Proposal for Supporting Travel Expenses to Attend the 7th IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium (RTAS) in Taipei, Taiwan

这项提案旨在资助研究生和初级教员参加第七届IEEE实时技术与应用研讨会(RTAS)的旅费，该研讨会将在台湾台北举行，由IEEE计算机学会实时系统技术委员会赞助。RTAS提供了一个论坛，用于介绍实时系统研究的最新进展，并讨论遇到的实际挑战和采取的解决方案。2001年区域贸易协定的一项特殊使命是促进亚洲和北美之间的实时计算机和通信界的讨论和技术交流。有鉴于此，我们邀请了刘振林博士(他在70年代S发展了单调排程理论，现任台湾新竹国立清华大学校长)担任名誉主席，并邀请了亚洲、美洲和欧洲的顶尖研究人员担任技术计划委员会成员。除了单轨技术会议外，我们还将组织教程和研讨会，讨论应用领域或互联网上的实际和临时的服务质量问题。与许多其他学术活动一样，研讨会依赖社区高级成员的经验，但需要新鲜的想法和新的人加入社区。因此，为了鼓励研究生和年轻教职员工参加这一激动人心的技术项目，我们请求提供支持，以支付研究生和初级教职员工的旅费。申请的总金额为12,000元，按每位获选的初级教师参加者平均获得1,200元的旅费津贴计算，每名获选的研究生获发800元的旅费。我们相信，出席这次研讨会将对未能参与会议的年轻科学家非常有利。将为未来的(国际)合作建立联系，并肯定会进行思想交流。将在全国范围内张贴学生和初级教师出勤的旅行补贴广告，特别鼓励妇女、少数民族和残疾学生申请赞助。

This proposal seeks to sponsor travel expenses for graduate students and junior faculty membersto attend the 7th IEEE Real-Time Technology and Application Symposium (RTAS) to be heldin Taipei, Taiwan and sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Real-Time Systems. RTAS provides a forum for presenting the latest advances in real-time systemsresearch and for discussing the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted. Aspecial mission of RTAS 2001 is to foster discussion and technology exchange in the real-timecomputing and communication communities between Asia and North America. As such, we haveinvited Dr. C. L. Liu (who developed the rate-monotonic scheduling theory in the 70's and iscurrently the president of National Ching-Hua University in Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) to serve as theHonorary Chair, and top-notch researchers in both Asia, Americas, and Europe to serve on theTechnical Program Committee. In addition to single-track technical sessions, we will also organizetutorials and workshops that address practical, temporal QoS issues in application domains or overthe Internet.The symposium, as many other academic activities, relies on the experience of senior membersof the community but requires fresh ideas and new people to join the community. As such, andto encourage graduate students and young faculty members to participate in the exciting technicalprogram, we are requesting support to defray the travel expenses for graduate students and juniorfaculty attendees. The total amount requested is $12,000 on the basis of an average travel grantof $1,200 for each selected junior faculty participant and $800 for each selected graduate student.We believe attendance at this Symposium will be very beneficial to young scientists who otherwisewould be unable to participlate in the gathering. Contacts for future (international) collaborationswill be made and idea exchange will certainly occur. Travel support for student and junior facultyattendance will be advertised nationwide and women, minorities and disabled students will beespecially encouraged to apply for sponsorship.