Student Travel Support for the 2003 Internet Measurement Conference

Trustees Of Boston University, Boston

Investigators

Abstract

IMC is the primary venue for presenting new research results on collecting and analyzing mea-surements of the Internet. Last year's workshop, held in Marseille, France, had more than 100 attendees, with a waiting list of additional people wishing to participate. This proposal requests funding to aid graduate students enrolled in institutions in the United States in attending this premiere conference. Attending conferences such as IMC is of paramount importance for graduate students pursuing research in the field. Authors have the opportunity to present their work and all attendees have a chance to interact with many others performing leading-edge research in the field. Intellectual Merit: This proposal will serve to widen the audience attending the Internet Measurement Conference, raising the level of interaction and the potential for new collaboration, new investigations, and higher quality research. Broader Impact: This proposal, by enabling students to attend who might not otherwise be able, will increase the dissemination of the conference's research results to a larger and more diverse audience. By giving preference in grant awards to women and minority students, we hope to widen the participation among these underrepresented groups. Furthermore, by advertising to a wide range of colleges and universities, participants from a more diverse set of institutions should be able to attend and benefit from the conference.