DIMACS Graduate Student Projects and Jobs for Students from Princeton and Rutgers

Program Overview
Mentor-Proposed Research Projects and Jobs
Student-Initiated Projects
Application Procedure
Contacting DIMACS

1. Program Overview

DIMACS announces the availablility of funds for graduate students who would like to participate more actively in the Center.

DIMACS, the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, is a consortium of Rutgers University, Princeton University, AT&T Labs - Research, Bell Laboratories, the NEC Research Institute and Telcordia Technologies. Affiliate Members are: Avaya Labs, Georgia Institute of Technology, HP Labs, IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Stevens Institute of Technology.

The center has several Special Focus Programs on topics such as Communication Security and Information Privacy, Computation and the Socio-Economic Sciences, Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology, Discrete Random Systems, Hardness of Approximation, and Information Processing in Biology. Applications in other areas or relevant to one of the current DIMACS research projects (see the DIMACS website for ideas) will be accepted and we will make awards in other areas if funds permit. We are especially interested in students who might propose projects relevant to one of the DIMACS Research projects on Monitoring Message Streams (http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/~madigan/mms/) or Port of Entry Inspection Systems (http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/PortofEntry/) or Sensor Management for Nuclear Detection (http://dydan.rutgers.edu/Research/Nuclear/) or one of the projects related to our new Homeland Security Center for Dynamic Data Analysis (DyDAn). The topics there involve massive graphs and analysis of massive data sets.

2. Mentor-Proposed Research Projects and Jobs

DIMACS seeks to increase the participation of graduate students in the range of activities of the center and with its scientific personnel at all participating sites. Research Projects might involve any research area of interest to a member of the center. Some of the jobs that we envision include developing of bibliographies for special years, keeping up special year WWW pages (to emphasize recent research results and trends or open problems), assisting with DIMACS summer programs, or assisting on a mentor's research team, etc. These are mentioned as possibilities, not limits on the range of activities to support. We hope that supported activities will emphasize connections to the center's research.

The member proposed projects list will have few listings at first, but we expect it to grow. We plan to add project descriptions as they are sent in, so it will be worthwhile to check these listings regularly. The DIMACS Graduate Student Selection Committee will evaluate applications and determine the funded projects.

3. Student-Initiated Research Projects

Non-local students (outside Princeton and Rutgers) can participate in the life of the center through our Graduate Student Fellowship Program for Non-local Students and Graduate Student Stipeds to Attend Worshops Programs. Local Graduate Students are encouraged to propose student initiated projects and apply for funding. Applications for projects or jobs you come up with should indicate an activity of DIMACS (WWW Pages) to which you would like to tie your project, for example one of the special foci or one of the educational programs at the center, or indicate why you think DIMACS and you will benefit from the project or job you propose. We usually announce competitions for these projects in November (for December/January projects) and April (for Summer projects). Funds available will support a research project by providing modest pay or books or software.

Awards might have to be limited to applications in one of our current Special Focus topics. Applications in other areas will be accepted and we will make awards in other areas if funds permit. We are especially interested in students who might propose projects relevant to one of the DIMACS Research projects on Monitoring Message Streams (http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/~madigan/mms/) or Port of Entry Inspection Systems (http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/Workshops/PortofEntry/) or Sensor Management for Nuclear Detection (http://dydan.rutgers.edu/Research/Nuclear/) or one of the projects related to our new Homeland Security Center for Dynamic Data Analysis (DyDAn). The topics there involve massive graphs and analysis of massive data sets.

Application deadline: For Winter 2008/2009 awards, applications are due no later than Monday, December 1, 2008
Please use the attached form to submit an application.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact Christine Spassione at DIMACS

4. Application Procedure

DEADLINE: For Winter 2008/2009 awards, applications are due no later than Monday, December 1, 2008
HOW AND WHERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS:
- Please submit the following form and have a faculty recommendation sent by email (Postscript or plain ASCII only) to: spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu
- Please submit an unofficial transcript by mail to
  
  Graduate Student Projects
  DIMACS Center
  96 Frelinhuysen Road
  Rutgers University
  Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018
  
  or Fax to 732-445-5932
  Attention: Graduate Student Projects

Application for DIMACS Graduate Student Program

Student Data:

Name:
Email address:
Mail Address:

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Telephone Number:
Degree Program: (e.g. MS in Computer Science at Rutgers, PhD program at Princeton.)
When do You Expect to Get a Degree?
Faculty Advisor (if you have one):
Research Project Advisor (if different from Faculty Advisor):
Country of Citizenship:
Gender (optional):
Position Currently Held (TA, GA, etc.):
Amount of Support you are Seeking:
Research related to (list Special Focus Program):
Project or Job you propose. Describe what you would do, why you are qualified for the project or job, and how you would benefit from it. Tell us which DIMACS activity it is related to (for example, the Special Focus on Computation and Socio-Economic Sciences), or how DIMACS would benefit from it.
If you are Applying to Work on a Project or Job, tell us for how long you would like to work on it and when. Work is to take place in Winter 2008/2009.
Recommendation: A short email message of recommendation from a DIMACS member or other scientist is required. The message should be sent to the Applications Coordinator at spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu. The recommender should indicate a willingness to mentor or supervise you.

Name of recommender:
Note: those who win awards from DIMACS for research work should expect to get involved in the activities of the center, publish results of their research in the DIMACS technical report series, acknowledge DIMACS support in their papers and theses, and provide reports to the center about their accomplishments.
Send the completed application form via e-mail to the Applications Coordinator at spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu. Also, please mail or fax a copy of your transcript to Applications Coordinator (DIMACS, Rutgers University, 96 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018, fax number: 732-445-5932), indicating this is in support of your application for the DIMACS Graduate Student Program.

5. Contacting DIMACS

You can use several methods to contact the DIMACS center.
NOTE: E-mail applications are strongly encouraged.

By mail:

Graduate Project Applications
DIMACS Center
96 Frelinghuysen Road
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8018
By email: spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu
By telephone: 732-445-4304
By FAX: 732-445-5932

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