Grid 2007 is pleased to announce that the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC, http://ieeetcsc.org/) has made US$5000 available for the partial reimbursement of travel expenses for students attending the 2007 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing (Grid 2007, http://www.grid2007.org/) being held in Austin in September, 2007. The travel assistance funds will be used for the reimbursement of travel expenses, up to $500 for North American students and up to $1000 for other students.

Eligibility requirements

Each student must be a student member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a member of TCSC. A student who is not already a member may join the IEEE Computer Society by clicking on "Join" at http://computer.org/ and may join TCSC at http://ieeetcsc.org/join.html

Each student must create publicly available Web pages (in at least English, and possibly additional languages, if desired) describing their research, current work, progress, links to similar work, and the benefits of their research to the wider academic and commercial communities. The Web pages should written in valid XHTML 1.1.

Preference will be given to students who will be presenting a paper (as first author) at the meeting. A committee consisting of Mark Baker (Reading) and Daniel S. Katz (LSU) will select the recipients based on the evaluation of the application material.

Instructions

Apply via email to mark.baker at computer.org and d.katz at ieee.org by sending the following information.

• A letter from the student describing his/her academic standing and interests, his/her expected graduation date and degree, advisor's name, and, if available, a link to the student's web page.
• In a statement of 500 words or less, the student should indicate why attending the meeting would be useful for his/her research or career.
• A short vita that includes the student's research interests, projects, and papers published. A letter of recommendation from the student's advisor. The student's IEEE Computer Society membership number. (A student who has joined the IEEE Computer Society recently and does not yet have a membership number may state this, and should indicate the date she or he joined.)
• If applicable, the title(s) of the paper(s) to be presented (co-authored) by the student at the meeting. A link to the Web pages that describe their research.

Notes: All these documents must be sent together in a single email. The email subject must include the words "Grid 2007 Student Travel Assistance".

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