For students the AOSD 2003 conference offers:
- Student Volunteer Positions: February
10th application deadline
- Student Research Extravaganza:
February 24th registration deadline for posters
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Student Research
Extravaganza |
Students will have the opportunity to hear short presentations from experts in
the field about AOSD research directions, and to present their own work as a
poster. This event is an excellent opportunity for students to get feedback on
their work from leaders in the field, and to mingle with other students. All
students are welcome.
This event has three overlapping goals:
1. Provide a venue for students to vet research
ideas and directions with experts in the field
2. Expose students to possible research
directions
3. Allow students to get to know
each other
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Format |
We will start with some brief presentations from experts in the field about
where AOSD is heading, and interesting open problems. Then, we will divide the
room into interest areas. Students who have brought a poster will have been
assigned a space in the appropriate interest area. We will ask the students to
present their poster to experts in the area who will circulate around the
interest areas. Interesting discussions can then continue over refreshments.
We intend to have some space available during the conference the following day
for some of the posters to be available for viewing.
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Registration |
Any student attending the conference can
participate. Students wishing to present a poster must register by
Feb. 24. We request
students not presenting a poster also register to help us in our planning.
Please register by
emailing the Student Research Extravaganza organizers. Make sure
to include the following information:
- Name
- Affiliation
- Areas of interest
- Will you be presenting poster? If so, title and keywords.
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Student Volunteer Positions |
Twenty-five positions are available for students with a
good knowledge of English who would like to help by providing
technical support at the AOSD 2003 conference.
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Duties |
- Providing technical assistance for the workshops, tutorials and main
conference sessions,
- Helping at the registration desk, mail-room, demonstration area, refreshment
area and other conference sites,
- Arranging conference facilities.
- Help with audio-visual equipment (after instruction)
Volunteers must be available to assist the two days of the workshops and
tutorials sessions, and for half of the time of the main conference. The program
can be found here.
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Successful
applicants will be offered |
- Free conference registration
- Free attendance at workshops and tutorials if you are not "on duty" and if
there is room.
- Free lunches and coffee (Monday, March 17 - Friday, March 21).
- We will attempt to assign volunteers to the tutorials, workshops and
demonstrations of interest to them;
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Qualifications |
- The applicant must be enrolled as full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate
students during the 2002-2003 academic year.
- The applicant should be proficient in English.
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Applications |
You should send your application in English - by email to the Student Volunteer
Chair: Therapon Skotiniotis at
aosd-volunteers@ccs.neu.edu. Your application should include:
- A short CV (shorter than one page)
- A scanned copy (an uploaded gif or jpeg file) of: a validated student ID card,
or a letter from your institution certifying your enrolment status for the year
2002-2003
- Contact name, phone number, and email address for a faculty member of the
applicant's institution. This faculty member will serve as a reference for the
applicant.
- The days (March 17 - March 21) and times (between 8:00 and 20:00) that you
will be available during the conference .
NOTE: Please note that training for the audio/visual equipment will be held
on March 14 in the afternoon. Indicate whether you will be able to attend!
The deadline for application is Feb. 10, 2003.
All applicants will receive information about acceptance by Feb. 17, 2003.
Selection will be done on a "First Come First Served" basis among suitable
submissions. |