[ie-announce] Second Heidelberg Laureate Forum

[Cristina Pereira]

Dear Informatics Europe Members, Dear Colleagues,

We are forwarding this message from John White, ACM CEO, regarding the 
"Second Heidelberg Laureate Forum" (please note the attached pdf with 
more details). Please, circulate this message among your colleagues who 
might be interested in the Forum.

Best regards,

Cristina

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Dear Colleague,

I am writing to seek your help in generating awareness of, and interest 
in, the Second Heidelberg Laureate Forum among young researchers in your 
community.

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum was created by the Klaus Tschira 
Foundation, the Heidelberg Institute of Theoretical Studies, ACM, the 
International Mathematical Union, and the Norwegian Academy of Science 
and Letters to provide an opportunity for young researchers to spend a 
week with winners of the Turing Award, Abel Prize, Nevanlinna Prize, and 
Fields Medal.  The first Forum was held this past September and was 
viewed as a major success by the 40 laureates and 200 young researchers 
in computer science and mathematics who attended.  Details can be found 
at http://www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/.

The Second Heidelberg Laureate Forum will be held September 21-26, 
2014.  Attached is a copy of a one-page announcement that will appear in 
the January issue of CACM.

To be considered for the Heidelberg Forum, young researchers (recent 
Ph.D.'s, Ph.D. candidates, other graduate students involved in research, 
and undergraduate students with exceptional experience in and commitment 
to computing research) can either apply directly 
https://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/intern/start_start_for.php 
or be nominated by a colleague (or professor or mentor  or manager) who 
can attest to the quality of their work.  Nominations will likely carry 
a bit more weight within the selection process and can be made at 
https://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org/intern/reg_nom_registration_for.php 
but require ACM-specific credentials.  If you or a colleague would like 
to make a nomination, the ACM "Organization Number" is ACM62954.  
Applications and nominations must be completed by February 28, 2014.

The selection of young researchers will be a two-step process.  In the 
first step the pool of applications and nominations in computer science 
will be screened and ranked by the ACM Heidelberg Forum Committee.  In 
the second stage, the top ~30% of applications/nominations will be 
reviewed by the Scientific Committee of the Heidelberg Forum (on which 
Jennifer Chayes and Juris Hartmanis represent ACM) to pick the ~200 
participants. Participants are asked to try an secure funding for air 
fare to Heidelberg from their institution (although if no funding is 
available, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation will help). All 
expenses in Heidelberg are covered by the Foundation.

ACM has engaged in helping create the Heidelberg Forum to raise the 
visibility of both the Turing Award (computing's most prestigious award) 
and the computing discipline worldwide.  I hope you will share this 
information on the Heidelberg Forum with colleges and students ... and I 
hope your department (or school or laboratory or center) will be the 
source of several applications or nominations.

Best regards,
John White

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John R. White
ACM Chief Executive Officer
2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701
New York, NY 10121
Ph:  +1-212-626-0550

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