Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for the 2023 ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys)

University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL

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Abstract

The ACM International Conference on Mobile Systems, Applications, and Services (MobiSys) is a premier venue for innovative and high-impact research on the design, implementation, usage, and evaluation of mobile computing and wireless systems, applications, and services. Attending MobiSys is of paramount importance for students pursuing research in this field. Authors will have the opportunity to present their work and all attendees have a chance to interact with other researchers who perform leading-edge research in this domain. The goal of this student travel support is to widen the student audience, raise the level of interaction and the potential for new research collaborations, and support students who are not well-funded or under-represented. This project provides travel support to approximately 10–12 students from U.S. institutions of higher education. By enabling students (who might not otherwise be able) to attend the conference, this project increases the dissemination of the conference’s research results to a larger and more diverse audience. It also integrates research and education of students by enabling students to observe high-quality presentations and interact with other researchers. By giving consideration in granting awards to women and minority students, it widens the participation among underrepresented groups. Furthermore, by advertising the opportunity among a wide range of colleges and universities, participants from a more diverse set of institutions would be able to attend and benefit from the conference. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.