Student Travel Support

Thanks to the support of IEEE Computer Society TCCC and IMT Lucca (for students from any country) and NSF*** (for US-based students only), a number of travel awards will be available to support students for attending WoWMoM 2011. The award can be:

  • A grant, to be used for student travel-related expenses such as airfare, hotel, etc., or
  • Complimentary lodging at IMT premises (from Sunday, June 19, to Friday, June 24, 2011).

***final approval pending.

Selection Criteria and Process

  • special efforts will be made to award student participants who are under-represented minorities (i.e., African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Native Pacific Islanders) and/or women, coming from diverse institutions;
  • all student travel awardees are required to register for the conference;
  • awardees are expected to make their own travel arrangements;
  • a committee consisting of Mohan Kumar, Silvia Giordano and Yonghe Liu will evaluate the applicants and select the award recipients.

Application Process

An application for a travel award will consist of the student's vita, a letter from the student, and a letter from the student's advisor. The letter from the student should include:

  • a brief summary of research interests and accomplishments to date;
  • a description of areas reflected in the WoWMoM program that would impact the student's research;
  • and why the conference attendance is important to the student.

In addition, the student's advisor should send a letter of recommendation to the committee, including:

  • confirmation that the student is a Ph.D. candidate in good standing;
  • the suitability of the WoWMoM program material to the student's research area;
  • ways this particular student would benefit from attendance at the conference;
  • the strengths and potential contributions of the student; and
  • availability of funds from other sources. In particular, the advisor, the student, and/or the student's institute is required to pay for the student's conference registration fee.

Applications must be sent by e-mail to all the members of the evaluation committee: Mohan Kumar (kumar [at] cse.uta.edu), Silvia Giordano (silvia.giordano [at] supsi.ch), and Yonghe Liu (yonghe [at] cse.uta.edu).

Important dates

  • Application submission: May 20, 2011
  • Decisions/notification: May 25, 2011
  • Acceptance by the recipient: June 1, 2011 (Conference registration must be completed)