<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;" data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call]</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><br></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><br></div><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><div class="" style="text-align: center;" data-mce-style="text-align: center;">ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware 2018 Conference - Call for <strong style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Student Travel Grant applications<br></strong></div></strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; background-color: #fdfdfd;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; background-color: #fdfdfd;"></span><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT112_com_zimbra_url" style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT117_com_zimbra_url" style="cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://2018.middleware-conference.org/index.php/call-for-doctoral-symposium-papers/" target="_blank" style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">http://2018.middleware-conference.org/index.php/call-for-doctoral-symposium-papers/</a></span></span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; text-align: center;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Rennes, France; Dec <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT113_com_zimbra_phone" style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;"><a href="callto:10 - 14, 2018" style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">10 - 14, 2018</a></span></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><br></strong></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><br></strong></span><br><div align="justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">The annual ACM/IFIP/USENIX Middleware conference is a major forum for the discussion of innovations and recent scientific advances of middleware systems with a focus on the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed systems, platforms and architectures for computing, storage, and communication. Highlights of the conference will include a high quality single-track technical program, invited speakers, an industrial track, panel discussions involving academic and industry leaders, poster and demonstration presentations, a doctoral symposium, tutorials and workshops.</span></div></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><br>This call is specifically meant for doctoral students.</strong></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Student Grant applications deadline:</strong> <u>October 19th, 2018</u></span><br><br></div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.15999984741211px;"><div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Middleware 2018 has received generous support from sponsors to provide a limited number of student travel grants to the conference. Travel grants are intended to broaden participation at Middleware.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Students participating in the doctoral symposium will be given priority for the grants. Students attending the conference and not presenting a paper at the main conference or workshops are eligible; we encourage such students, including co-authors not presenting the paper, to participate in the conference via poster, demo, and/or doctoral symposium submissions. Student presenters with funding available from their advisors will be given less preference. Middleware also particularly encourages students from traditionally underrepresented groups in computer science to apply.</span></div><br><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Due to distinct funding origins, the grants are different for: (1) students located in U.S. institutions, and (2) students located elsewhere. Yet, the application process is the same.</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will support grants for students located in U.S. institutions.</strong> These grants will be in the range of $1000-$1500, based on applicant need and availability of funds. Note that the travel grants will be in the form of a reimbursement after the expenses have been incurred.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Sponsors will support grants for students located in non-U.S. institutions (elsewhere on Earth).</strong> These grants will cover the registration and the hotel expenses for the full conference. Note that they will be provided before the conference in the form of a free full conference registration and a pre-paid hotel booking in Rennes for the conference duration. Recipients of these grants are expected to arrange and fund travel themselves.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Travel grant applications are due October 19th. To complete the application you must:</span></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Fill out the application form.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Ask your advisor to email a recommendation letter to <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT114_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; cursor: pointer;"><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT118_ZmEmailObjectHandler" style="cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="cursor: pointer;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mw18grants@inria.fr" target="_blank" style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;" data-mce-style="color: #00008b; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">mw18grants@inria.fr</a></span></span>. The recommendation letter should include: (1) The applicant’s status in the institution; (2) An explanation of why the applicant would benefit from attending Middleware as well as how he/she could contribute to the conference; and (3) The applicant’s current funding status and why the applicant is in need of the travel grant.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">If you have any questions about the student travel grants, please email the Student Activities Chair, Timothy Wood for U.S. based students, and Anne-Cécile Orgerie for other locations.</span></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>