Student Support: IEEE Cluster 2015-2016 Conferences

IEEE集群会议系列是一个重要的国际活动，用于展示研究成果，问题解决方案，以及对高性能计算特别是集群计算新挑战的见解。Cluster 2015将于2015年9月8日至11日在芝加哥举行；Cluster 2016将于2016年同月在台湾台北举行。IEEE集群寻求增加学生对会议和该领域的参与。Cluster 2015和Cluster 2016将在会议期间举办以学生为中心的专题会议，主要安排在午餐休息时间和常规会议结束后：研究演示培训；研究经验和职业指导；产业互动;与最佳论文候选人共进午餐。拟议的资金将支持符合条件的美国学生的旅行。旅行补助金将鼓励研究兴趣和参与该领域的学生，他们没有足够的资金，那些刚刚开始参与该领域或有兴趣进入该领域。将作出特别努力，向妇女和代表性不足的少数民族伸出援助之手。计划在2015年提供最多10个nsf资助的学生旅行补助金，在2016年提供最多8个。

IEEE Cluster conference series is a premier international event for presenting the research results, problem solutions, and insights on new challenges in high performance computing in general and cluster computing in particular. Cluster 2015 will be held September 8-11, 2015 in Chicago; Cluster 2016 will be held the same month in 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan. IEEE Cluster seeks to increase student participation in the conference and the field. Both Cluster 2015 and Cluster 2016 will run specific student-centric sessions during the conference, mainly scheduled during the lunch breaks and after the end of the regular sessions: Research presentation training; Research experience and career guidance; Industry interaction; and, Lunch sessions with best paper candidates.The proposed funding would support the travel of eligible US students. Travel grants will encourage the research interests and the involvement of students in the field who are not well funded and those who are just beginning their participation in the field or are interested in entering it. A special effort will be made to reach out to women and under-represented minorities.It is proposed to offer up to 10 NSF-sponsored student travel grants in 2015 and up to 8 in 2016.