We will provide travel support to selected graduate students,
including a limited number of students from international
institutions, to attend this conference. The amount of support
provided to each student will be up to a maximum of $800 if
the student is local (less than two hours driving distance
from the conference site) and up to $1200 otherwise. Each
award will help cover the costs related to student’s
travel (economy airfare up to $500) if non-local, lodging
for up to three nights ($100 per night), meals, and conference
registration fee. The travel support is made possible by grants
from the US National Science Foundation and industrial sponsors.
Applications for the travel award should be received electronically
in PDF format
by Prof. Haiyun Luo (haiyun@cs.uiuc.edu)
by Thursday, August 10, 2006.
Please make sure that you receive an email confirmation of
your submission. An application 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:
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A brief summary of research interests and accomplishments
to date
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A description of areas reflected in the MobiCom 2006
program that would impact the student’s research
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Importance of attending the conference to the student’s
research activities
In addition, the student's advisor should send a letter of
recommendation to the committee. It should include:
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Confirmation that the student is a Ph.D. candidate in
good standing
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The suitability of MobiCom 2006 program to the students
research area
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Ways in which attending the conference would benefit
the particular student
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The strengths and potential contributions of the student.
The awards will be announced by Tuesday,
August 15, 2006. Recipients will be required
to accept the award by Friday,
August 18, 2006, so that alternates can be notified
in the event that a recipient declines.