Guest post: TCS for All (previously TCS Women) Spotlight Workshop at STOC 2024/Theory Fest: Travel grants and call for speaker nominations.

by plustcs

Guest post by the organizers of TCS for All (previously TCS Women).

You are cordially invited to our TCS for All Spotlight Workshop! The workshop will be held on June 24, 2024, at 12:30 pm – 2 pm, and 4:15 pm – 5:45 pm in Vancouver, Canada as part of the 56th Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) and TheoryFest! The workshop is open to all.

More information about the workshop would be made available here: https://sigact.org/tcsforall/. In particular, we would like to highlight the TCS for All Travel Scholarships (deadline April 28th) and a call for nominations for Rising Stars talks at the workshop (deadline April 28th).  More information on those are below.

Hope to see you in Vancouver!

TCS for All Travel Scholarship:

TCS for All Travel Scholarships are intended for researchers at the beginning of their career. This scholarship is being made available for minorities in TCS, and anyone who identifies as such is welcome to apply; this scholarship is open to both US and international students. Preference will be given to students at the beginning of their studies. If we have sufficient funding, we will give awards to more senior students and possibly even postdocs.

To apply, you will need to fill out the following form by April 28th, 2024 (11:59 pm PDT) in which you provide basic information about yourself, an estimate of your expenses, and a brief statement:

Apply for a travel grant here.

In addition, you will need to have your advisor (or department head or other faculty mentor if you do not yet have an advisor) send a letter of support to tcswomen@gmail.com by April 28th. Your advisor’s letter should also describe the availability of other travel funds.  Note for advisors: Specifics about alternative funding are very helpful.  Statements like “funding is tight” are not very helpful. This letter should be sent with the subject line “support letter for [your name]”. This is very important. Your application is not complete without this letter.

Late applications (after April 28th) will not be accepted. You will be notified about your status by May 5th, which is prior to the STOC early registration deadline and hotel cut-off deadline.

Notes: Receipts will be required for all travel awards, and reimbursements will be made after the conference. Food or visa expenses will not be reimbursed.

Nominations for Rising Star talks:

We invite nominations for speakers in our Rising Star talks at the TCS for All Spotlight Workshop at STOC 2024. To be eligible, your nominee has to be a senior PhD student with expected graduation no later than August 2024, or a postdoc in theoretical computer science (all topics represented at STOC are welcome), an underrepresented minority, and not a speaker at a previous TCS Women Spotlight Workshop.  Preference will be given to speakers who are currently on the job market for postdoctoral/faculty positions, or who expect to be on the job market in Fall 2024.

You can make your nomination by filling this form by April 28th: https://forms.gle/WAZsXRm2wuxhdukK7