Student Travel for PerMIS 2012

该提案要求美国国家科学基金会提供旅行资金，帮助20名美国学生参加将在马里兰州Hyattsville的马里兰大学学院举行的2012年PerMIS。该团体旅行资助提案的目的是使美国学生和博士后有可能参加会议，展示他们的工作，并与来自世界各地的同事建立联系。智能系统的性能度量研讨会是同类研讨会中唯一一个致力于定义评估智能系统性能的度量和方法的研讨会。今年的主题围绕着网络物理系统，这是最近PCAST报告中强调的一个重要研究领域。作为该奖项的一部分，学生还将有机会参加特别活动，了解更多有关性能指标和网络物理系统领域的知识。旅行资金将以部分机票报销和全额学生注册费报销的形式提供给大约20名计划在会议上发表至少一篇论文的美国学生。更广泛的影响：性能指标对工程系统的重要性怎么强调都不为过。通过直接的金钱手段鼓励学生出勤，对学生的学习和指导的好处带来了学生信心，知识和专业知识的巨大红利。

This proposal requests travel funds from NSF to assist 20 US students to participate in PerMIS 2012, which will be held at the University of Maryland University College in Hyattsville, Maryland. The purpose of this Group Travel Grant Proposal is to make it possible for US students and postdocs to attend the conference, present their work, and forge connections with colleagues from around the world. The Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems workshop is the only one of its kind dedicated to defining measures and methodologies of evaluating performance of intelligent systems. This years theme revolves around Cyber Physical Systems, an important area of research highlighted in the recent PCAST report. As part of this award, students will also have the opportunity to participate in special events and learn more about the field of performance metrics and cyber physical systems. Travel funding will be in the form of partial airfare reimbursement and full reimbursement for student registration to approximately 20 U.S. students who plan to present at least one paper at the Conference.Broader Impacts: The importance of performance metrics for engineered systems cannot be overstated. The benefit to student learning and mentorship by encouraging attendance of students by direct monetary means brings large dividends in student confidence, knowledge and expertise.