NSF Student Travel Grant for 2018 ACM/IFIP/Usenix Middleware Conference

2018年计算机械协会(ACM)/国际信息处理联合会(IFIP)/USENIX国际中间件大会将于2018年12月10日至14日在法国雷恩举行。一年一度的中间件会议是一个主要论坛，用于讨论分布式系统、计算、存储和通信的平台和架构的设计、实施、部署和评估方面的创新和最新科学进展。会议的亮点包括高质量的单轨技术计划、特邀演讲者、工业轨道、学术和行业领袖的小组讨论、海报和演示演示、博士研讨会、教程和工作坊。对这次会议的旅费支持将使更多的学生能够参加。将特别提供支助，以增加计算机科学中任职人数不足的群体的出勤率。这种支持将有助于向学生介绍该领域的重要技术进步，并使他们有机会与行业和学术界的专业人士互动。参加Middleware提供的教育经验，包括教程和博士研讨会，将为这些学生提供重要的学习和指导机会。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。

The 2018 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)/International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)/USENIX International Middleware Conference will be held December 10-14th, 2018 in Rennes, France. The annual Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent scientific advances in the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. Highlights of the conference include a high quality single track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials, and workshops.Travel grant support for this conference will enable a broader range of students to attend. Support will be especially provided to increase attendance of under-represented groups in computer science. This support will help introduce students to important technical advances in the field and give them opportunities to interact with professionals in both industry and academia. Taking part in the educational experiences available at Middleware, including tutorial sessions and a doctoral symposium, will provide these students with important learning and mentoring opportunities.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.