This awarad provides student travel support for the (Association for Computing Machinery) ACM International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems held in Toronto, Canada, on November 6-9, 2012. The conference is a cross disciplinary forum for research on systems issues in embedded and networked sensors. The award allows a selected set of twenty five United States students interested in research in embedded and networked sensors to travel to this conference and benefit from talks and other events. To ensure greater participation and to provide equal opportunity for all interested students to apply for travel funds, the Student Travel Grant opportunity will be advertised in newsgroups, emails lists and the conference web page. The selection for the Student Travel Grants, to be done by the conference Student Travel Award Chair, will be in accordance with the following: the applicant must be a current student at a recognized United States institution of higher education; the applicant?fs field of study must be related to the topics of the conference. Priority will be given to female and under?]represented minority students, students pursuing their graduate studies in Minority Serving Institutions, such as, Historically Black Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and institutions that serve Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities.
Bringing students together with experienced practitioners enriches existing research projects and creates new collaborations. The opportunity to attend the top conference in embedded and networked sensor systems can have a long lasting effect on students in their early careers, motivating them to perform excellent research, publish in top avenues and become productive members of our society.
SenSys - the ACM International Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems - is as a high caliber, cross disciplinary forum for research on systems issues in embedded and networked sensors. SenSys is a single track forum and it addresses issues that span multiple, inter-disciplinary research areas, including sensors and sensing systems, energy harvesting, low power circuits, signal processing, wireless communication, networking, operating systems, and sensor architectures. Student participation in top research venues, such as SenSys, is critical for a vibrant research community. Further, students often have limited sources of funds to travel to conferences. To help increase the representation and participation of graduate students in SenSys, we seek support to partially cover travel and conference registration expenses for twenty five students. The primary source of intellectual merit for this proposed project was providing twenty five (25) students the opportunity to engage in the vibrant research environment of SenSys 2012. The opportunity to attend the top conference in embedded and networked sensor systems can have a long lasting effect on students in their early careers, motivating them to perform top notch research, publish in top avenues and become productive members of our society. Continuing its stellar track record, SenSys 2012 had a strong program spanning full research papers, demonstrations, posters, and several workshops. SenSys 2012 provded the opportunity to attract the next wave of young researchers to a field with bold and visionary goals. The broader impacts of this award was to bring students together with experienced practitioners enriching their existing research projects and creating new collaborations. Travel grants were awarded by giving high priority to female and under-represented minority students. High priority was also given to students pursuing their graduate studies in Minority Serving Institutions, and institutions that serve Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and persons with disabilities.
