[FOM] Call for Scholarship Applications: Logic Mentoring Workshop (LMW) '17

[Anupam Das]

FIRST CALL FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

2nd LOGIC MENTORING WORKSHOP
Reykjavik, Iceland
Sunday 18 June 2017

http://lics.rwth-aachen.de/lics17/lmw.html

Colocated with LICS 2017


The 2nd Logic Mentoring Workshop (LMW) invites applications from 
students (undergraduate, master's and PhD), in all areas of logic for 
scholarships to attend the Logic in Computer Science (LICS) conference 
this year. Attending a conference such as LICS can be a transformative 
experience. It exposes participants to cutting-edge research and can 
open up new research avenues and collaboration opportunities. However 
many students do not get the opportunity to attend a conference such as 
LICS, and its participation often underrepresents women and minorities. 
For this reason, women and members of minority groups are especially 
encouraged to apply. Scholarships will be generously funded by our 
sponsors (see below) and covers registration to LMW and the main LICS 
conference, and possibly travel and accommodation.

The LMW will focus on the technical and practical aspects of a career in 
logic research, including talks and panel sessions from leaders in the 
subject. LMW '17 builds on the success of the first edition which took 
place last year, also colocated with LICS. Last year's programme can be 
found here: <http://lics.rwth-aachen.de/lics16/lmw.html>.


SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

Applications should be made via the online form:

http://bit.ly/2lLnRq5

Please note that a letter of recommendation is required and should be 
sent directly by your referee to Valeria Vignudelli 
<valeria.vignudelli at ens-lyon.fr>. Further details are on the form.

The deadline for applications is *31 March 2017*. Notification will be 
made shortly thereafter.


CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Yuri Gurevich (University of Michigan, Microsoft Research)
Valeria de Paiva (Nuance Communications)
Prakash Panangaden (McGill University)

(more TBA)


ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Anupam Das (co-chair)
Eric Koskinen
Valeria Vignudelli (co-chair)
Fabio Zanasi (co-chair)


SPONSORS

Icelandic Centre of Excellence in Theoretical Computer Science (ICE-TCS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
ACM Special Interest Group on Logic and Computation (SIGLOG)