Proposal to Support Student Travel for the ACM SOSR 2018 Conference

SDN研究研讨会(SOSR)是软件定义网络(SDN)研究出版物的主要场所，建立在过去几年成功的SOSR和HotSDN(软件定义网络热点问题)研讨会的基础上。SOSR 2018将于2018年3月26日至27日在洛杉矶举行。与2017年一样，SOSR将与开放网络峰会(ONS)设在同一地点，为工业界和学术界提供机会，共同探讨和辩论与SDN各个方面相关的最新发展。本次会议将使这两个以SDN研究和开发为重点的活动的学术界和产业界与会者之间进行互动。该奖项支持10名美国留学生参加研讨会。会议可以为学生提供一个与资深研究人员互动的独特机会，并让他们接触到该领域的前沿研究主题和进展。此外，由计算机械协会(ACM)赞助的SOSR的独特之处在于它强调来自多个国家的网络研究人员和行业从业者之间的互动。参加SOSR为美国学生提供了一个与蓬勃发展的国际研究社区建立联系的绝佳机会。此外，2018年SOSR将包括演示和海报会议，允许学生展示和获取对他们正在进行的工作的反馈。旅行支持将使学生能够参加主要会议以及演示和海报会议。否则，这十名学生将无法出席会议。调查员是旅费赠款主席，并致力于鼓励妇女和任职人数不足的少数群体参与。该项目通过参加计算机网络和通信领域的主要技术会议，将学生的研究和教育融为一体。SOSR会议已经发展成为一个顶级的国际会议，为学生提供了一个极大的机会来扩大他们的思想广度、研究技能和技术视角。将鼓励妇女和其他少数群体参加，因此将特别受益于出席。在国家科学基金会差旅拨款的支持下，SOSR会议将为充满活力的SDN社区带来新鲜血液。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR) is the premier venue for research publications on Software Defined Networking (SDN), building on past years' successful SOSR and HotSDN (Hot Topics in Software Defined Networking) workshops. SOSR 2018 will be held in Los Angeles on March 26- 27, 2018. As in 2017, SOSR will be co-located with the Open Networking Summit (ONS), providing opportunity for industry and academia to jointly explore and debate recent developments related to all aspects of SDN. This conference will enable interaction among the academic and industrial attendees of these two events focused on research and development of SDN. This award support ten US-based students to participate in the symposium. The conference can provide students with a unique opportunity to interact with senior researchers and expose them to cutting-edge research topics and progress in the field. In addition, SOSR, sponsored by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), is unique in its emphasis on interactions among networking researchers and industry practitioners from multiple countries. Attending SOSR presents an excellent opportunity for U.S. students to connect with the thriving international research community. Furthermore, SOSR 2018 will include demo and poster sessions that allow students to present and obtain feedback on their work in progress. The travel support will enable students to attend both the main conference and the demos and posters sessions. These ten students would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. The investigator is the travel grant chair and is committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities. This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to a premier technical meeting in computer networks and communications. The SOSR conference has developed into a top-tier international conference, presenting a tremendous opportunity to students to expand their breadth of ideas, research skills, and technical perspective. Women and other minorities will be encouraged to participate and thus will particularly benefit from the attendance. With National Science Foundation travel grant support, SOSR conference will help bring new blood to the vibrant SDN community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.