NSF Student Travel Grant for 2019 International Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (CAV)

该差旅费资助15名美国学生参加将于2019年7月15日至18日在纽约市举行的第30届计算机辅助验证会议（CAV）。CAV是形式验证领域的主要会议之一，致力于推进计算机辅助形式分析和硬件和软件系统综合方法的理论和实践。会议涵盖了从理论结果到具体应用的范围，重点是实际的验证工具以及实现这些工具所需的算法和技术。这项旅行补助金将为美国和/或美国公民研究生提供职业发展和学习机会。参加CAV这样的会议是我们社会未来计算机科学研究人员研究生教育的重要组成部分。学生有机会以正式的方法与世界一流的研究人员讨论前沿研究，并建立网络，联系和指导关系，这将为他们的研究生涯提供良好的服务。这个项目的目的是增加代表性不足的群体和较小教育机构的学生的参与，为他们提供平等的机会，而不是把他们落在后面。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。

This travel grant provides support for 15 US-based students to attend the 30th Conference on Computer-Aided Verification (CAV) to be held in New York City, July 15-18th 2019. CAV, one of the premier conference in formal verification, is dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practice of computer-aided formal analysis and synthesis methods for hardware and software systems. The conference covers the spectrum from theoretical results to concrete applications, with an emphasis on practical verification tools and the algorithms and techniques that are needed for their implementation. This travel grant will enable career development and learning opportunities for US-based and/or US citizen graduate students. Attending conferences like CAV is an important component of graduate school education for our society's future computer science researchers. Students have the opportunity to discuss leading edge research with world-class researchers in formal methods, and establish networks, connections, and mentoring relationships that will serve them well during their research careers. This project aims at increasing the participation of students from underrepresented groups and those from smaller institutions of education, to provide them with equal opportunities, rather than leave them behind.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.