Call for Proposals: Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2013
SIAM is calling for letters of intent for proposals for topics and organizers for the Gene Golub SIAM Summer School (G2S3). The proposed two-week school for approximately 40 to 50 graduate students is to be held in the period June-August 2013 (but not during, or immediately before or after the SIAM Annual Meeting, unless it is near the location of the Annual meeting).
This year, following the G2S3 charter, preference will be given to a computational linear algebra theme, but letters of intents in all areas will be considered. The courses in the G2S3 are expected to be at the research level and cover topics not usually found in regular university courses. SIAM strongly encourages participation of women and minorities as organizers and lecturers of the G2S3.
Information about the G2S3 program including the composition
of the G2S3 Committee can be found at
http://www.siam.org/about/com_golub.php. Information about earlier G2S3s can be found at http://www.siam.org/students/g2s3 and in the archives.
SIAM will contribute up to $65,000 towards the G2S3 2013. Most of these funds should be used to support students' attendance of the school. Organizers are strongly encouraged to explore other sources of supplementary funding so as to guarantee that the school can cover all expenses. These include travel, lodging, and meals for all the students and the lecturers, as well as lecturers' honoraria of $1500 a week.
Letters of intent should include the names of the organizers and their previous experience as organizers (if any), dates and venue, and a proposed topic for the summer school, including suggestions for titles of courses and specific lecturers, stating whether the proposed lecturers have been contacted or not. The letter of intent should also include plans for soliciting additional sources of funding, and whether these funds have been awarded, promised, or expected. An outline of a preliminary budget should be included as well. No registration fee shall be charged to the students, and the bulk of the funds shall be budgeted for students' expenses.
An ideal venue would be an isolated place, where students and lecturers are housed together, have their meals together, and where appropriate classroom and computing facilities are available. Other types of venues will be considered as well; but an effort should be made to encourage strong interactions among the students, and between students and lecturers and organizers.
The organizers of the proposal selected for the G2S3 2013
will be responsible for inviting and confirming the lecturers,
setting the schedule, working with SIAM to solicit applications
from students, evaluating the applications and notifying
applicants of the outcome. They will be working with SIAM
to ensure that the allocated budget is not exceeded, and
to ensure that the appropriate local arrangements are made in a
timely fashion, that the necessary information is available on the
web when needed, and that all participants are kept appropriately
informed about arrangements.
Letters of intent should be sent to Linda Thiel, thiel@siam.org, preferably in pdf format
no later than January 31, 2012. Full proposals will be due
on March 31, 2012.
For questions or informal inquiries, please contact
the G2S3 committee chair, Daniel Szyld, szyld_at_temple.edu,
+1.215.204.7288.
