The 2012 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications will be held in in Orlando, Florida, USA from March 25 to March 30, 2012. This preeminent technical conference is the primary venue for presenting new research results in the area of computer communications, and is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as INFOCOM is of paramount importance for the development of graduate students. Participants have the opportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of others performing leading-edge research in the field. Broader Impact: This proposal provides travel support for approximately fifteen graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference. The travel awards will target graduate students, in particular, women and under-represented minority students, since attending conferences is an important part of their educational experience, and they often have limited travel funds.
This project partially covered travel and conference registration expenses for twenty five doctoral students located at educational institutions in the United States to attend the IEEE Infocom 2012 conference in Orlando, Florida. IEEE INFOCOM is a premiere event in the field of computer networks and computer communications. Attending leading conferences in the field is a fundamental component of the educational experience of graduate students, who often have limited travel funds. By providing travel support, this project contributed to the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers and to the creation of a specialized work force in the field of computer networks. The 2012 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications was held in Orlando, Florida, USA from March 25 to March 30, 2012. This preeminent technical conference is the primary venue for presenting new research results in the area of computer communications, and is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as INFOCOM is of paramount importance for the training of graduate students. Participants had the opportunity to present their work to a selected audience, attend panels and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of leading researchers performing cutting-edge research in the field of data networks and computer communications.
