Student Travel Support for IEEE INFOCOM 2008 Conference

2008年IEEE Infocom计算机通信大会将于2008年4月13日至19日在美国亚利桑那州凤凰城举行。这一卓越的技术会议是展示计算机通信领域新研究成果的主要场所，该领域的研究人员和从业者广泛参加。参加像Infocom这样的会议对研究生的发展非常重要。参与者有机会展示他们的工作，参加小组和主题会议，并与数百名其他在该领域进行前沿研究的人互动。该奖项提供资金，支持大约20名在美国的研究生参加这个首发会议。旅行奖项将面向研究生，特别是女性和代表不足的少数族裔学生，因为参加会议是他们教育经历的重要组成部分，而且他们的旅行资金往往有限。该提案的智力价值在于鼓励和支持研究生参加Infocom 2008，该会议将延续以往Infocom会议的传统，成为学术界、工业界和政府聚集在一起分享最新通信发展的主要场所。除了技术论文报告外，会议还提供广泛的技术活动，包括讲习班和教程。就其更广泛的影响而言，这项建议旨在为从事通信领域研究的研究生提供参加Infocom2008的机会，这是该领域的主要技术会议之一。参加这样高水平的技术场馆对未来的研究人员来说是非常有价值的。他们不仅将接触到该领域的最新技术，还将有机会与世界各地机构的同行互动，与领先的研究人员会面，并参与可能塑造该领域未来的讨论(例如，在技术、标准等方面)。

The 2008 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications will be held in Phoenix, Arizona, USA from April 13 to April 19, 2008. This preeminent technical conference is the primary venue for presenting new research results in the area of computer communications, and is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as INFOCOM is of great importance for the development of graduate students. Participants have the opportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of others performing leading-edge research in the field. This award provides funds to support approximately twenty graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference. The travel awards will target graduate students, in particular, women and under-represented minority students, since attending conferences is an important part of their educational experience, and they often have limited travel funds.The intellectual merit of the proposal resides in encouraging and supporting graduate student attendance to INFOCOM 2008, which will continue the tradition of the previous INFOCOM conferences as a premier venue for bringing together academia, industry, and government to share newest developments in communications. Besides technical paper presentations, the conference offers a wide range of technical activities including workshops and tutorials.In terms of its broader impact, this proposal aims at providing graduate students conducting research in the field of communications with the opportunity to attend the INFOCOM 2008, one of the main technical conferences in the field. Attending such high-caliber technical venues is extremely valuable for future researchers. Not only they will be exposed to the state-of-the-art in the field, but also they will have the opportunity to interact with peers from institutions worldwide, meet with leading researchers, and take part in discussions that are likely to shape the future of the field (e.g., in terms of technology, standards, etc).