The Ninth ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet'14) - Student Travel Awards

我们需要对海洋环境进行高度精确、实时、细粒度的时空采样，海洋环境占地球表面积的绝大部分，但仍有90%未被探索。现有的遥测、序列局部传感等方法不能满足当前的要求，更不能满足未来的要求。由于水声通信技术的不成熟，水下网络的概念相对较新。然而，为了实现上述监测目标，网络是至关重要的。第九届ACM水下网络与系统国际会议(WUWNet？14)，将在意大利罗马举行，是展示该领域研究的领先会议，并以丰富的技术计划为特色，包括技术会议，主题演讲以及海报和演示环节。该奖项将通过支持学生参加会议的旅费和注册费来促进他们参与世界世界网络2014年会议。出席会议是研究人员生活中至关重要的一部分。通过为学生（特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的学生）创造参加高质量会议的新机会，该项目将在几个方面使研究界受益。学生自己也受益于在一个有利的环境中与许多其他研究人员见面和互动的机会，以及参加可能与他们的研究领域相关的研究报告。研究界也受益于培养下一代的研究人员。

There is a need for highly precise, real time, fine grained spatiotemporal sampling of the ocean environment, which forms the vast majority of the surface area of our planet, but yet is 90% unexplored. Current methods such as remote telemetry and sequential local sensing cannot satisfy current requirements, let alone future ones. The notion of an underwater network is relatively new due to the lack of maturity of underwater acoustic communications. And yet, networks are critical in order to achieve the monitoring goals noted above. The Ninth ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks & Systems (WUWNet?14), to be held in Rome, Italy, is a leading conference showcasing research in this area, and features a rich technical program, including technical sessions, keynote speeches as well as poster and demo sessions. This award will promote student participation in WUWNet'14 by supporting their travel and registration costs to the conference.Conference attendance is a crucial part of the life of a researcher. By creating new opportunities for students (especially those from under-represented groups) to attend a high-quality conference, this project will benefit the research community in several ways. The students themselves benefit from the opportunity to meet and interact with many other researchers in a favorable setting, and from attending research presentations that may be related to their research areas. The research community also benefits by training the next generation of researchers.