Call for Participation in VISITING RESEARCHER PROGRAM (VRP 2000) at CSCS
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As part of its educational initiative, the Swiss Center for Scientific
Computing (CSCS) has traditionally conducted two separate student
programs (SSIP and PRSS) which offered a unique opportunity to students
from within Switzerland and abroad to work on specific projects during
their stay at CSCS.  From this year onwards, CSCS will organize
Visiting Researcher Program (VRP 2000).  This new program, which
supersedes the two separate programs, offers additional possibilities
to not only young students but also junior and senior researchers
active in their field to broaden their horizons of knowledge and gain
unique experience during their stay at CSCS.

While interacting with experts within and outside of CSCS, invited
candidates will either carry out a project proposed by CSCS or will
have the freedom to define and conduct their own project which will be
relevant for CSCS. Topics include, but are not limited to, problems in
computational modeling, computer graphics and visualization, software
engineering and information processing.

The program will commence in July 2000 with a period of stay from a
few weeks to a maximum of 4 months.  Candidates are strongly
encouraged to seek funding from indigenous sources. For those without
adequate funding, CSCS may pay a fixed stipend (up to CHF 2200
max. per month) to cover the stay and travel expenses.

The program is open to Swiss and foreign postgraduate students and
researchers with background and research interests in Computational
and/or Computer Sciences and Engineering.  Undergraduate students of
exceptional merit who intend to pursue higher education in these areas
may also apply.  Applications will be screened to invite a limited
number of candidates.

More details about the program and the application procedure can be
found at CSCS web site (http://www.cscs.ch/education/VRP2000 or by
email to <a href="/cgi-bin/wa-jisc.exe?LOGON=A3%3Dind0003%26L%3DVISUALISATION-TOOLS%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D10944%26B%3D--------------6F19FC2CD0725CB26B2A9F82%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3Dus-ascii%3B%2520name%3D%2522ann_crosscuts.txt%2522%26N%3Dann_crosscuts.txt" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>).  The closing date is 31 March 2000 for
international applications and 30 Apr 2000 for Swiss applicants.