From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ioan Raicu Subject: attention all undergrads: BigDataX REU Site in Chicago IL -- applications due 02/29/2016 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:40:56 -0600 Message-ID: <56BCD5B8.1090907@cs.iit.edu> Reply-To: iraicu@cs.iit.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0166798569187770698==" Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org To: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, micro_publicity@crhc.uiuc.edu, performance@merlot.usc.edu, sigplan-l@acm.uiuc.edu List-Id: virtualization@lists.linuxfoundation.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============0166798569187770698== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030703020608030209080903" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030703020608030209080903 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit BigDataX REU Program -- Summer 2016 http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/grants/BigDataX/2016/index.html The BigDataX (from theory to practice in Big Data computing at eXtreme scales) is a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Chicago Illinois. The program has four mentors at two institutions, the Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago, with a variety of complementing expertise from theory to programming languages to distributed systems. To apply to the program, see the online application at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ix7gAqroBhT199Yh3kDDg_fGuCj6dndZSbD1PG-_dy4/viewform (deadline February 29th, 2016). Institutions: - Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT): Computer Science & Data-Intensive Distributed Systems Laboratory - UChicago: University of Chicago (UChicago): Computation Institute Mentors (bigdatax@datasys.cs.iit.edu): - Ioan Raicu (IIT) - Gruia Calinescu (IIT) - Mike Wilde (UChicago) - Justin Wozniak (UChicago) Projects: - Data-Intensive Computing Applications - Parallel Programming Systems - Distributed Storage Systems - Theory of Big Data Eligibility Requirements: - Undergraduate student in Mathematics, Computer Science, or Engineering at a US institution - US citizen or permanent resident on or before May 23rd, 2015 - Minimum GPA 3.3 - 2 letters of recommendation Important Dates: - Application deadline: February 29th, 2016 - Letters of recommendation deadline: March 7th, 2016 - Notification of decision: March 21st, 2016 - Program starts: May 23rd, 2016 - Program ends: July 29th, 2016 Program Highlights: - Spend 10 weeks immersed in research on Big Data at Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago - Prepare for graduate school - Publish papers and attend international conferences - Spend the summer in one of the greatest cities in the world, Chicago Illinois Finances (per summer): - $5000 stipend - $600 relocation allowance - $650 travel funds to attend conference - Housing included on the IIT campus Online Application: To apply to the program, please submit your complete online application by the February 29th deadline at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ix7gAqroBhT199Yh3kDDg_fGuCj6dndZSbD1PG-_dy4/viewform. For any questions, please send email to bigdatax@datasys.cs.iit.edu. -- Ioan Raicu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology Guest Research Faculty Math & Computer Science, Argonne National Laboratory http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/ http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/ --------------030703020608030209080903 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
BigDataX REU Program -- Summer 2016
http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/grants/BigDataX/2016/index.html

The BigDataX (from theory to practice in Big Data computing at eXtreme scales) is a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site in Chicago Illinois. The program has four mentors at two institutions, the Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago, with a variety of complementing expertise from theory to programming languages to distributed systems. To apply to the program, see the online application at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ix7gAqroBhT199Yh3kDDg_fGuCj6dndZSbD1PG-_dy4/viewform (deadline February 29th, 2016).

Institutions:
- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT): Computer Science & Data-Intensive Distributed Systems Laboratory
- UChicago: University of Chicago (UChicago): Computation Institute

Mentors (bigdatax@datasys.cs.iit.edu):
- Ioan Raicu (IIT)
- Gruia Calinescu (IIT)
- Mike Wilde (UChicago)
- Justin Wozniak (UChicago)

Projects:
- Data-Intensive Computing Applications
- Parallel Programming Systems
- Distributed Storage Systems
- Theory of Big Data

Eligibility Requirements:
- Undergraduate student in Mathematics, Computer Science, or Engineering at a US institution
- US citizen or permanent resident on or before May 23rd, 2015
- Minimum GPA 3.3
- 2 letters of recommendation

Important Dates:
- Application deadline: February 29th, 2016
- Letters of recommendation deadline: March 7th, 2016
- Notification of decision: March 21st, 2016
- Program starts: May 23rd, 2016
- Program ends: July 29th, 2016

Program Highlights:
- Spend 10 weeks immersed in research on Big Data at Illinois Institute of Technology and University of Chicago
- Prepare for graduate school
- Publish papers and attend international conferences
- Spend the summer in one of the greatest cities in the world, Chicago Illinois

Finances (per summer):
- $5000 stipend
- $600 relocation allowance
- $650 travel funds to attend conference
- Housing included on the IIT campus

Online Application:
To apply to the program, please submit your complete online application by the February 29th deadline at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ix7gAqroBhT199Yh3kDDg_fGuCj6dndZSbD1PG-_dy4/viewform. For any questions, please send email to bigdatax@datasys.cs.iit.edu.



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Ioan Raicu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 
Computer Science, Illinois Institute of Technology
Guest Research Faculty 
Math & Computer Science, Argonne National Laboratory
http://www.cs.iit.edu/~iraicu/
http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/
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