Fostering and Diversifying Student Participation in the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium

该项目旨在扩大学生参与国际并行和分布式处理专题讨论会(IPDPS 2017)及其博士论坛的范围。IPDPS是一个主要的国际会议，旨在展示并行和分布式计算中的研究结果、问题解决方案和对新挑战的见解。这是IEEE计算机学会并行处理技术委员会的旗舰会议。它的博士论坛是一个在过去十年里发展起来的成熟的项目。它的创新模式为学生提供了全面的体验，包括研究、职业发展和网络。该论坛的结构是一系列的小组讨论，包括职业建议、午餐时放松的指导会议、快速网络和正式的研究海报会议。通过多个会议，学生将被指导研究和演示的最佳实践，同时获得创作、组织和演示研究海报的第一手经验。同时，学生还可以从该领域的领导者那里获得关于职业选择的宝贵建议和观点。正如NSF的使命所述，该项目通过投资于并行和分布式处理领域的下一代研究人员，间接促进了科学的进步，并有助于提高劳动力的生产率。最终，IPDPS学生项目为培训和指导、学生网络以及学生融入研究社区提供了有效的机会。由于该项目的目标是促进学生更广泛和更多样化的参与，因此将作出有针对性和有意识的努力，帮助那些在没有经济支持的情况下通常无法参加会议的学生，包括本科生、第一年的研究生、参加第一次会议的学生，以及在STEM领域属于代表性不足的群体的学生，特别是女性。

This project seeks to broaden and diversifying the participation of students at The International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2017) and its PhD Forum. IPDPS is a premier international conference for presenting the research results, problem solutions, and insights on new challenges in parallel and distributed computing. It is the flagship conference of the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Parallel Processing. Its PhD Forum is a well established program that has evolved over the past ten years. Its innovative model provides a comprehensive experience for students, including research, career development, and networking. The forum is structured as a series of panels for career advice, relaxed mentoring sessions over lunch, speed networking, and a formal research poster session. Through the multiple sessions students are instructed on best practices for research and presentation, while getting a first hand experience on authoring, structuring, and presenting a research poster. At the same time, students are provided with valuable advice and perspectives from leaders on the field regarding career choices. As stated by NSF's mission, this project indirectly promotes the progress of science and contributes toward a more productive workforce development by investing in the future generation of researchers in the parallel and distributed processing field.Ultimately, the IPDPS student program provides effective opportunities for training and mentoring, student networking, and integration of students into the research community. Since the goal of this project is to promote a broader and more diverse participation of students, a targeted and conscious effort will be made to reach out to students that typically would not be able to attend the conference without financial support, including undergraduate students, graduate students in their first year, students attending their first conference, and students that belong to underrepresented groups in STEM fields, particularly women.