This project funds travel support for students to attend the 14th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2014) to be held in Chicago, May 26-29, 2014. Conference experience is critical for training undergraduate and graduate students to be well-prepared computing force in the future. CCGrid is a premium forum for the latest research findings on the design and development of parallel computing, Cloud computing, and high performance computing systems. Participation in such a premium conference will provide an excellent opportunity for students to interact with peers and world-renown researchers at an international stage. Awardees will be selected via a rigorous application and review process that considers both expected benefits and interests of prospective participants. This project will have an impact in stimulating students' enthusiasms about parallel computing, Cloud computing, scientific computing, and high performance computing and training future computing workforce for the nation.
(CCGrid) is a premium forum for the latest research findings on the design and development of parallel computing, Cloud computing, and high performance computing systems. Participation in such a premium conference will provide an excellent opportunity for students to interact with peers and world-renown researchers at an international stage. This project funded 13 students from U.S. institutions with 5 female minority students and one disability minority student to attend The 14th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid 2014) that was held in Chicago, IL from May 26th through May 29th of 2014. Awardees were selected via a rigorous application and review process that considered both expected benefits and interests of prospective participants. Training sessions and follow up activities were offered to enrich students' conference participation experiences. This project helped to develop strong future workforce in computer and computational sciences by enabling students who otherwise could not attend the CCGrid 2014 symposium. This project had an impact in stimulating students’ enthusiasms in conducting cutting-edge research, broadening their visions and interactions with top research scientists and professors in the field, and training future computing workforce for the nation.
