NSF Student Travel Grant for 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)

由IEEE通信学会主办的IEEE国际通信会议（ICC）2022将于2022年5月16日至20日在韩国首尔举行。IEEE ICC是IEEE通信协会的首要国际会议，也是无线通信和网络领域的重大活动，将数字/无线通信和网络各个方面的研究人员和从业人员聚集在一起，展示该领域的最新成果和成就。该领域的研究人员和从业人员广泛参加了会议。参加这样的活动是研究生院经历的一个非常重要的部分，提供了与更高级的研究人员互动的机会，并接触到该领域的前沿工作。参与者有机会展示他们的工作，参加小组和主题演讲，并与该领域的数百名其他前沿研究人员互动。考虑到大流行形势，会议将以面对面和虚拟形式混合举行。该提案为美国约20名研究生提供旅行支持，以参加这次首映式会议。旅行奖将针对首次与会者和代表性不足的少数民族学生，因为参加会议是他们教育经历的重要组成部分，他们的旅行资金往往有限。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2022, sponsored by the IEEE Communication Society, is to be held in Seoul, South Korea, on May 16 – 20, 2022. IEEE ICC is a premier international conference of the IEEE Communications Society and a major event in wireless communications and networking that brings researchers and practitioners of every aspect of digital/wireless communications and networks together to present up-to-date results and achievements in the field. It is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Participation in events like this is an extremely important part of the graduate school experience, providing the opportunity to interact with more senior researchers and to be exposed to leading edge work in the field. Participants have the opportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of other leading-edge researchers in the field. Considering the pandemic situation, the conference will be held in a hybrid of both in-person and virtual formats. This proposal provides travel support for approximately twenty graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference. The travel awards will target first-time attendees and under-represented minority students, since attending conferences is an important part of their educational experience, and they often have limited travel funds. The research community and the Engineering workforce benefit from the improvement of students in the pipeline, and the introduction of new researcher 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.