The 20-th International Conference on Parallel Architectures and Compilation Techniques (PACT) takes place in Galveston Island, Texas ? October 10?14, 2011.
PACT seeks to increase student participation in conference and the field. The proposed funding would support the travel of eligible US students to the conference. Recipients would be able to attend the main conference, workshops, and tutorials. Travel grants will encourage the research interests and the involvement of students in the field who are not well funded and those who are just beginning their participation in the field or are interested in entering it. A special effort will be made to reach out to women and under-represented minorities.
PACT has always been an occasion for graduate students to meet and interact with more senior researchers who often are not otherwise accessible. We have organized a large number of excellent tutorials and an ACM poster competition. In addition to the benefits of participating at the conference, US based students have interacted with students, faculty and people from all over the world and helped them become more agile in the global village we are living in. Students have also made connections with prospective employers from local and national industry leaders. To reach our goal of 50% student attendance, and to ensure attendance by a diverse group of students, we have requested NSF for student travel grant support to attend PACT 2011. We have to encouraged and accepted applications from all eligible students (as determined by NSF eligibility guidelines) including those with papers accepted at PACT, those who are already working in the area, and students who are interested in learning more about parallel computing as a possible area of research focus for their graduate studies. The travel grants have helped ensure a diverse group of students at the meeting, including including underrepresented groups in computing, in general, such as women and underrepresented minorities. We also encouraged applications from students from a variety of institutions.
