Travel: WINS Travel Funds in Support of SCinet at SC21

该旅行补助金支持五名志愿者参加定于2021年11月15日至21日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行的2021年超级计算会议（SC21），作为SC IT网络中的女性（WINS）计划的一部分，他们将参与建设和运营SCinet，这是支持年度会议的先进计算机网络。WINS项目于2015年启动，旨在让来自美国研究和教育界不同背景和地区的有才华的职业生涯早期到中期的女性志愿者参加SCinet，体验会议网络的实际开发和建设。与此项目相关的智力价值是继续扩大和拓宽知识和培训女性网络工程师和信息技术专业人员，她们希望建立专业知识，继续在网络和计算机系统方面的教育和职业生涯。与该计划相关的更广泛的影响是通过代表少数民族服务机构，建立计划以刺激竞争研究（EPSCoR）州和历史上代表性不足的少数民族的组织和申请人背景的多样化代表。通过参与SC和SCinet，旅行基金为劳动力中的妇女提供了培训、专业发展和职业机会，而劳动力历来是男性和非少数民族占主导地位的。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 supports five volunteers to attend the 2021 SupercomputingConference (SC21) scheduled November 15 - 21, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, as part ofthe Womening in IT Networking at SC (WINS) program who will participate in buildingand operating SCinet, the advanced computer networks which supports the annualconference. The WINS program, started in 2015, enables talented early to mid-careerwomen from diverse backgrounds and regions of the U.S. research and education ITcommunity to volunteer to participate in SCinet and experience the hands-ondevelopment and construction of the conference network.The intellectual merit associated with the project is to continue the expansion andbroadening of knowledge and training for women network engineers and informationtechnology professionals who desire to build expertise and continue their education andcareers in network and computer systems. The broader impact associated with theprogram is through the diverse representation of organizations and applicantbackgrounds representing Minority Serving Institutions, Established Program toStimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) states, and historically underrepresentedminority groups. Through the participation in SC and SCinet, the travel funds providetraining, professional development, and career opportunities for women in a workforcethat has been historically male and non-minority-dominated.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.