Travel: Support for U.S. Students to Receive Training on Research Cyberinfrastructure at the 2024 Annual Modeling and Simulation Conference (ANNSIM)

该奖项支持多达11名美国研究生，他们在研究网络基础设施方面的培训将通过参加建模与仿真学会（SCS）的旗舰会议年度建模与仿真会议（ANNSIM）而受益匪浅。ANNSIM通过十个轨道提供专业知识来培训学生。特别是，网络基础设施培训将通过在年度仿真研讨会上介绍仿真软件工具以及数字孪生和网络物理系统轨道上的模型库、存储库和数据格式来提供。由于先进的网络对网络基础设施非常重要，ANNSIM还提供了电信系统的跟踪，涵盖了软件定义网络、边缘计算以及绿色和节能通信等主题。改善现有数据集和软件的使用，同时支持网络、软件开发、标准和认证方面的进步，将有助于网络基础设施研究。除了这十个曲目，ANNSIM包括几个深入的教程，由国际专家在他们的领域任教。十个专题和教程确保与会者通过先进的软件、数据、网络系统和模拟环境了解信息技术系统的进展。通过向顶尖专家提供机会，ANNSIM确保下一代科学家拥有为网络基础设施做出贡献的工具、动力和职业抱负。每位nsf资助的参与者都将与一位从与会的经验丰富的学者中选择的导师相匹配，这将有助于建立一个专业网络。会议包括直接学习部分，提供多种教程，因此学生可以开发特定软件包的技能或应用与研究网络基础设施相关的先进技术。这项研究的范围从数字孪生软件到模型驱动系统设计中的数据集和库。会议特别关注学生（例如，博士座谈会，演讲，然后是互动海报会议），这有助于与领先的研究人员联系，以确定更好的实验工具和/或额外的数据集。对学生进行网络基础设施培训的一个障碍不仅仅是缺乏现有的工具或存储库，而是缺乏对这些工具的认识。在模拟会议上，主讲人以告知和激励学生为网络基础设施做出贡献而闻名，例如，通过介绍系统和应用程序性能的方法和软件。参加这些讲座将确保学生有具体的方向，将他们所学到的工具应用于网络基础设施的开放研究问题。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 award supports up to 11 U.S.-based graduate students whose training on research cyberinfrastructure will substantially benefit by attending the Annual Modeling and Simulation conference (ANNSIM), which is the flagship conference of the Society for Modeling & Simulation (SCS). ANNSIM trains students by providing access to expertise through ten tracks. In particular, cyberinfrastructure training will be provided through presentations of simulation software tools in the Annual Simulation Symposium as well as model libraries, repositories, and data formats in the Digital Twins and Cyber-Physical Systems track. Since advanced networks are important for cyberinfrastructure, ANNSIM also provides a track on telecommunication systems, which covers topics such as software defined networking, edge computing, and green and energy efficient communications. Improving the use of existing datasets and software, while supporting advances in networking, software developments, standards and certifications, will contribute to cyberinfrastructure research. In addition to these ten tracks, ANNSIM includes several in-depth tutorials, taught by international experts in their field. The ten tracks and the tutorials ensure that attendees are well-aware of advances in information technology systems through advanced software, data, networked systems, and simulation environments. By providing access to leading experts, ANNSIM ensures that the next generation of scientists has the tools, motivations, and career aspirations to contribute to cyberinfrastructure. Every NSF-funded participant will be matched with a mentor chosen among the experienced scholars in attendance, which will help build a professional network. The conference includes a direct learning component providing multiple tutorials, so students can develop skills in specific software packages or apply advanced techniques relevant to research cyberinfrastructure. This research can range from software for digital twins to datasets and libraries in model-driven system design. The conference gives particular attention to students (e.g., a PhD Colloquium with presentations followed by interactive poster sessions), which helps connect with leading researchers to identify better tools and/or additional datasets for experiments. One barrier in cyberinfrastructure training for students is not just a lack of existing tools or repositories, but a lack of awareness about these tools. Keynote speakers in simulation conferences have a reputation for informing and motivating students in contributing to the cyberinfrastructure, for instance by covering methods and software for system and application performance. Attending these talks will ensure that students have specific directions to apply the tools that they have learned onto open research problems in cyberinfrastructure.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.