SOSP 2013, through generous donations from conference sponsors, will offer scholarships to assist students attending the conference.
Each scholarship covers the SOSP conference registration, which includes meals and a shared hotel room during the conference. Additional funding will be awarded toward the cost of travel, but these funds are limited. Due to the high variability in travel costs, awardees are asked for their due diligence in finding reasonably priced fares. Applicants must submit an estimate of these travel costs with the scholarship application.
Scholarship students are expected to assist the conference organizers in some way. For example, scholarship students may be asked to scribe a technical session, staff the registration desk, or help set up or tear down the poster session. These services are greatly appreciated, and provide additional networking opportunities with other conference participants. Actual duties will be assigned as the conference nears, but students should identify any time constraints in their application forms. Scholarship students are also encouraged to participate in the poster session and work-in-progress presentations. Scholarship recipient contact information will be made available to scholarship sponsoring organizations.
Funding is available to students from any educational institution in the world. Members of groups historically under-represented at SOSP are especially encouraged to apply.
Although most applicants in past years have been graduate students, undergraduates who are actively involved in systems research projects are also welcome to apply.
Applicants must be members of the ACM. See the ACM site for a student membership application. Note that ACM provides reduced rates for students residing in economically developing countries.
To apply you should submit the following:
Applications due: | August 23, 2013 |
Award notifications: | September 4, 2013 |
ACM SIGOPS is pleased to announce the availability of a limited number of professional travel scholarships in addition to student travel scholarships. These scholarships are intended to increase the diversity of professional attendees at SOSP. We would like to encourage the attendance of faculty who are teaching operating systems who can incorporate cutting edge operating systems results into their curricula. We would also like to encourage the attendance of professionals from areas of the world currently under-represented at operating systems conferences.
We are especially interested in supporting individuals with concrete plans to share the benefits of their attendance with others through curricular materials, local reading groups organized in advance of the conference, talks given to a local community after your return, etc.
A typical professional travel scholarship will cover conference registration and some support towards airfare and hotel accommodations.
Each application must include:
Deadline | August 23, 2013 |
Submission Form: available here
Questions: sospprotravel@gmail.com