<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p>IPDPS 2014 December 28, 2013 Release<br>----------------------------------------------<br>28th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium<br>May 19-23, 2014<br>Arizona Grand Resort<br>PHOENIX (Arizona) USA <br><a href="http://www.ipdps.org/">www.ipdps.org</a></p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>IPDPS 2014 ALERTS<br></p><div>------------------------------------------------</div><div>...PhD Forum poster application submission due Jan 1, 2014</div><div>------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>Bring your students to the IEEE IPDPS 2014 PhD Forum. <b>It is good value!!</b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The PhD Forum & Student Author Program will provide added value to encourage advisors to bring their students to IPDPS, with an enhanced program providing a </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">comprehensive venue for students to better prepare for their research and career path</strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> in parallel and distributed computing. Participating students will have the opportunity to both present their research work and interact with senior academic and industry people in an informal setting. In addition, </span><strong style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">there will be mentoring sessions </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">to help students improve communication skills, obtain valuable information for career planning, get familiar with a few of the trendy research topics, and make valuable contacts – all while enjoying the IPDPS main conference and many associated workshops</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">To encourage participation, IPDPS 2014 will prioritize student travel fund allocation to PhD Forum participants (those presenting posters) within the pool of all applicants.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates:</div><div><div> Application received by <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Acceptance notice will be sent by</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Dec 1st, 2013<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Dec 7th, 2013 (Close)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Jan 7st, 2014<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Jan 14th, 2014</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Feb 1st, 2014<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Feb 7th, 2014</div><div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Application process and more details can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2014/2014_phd_forum.html">http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2014/2014_phd_forum.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Bo Hong and Luc Bougé </div><div>PhD Forum co-Chairs</div><div><br></div><br><br></body></html>