Fellowship applications for HPC research due September 8

Applications for the High Performance Computing Ph.D. Fellowship Program are due Friday, September 8, 2008. Established by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society, and the SC Conference Series, the program honors exceptional Ph.D. students throughout the world focusing on research in High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. Each year, up to three fellowship recipients will each receive a stipend of at least $5,000 (U.S.) for one academic year, plus travel support to attend the SC conference. The ACM/IEEE-CS HPC Ph.D. Fellowship Program seeks to help address the important issue of training the next generation of HPC scientists and engineers. HPC covers the areas of computational sciences, computational engineering and computer science using the most powerful computers available at a given time. The program also supports a long-standing commitment to workforce diversity and encourages nominations of women, members of under-represented groups, and all who contribute to diversity. Candidates must be nominated by a full-time faculty member at a Ph.D. granting, accredited institution. They must be enrolled in a full-time Ph.D. program at an accredited college or university, and they should have completed at least one year of study in their doctoral program at the time of their nomination. Fellowship recipients will be selected based on:

• Their overall potential for research excellence;
• The degree to which their technical interests align with those of the HPC community;
• Their academic progress to date, as evidenced by publications and endorsements from their faculty advisor and department head, as well as a plan of study to enhance HPC-related skills;
• Demonstration of their anticipated use of HPC resources.

All applicants must meet minimum scholarship requirements at the institution where they are or will be registered. Complete information, including participation requirements and the application process, can be found at: http://sc08.supercomputing.org/files/hpcFellowship.pdf . Questions can be sent to hpc-fellowship-questions@acm.org.