NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 IEEE International Conference on Sensing, Communication and Networking (IEEE SECON)

该项目将使来自美国教育机构的多达14名学生能够参加电气和电子工程师协会(IEEE)通信学会传感、通信和网络(SECON)会议-SECON 2018。这次会议使自己成为IEEE通信学会在传感器、网状网、自组织网络和网络物理系统方面研究的主要场所。国际旅行的高额费用可能会阻止学生作者参加，除非他们是唯一参加并提交论文的人。这一奖项将特别有利于那些认为自己是代表不足群体(妇女、少数群体和残疾人)成员的学生，以及第一次参加会议的学生，这些学生来自没有参加会议计划的大学。出席会议是研究人员生活中不可或缺的一部分。通过为学生创造新的机会，特别是那些来自代表人数不足的群体的学生，参加高质量的会议，该项目将在几个方面使研究界受益。学生本身受益于(1)在有利的环境中与许多其他研究人员见面和互动的机会；(2)看到可能与他们所从事的工作有关的研究报告；以及(3)寻求新方向的灵感。像SECON这样的领先会议也为学生提供了与行业研究人员和招聘人员互动的机会，有助于为他们职业生涯的下一步铺平道路。研究界受益于正在筹备中的学生的培训和经验，以及新的多样化研究视角的引入。该奖项反映了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。

This project will enable up to 14 students from educational institutions in the US to attend the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communications Society Conference on Sensing, Communication, and Networking (SECON) conference---SECON 2018. The conference has established itself as the IEEE Communication Society's premier venue for research in sensor, mesh, ad hoc networks and cyber physical systems. The high cost of international travel may preclude student authors from participation unless they are the only ones attending and presenting their papers. This award will especially benefit students who identify as members of under-represented groups (women, minorities and people with disabilities), and students who are attending the conference for the first time, from universities not represented in the conference program. Conference attendance is an integral 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 (1) the opportunity to meet and interact with many other researchers in a favorable setting; (2) seeing research presented that may be related to what they are working on; and (3) the inspiration to pursue new directions. Leading conferences such as SECON also provide an opportunity for students to interact with industry researchers and recruiters helping pave the way for the next step in their careers. The research community benefits from the training and experience of the students in the pipeline, and the introduction of new diverse research perspectives.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.