NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM)

2018 SIGCOMM会议将于2018年8月20日至8月24日在匈牙利布达佩斯举行。该奖项帮助20名美国研究生参加本次会议。参加SIGCOMM等会议是研究生院体验的核心部分，因为它为学生提供了与学术界和工业界的高级研究人员互动的机会，并使他们接触到该领域的前沿研究。SIGCOMM由美国计算机协会（ACM）主办，其独特之处在于强调国际层面的网络研究人员之间的互动。参加SIGCOMM为美国研究生提供了一个与蓬勃发展的国际研究社区联系的绝佳机会。在2014-2015年，SIGCOMM增加了额外的编程，以丰富学生的体验。在过去的四年里，一个导师项目一直在运行，在会议上为低年级学生分配一位更资深的导师。2015年，“预习会议”的引入让学生有机会在参加主要会议之前了解主题。对这两项活动的反应都非常积极，今年导师计划和主题预习会议的延续将有助于确保学生们参与其中，并从参加会议中获得最大的收益。获得该奖项支持的学生将能够参加SIGCOMM 2018的主要会议和相关研讨会。旅行补助金联合主席致力于鼓励妇女和代表性不足的少数民族的参与。更广泛的影响：该项目通过接触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结合起来。学生将有机会在主要会议和相关研讨会上观察高质量的演讲，并与该领域的高级研究人员互动。建议学生的参与将对他们的研究质量产生积极影响。高度鼓励妇女和其他少数民族参与。SIGCOMM会议已经发展成为一个顶级的国际会议，为学生提供了一个扩展他们的思想广度、研究技能和技术视角的巨大机会。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。

The 2018 SIGCOMM conference takes place from August 20 to August 24, 2018 in Budapest, Hungary. This award assists 20 US-based graduate students to attend this conference. Participation in conferences such as SIGCOMM forms a central part of the graduate school experience as it provides students with an opportunity to interact with senior researchers from academia and industry and exposes them to leading-edge research in the field. SIGCOMM, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) stands unique in its emphasis on interactions between networking researchers at an international level. Attending SIGCOMM presents an excellent opportunity for US graduate students to connect with a thriving international research community. In 2014-2015, SIGCOMM added additional programming to enrich the student experience. A mentorship program has run in the past four years assigning junior students with a more senior mentor at the conference. In 2015, the introduction of "preview sessions" gave students a chance to get briefed on topics prior to attending main session talks. The response to both of these has been extremely positive and the continuation this year of the mentorship program and topic preview sessions will help ensure students are engaged and get maximum benefit from attending the conference. Students supported by this award will be able to attend the main conference and associated workshops at SIGCOMM 2018. The travel grant co-chairs are committed to encouraging the participation of women and under-represented minorities. Broader Impact: This project integrates research and education of students through exposure to a premier technical meeting in computer networks and communications. Students will have the opportunity to observe high-quality presentations and interact with senior researchers in the field both in the main conference and the associated workshops. The proposed student participation will have a positive impact on the quality of their research. Women and other minorities are highly encouraged to participate. The SIGCOMM 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 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.