Student Travel Support for the Software Engineering and Mobility Workshop

软件工程和移动性研讨会将于2001年5月13-14日在加拿大多伦多举行，与第23届国际软件工程会议同期举行。为期两天的会议旨在汇集领先的软件工程研究人员，他们的工作涉及各种形式的移动性，即，代码片段的逻辑移动和主机的物理移动。这项建议旨在通过提供500至1 000美元的旅费赠款，鼓励研究生参加讲习班。目标是使8至16名从事与讲习班主题有关的博士研究的研究生能够参与其工作。将特别注意确保被邀请的学生中的不同地理，种族和性别代表性。像这样的专业研讨会往往会吸引知名的研究人员和一小部分即将完成论文的学生。由于研讨会上的讨论往往会重塑该领域的研究议程，因此处于研究早期阶段的学生可以从参与研讨会中受益最多。然而，他们最不可能出席。我们要求NSF提供的用于支持研讨会差旅赠款的资金将显著影响学生参与的水平。尽管旅费赠款的数额相对较小，但获得奖学金的声望会使顾问和学生认真考虑申请赠款。最后，如果成功的话，我们希望创造一种文化，让学生的会议旅行比习惯的更早，从而为整个研究社区带来长期利益，例如，提高博士课程的保留率。

The Workshop on Software Engineering and Mobility will be held on May 13-14, 2001, in Toronto, Canada, in conjunction with the 23 rd International Conference on Software Engineering. The two-day meeting is designed to bring together leading software engineering researchers whose work is concerned with mobility in all its forms, i.e., both logical movement of code fragments and physical movement of hosts. This proposal seeks to stimulate the participation of graduate students in the workshop proceedings by providing travel grants in the amount of $500 to $1,000. The goal is to enable between 8 and 16 graduate students involved in doctoral research on topics related to the themes of the workshop toparticipate in its workings. Special attention will be paid to ensure diverse geographic, racial, and gender representation among the invited students. Specialized workshops, such as this, have a tendency to attract established researches and a very small contingent of students whose dissertations are near completion.Since discussions taking place in the workshop often reshape the research agenda of the field, students who are in the earlier stages of research could benefit the most from being involved in the workshop. Yet, they are least likely to attend. The funding we are requesting from NSF to support travel grants to the workshop will significantly affect the level of student participation. Even though the size of the travel grants is relatively small, the prestige of receiving one will make both advisors and students give serious consideration to applying for the grants. Finally, if successful, we hope to create a culture in which conference travel by students happens earlier than customary for the long-term benefit of the entireresearch community, e.g., improved retention in the doctoral program.