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Dear all, </div>
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We are announcing a travel grant support for the 12th Annual MVAPICH User Group (MUG) Conference on August 19-21, 2024 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.</div>
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<b>Travel Grant Support</b></div>
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Travel grant support is available for students (Undergraduates, M.S., and Ph.D.), Early Career Researchers (Post Doctoral Scholars, Research Associates, and Research Scientists), and Research Software Engineers from U.S. academic institutions to attend MUG
'24 through funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Applications with minority and diversity backgrounds will be given higher priority.</div>
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<b>Submission Procedure</b></div>
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Interested parties are requested to submit the following materials (items 1, 2 and 3 included in a single .pdf file) to mug@cse.ohio-state.edu</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A short (1-2 page) document describing the following:<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Contact details (University, Department, Institutional E-mail address, Phone Number, and Address)<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brief overview of current research<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Experience with HPC systems (hardware, software, and applications), high-performance virtualization, MPI/PGAS, and Deep
Learning middleware<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">What you would like to learn from attending MUG '24?<br>
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Each awardee is expected to present a poster about his/her work. Include a title and a short abstract of the poster you would like to present.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Please plan on a 3'x4' poster that is oriented vertically.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A copy of your CV<br>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Requested travel cost (including hotel and registration) with justification<br>
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An e-mail approval from the adviser supporting the travel and indicating that the travel cost will not be reimbursed from any other sources. Please send the e-mail to mug@cse.ohio-state.edu</div>
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<b>Submission Deadline</b></div>
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The applications will be evaluated as they get received and until the amount in the travel grant is completely committed. Thus, please submit your application as early as possible.</div>
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MUG is dedicated to a harassment-free environment. More information can be found here:
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https://hr.osu.edu/wp-content/uploads/policy115.pdf</a>.</div>
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Sincerely, </div>
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The MUG '24 organizing committee</div>
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