅行支持，以参加这次首映式会议。旅行奖将针对首次与会者和代表人数不足的少数民族学生，承认参加会议在他们的教育旅程中的重要性，并解决旅行资金往往有限的问题。这一举措不仅有利于学生，也有利于更广泛的研究社区和量子信息科学与工程的劳动力，因为它促进了新人才的发展，并为该领域带来了新的观点。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering 2024 (QCE), scheduled for September 15th–20th in Montréal, Québec, Canada, is an event that brings together a diverse group of participants, including researchers, scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, developers, students, practitioners, educators, and programmers. It's an initiative co-sponsored by several IEEE societies such as the Quantum Initiative, Computer Society, Communications Society, Photonics Society, Council on Superconductivity, and technically co-sponsored by the Technology & Engineering Management Society and the Electronics Packaging Society. The conference serves as a multidisciplinary forum for discussing the challenges and opportunities in quantum computing and engineering.This proposal provides travel support for approximately twenty undergraduate and graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference. The travel awards will target first-time attendees and under-represented minority students, recognizing the importance of conference participation in their educational journey and addressing the often-limited availability of travel funds. This initiative is beneficial not just for the students, but also for the broader research community and the Quantum Information Science and Engineering workforce, as it fosters the development of new talent and brings fresh perspectives to 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.