NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols (ICNP)

ICNP 2018是第26届IEEE国际网络协议会议，是一个涵盖网络协议所有方面的会议，包括设计，分析，规范，验证，实现和性能。该奖项支持在美国学术机构注册的研究生参加会议的部分旅费。根据资金情况，在美国机构工作的博士后研究人员和来自代表性不足群体的教职员工也将被考虑获得差旅支持。ICNP 2018将于2018年9月24日至27日在英国剑桥举行。这笔旅行补助金旨在通过降低美国院校研究生入学的经济障碍，扩大ICNP的参与。让学生在研究人员学术生涯的早期阶段参加高质量的会议是对该领域未来的明智投资。为代表性不足的学生提供出席的机会将导致会议期间讨论的想法更加多样化。网络协议的研究是由ICNP等会议参与者的相互作用推动的。旅行支持将至少在三个方面产生重大影响。首先，那些本来不能参加ICNP的研究生将通过听演讲者的演讲和参与讨论而受益匪浅。其次，即使是不接受赠款的ICNP参与者也会因赠款接受者的存在而间接受益。由于颁奖委员会将努力选拔多样化的学生，因此大会的人口结构也将更加多样化。最后，整个研究界将受到ICNP持续成功的积极影响。一些学者来自代表性不足的群体，他们在职业生涯早期阶段的参与将促进该领域下一代研究领导者的培训和质量。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

ICNP 2018, the 26th annual edition of the IEEE International Conference on Network Protocols, is a conference covering all aspects of network protocols, including design, analysis, specification, verification, implementation, and performance. This award supports partial travel costs for graduate students enrolled in United States academic institutions to attend the conference. Depending on fund availability, postdoctoral researchers and faculty members from underrepresented groups that are employed in US institutions will also be considered for travel support. ICNP 2018 will be held in Cambridge, UK, from September 24 through 27, 2018. This travel grant aims to broaden ICNP participation by lowering the financial barrier of attendance for graduate students at institutions in the Unites States. Enabling students to attend a high-quality conference at an early stage of a researcher's academic career is a wise investment in the future of the field. Providing opportunities for attendance to underrepresented students will result in a greater diversity of ideas that will be discussed during the conference. Research in network protocols is advanced by the interactions of participants at conferences such as ICNP. The travel support will have a significant impact in at least three ways. First, graduate students who would have been unable otherwise to attend ICNP will be greatly benefited by listening to the speaker's talks and participating in resulting discussions. Second, even the ICNP participants that will not receive the grant will be indirectly benefited by the presence of the grant recipients. Since the award committee will make an effort to select a diverse group of students, the demographics of the conference will become more diverse as well. Finally, the research community as a whole will be positively impacted by the continuing success of the ICNP. The participation of scholars at early stages of their careers, some of which come from underrepresented groups, will advance training and the quality of the next generation of research leaders in the field.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.