Travel: Student Travel Grant for 2023 Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD)

计算机辅助设计中的形式化方法（FMCAD）2023是关于硬件和系统验证中形式化方法的理论和应用的一系列会议中的第二十三届。它为学术界和工业界的研究人员提供了一个领先的论坛，用于介绍和讨论突破性的方法，技术，理论结果和正式推理计算系统的工具。这笔赠款将帮助支持多达15名在美国机构注册的学生参加在美国爱荷华州艾姆斯举行的FMCAD会议。学生将有机会出席学生论坛，这是一个平台，研究生在任何职业阶段介绍他们的研究更广泛的正式方法研究社区，并征求反馈。形式方法的领域正在迅速部署在学术研究和工业系统的各个领域。因此，更广泛的意义和重要性包括培养这一研究领域的下一代研究人员，以及提供国际经验，以建立一个全球意识的劳动力。特别是，学生将有机会出席学生论坛，学习最先进的方法，接触新技术，并与他们的专业领域的高级研究人员互动。组织者将优先考虑来自代表性不足的群体和没有正式方法项目的小型大学的学生。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。

Formal Methods in Computer Aided Design (FMCAD) 2023 is the twenty-third in a series of conferences on the theory and applications of formal methods in hardware and system verification. It provides a leading forum to researchers in academia and industry for presenting and discussing ground-breaking methods, technologies, theoretical results, and tools for reasoning formally about computing systems. This grant will help support conference travel for up to 15 students enrolled in US institutions to attend FMCAD in Ames, Iowa, USA. The students will get the opportunity to present at the Student Forum, which is a platform for graduate students at any career stage to introduce their research to the wider formal methods research community, and solicit feedback. The field of formal methods is being rapidly deployed in a variety of areas both in academic research, as well as in industrial systems. Thus the broader significance and importance include fostering the next generation of researchers in this research area, as well as providing international experiences to build a globally-aware workforce. In particular, students will have the opportunity to present at the Student Forum, learn state-of-the-art methodologies, be exposed to novel techniques, and interact with senior researchers in their areas of expertise. The organizers will give priority to students from under-represented groups and from small universities without a formal methods program.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.