[ACM logo] SOSP 1999 Student Travel Grants  [Kiawah logo]

The ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS), with support from corporate contributors, will be offering a limited number of scholarships to enable students to attend its flagship conference, the ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP).

A typical scholarship will cover the SOSP conference fee (which includes double-occupancy hotel room and all meals during the conference, attendance at all conference events, and a copy of the proceedings). Additional funding may be awarded toward the cost of travel.

Applications are to be written in English.  To apply you should submit the following:

  1. A cover letter indicating the amount of support required. The cost should include an informal quote for the airfare from the departure city to Charleston, SC (CHS airport code), assuming a Saturday-night stay, and include the cost ($75) of one extra night's stay at Kiawah (Saturday).
  2. A letter of recommendation from the student's advisor, supporting the application, which must cover the technical merit of the student's participation.
  3. A short position paper written by the student explaining what benefit is expected from attending the conference and why the scholarship should be granted. The statement should describe any research the student has been doing and list any papers that have been published. It should be no longer than three pages. Student authors who will be presenting and accepted papers do not need to submit a technical statement.
Additionally: The deadline for receipt of applications for student scholarships is  September 14, 1999. Notifications will sent out via e-mail by September 30, 1999.

 Applications will be reviewed by a five-member Selection Committee.

Send applications to the Chair of this Selection Committee:
 

Guerney D. H. Hunt
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
P. O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598-0704
USA

 Applications will also be accepted by electronic mail (ASCII, HTML, PostScript or pdf  format) or FAX. E-mail should be addressed to gdhh@watson.ibm.com, with a subject of "SOSP Scholarship Application: XXX", where XXX is replaced by the name of the applicant. FAXes should have a cover page with similar information and use the following number +1 (914) 784-7455 (United States). E-mail (, letters, or FAXes) from the student's advisor should be sent directly to the committee and not via the student applicant.

 The advance program for the conference and a registration form can be obtained at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/sosp99


Supported by

SIGOPS
SIGOPS
Compaq Research
Compaq Research
HP Labs
HP Labs
IBM Research
IBM Research
Microsoft
Microsoft Research