Young Student Fellow Program
Are you an EDA student interested in attending DAC in San Francisco in July 2020? Would you like to learn more about EDA and network with like-minded individuals?
The Design Automation Conference is again sponsoring a special Young Student Fellow Program to encourage students to join the electronic design automation field and/or consider graduate studies in this field.
Each year the program sponsors between 70-85 students from around the world to attend the conference.
Submit your application
Each year the program sponsors between 70-85 students from around the world to attend the conference.
Submit your application
Young Student Fellow Award
Each selected fellow will receive a full free DAC conference registration, along with a travel award that can cover travel, lodging, and incidentals. A letter committing additional funds from the student’s advisor or university are required.
As a group, the awardee will participate in the following activities during the conference:
- Kickoff breakfast meeting on Sunday morning.
- Selected conference sessions, including sessions with Best Paper Award nominations
- Poster presentation introducing each Fellow (either current research, or relevant coursework/projects) during the DAC student event on Tuesday evening.
- Attendance at the Awards Session
- Attendance at the closing session during the Thursday evening reception.
- Use social media (tweets, facebook, linkedIn, etc.) to provide timely news, photos and feedback on events during DAC. Students are expected to blog at least twice daily.
Eligibility
This program is specifically designed to give young students their first experience with EDA. Think of it as an EDA ‘kickstarter’. Therefore, preference will be given to:
- Junior or senior undergraduate students
- Underrepresented demographics: women and minorities. DAC strives to improve the diversity among attendees
- Students in smaller research groups
- Students pursuing a Master’s degree
- Pre-candidacy PhD students (typically within the first two years of the doctoral program)
- Post-candidacy PhD students from smaller research groups
Additional requirements:
- The applicant’s advisor or the associated department/school must provide matching funds for the travel grant. To maximize the program participation with limited funds, DAC provides roughly 50% of the cost, the rest will need to come from your institution’s matching funds.
- The graduate program must be relevant to the DAC community (e.g., CS, CE, EE or related fields)
- The applicant must not “double-dip”, i.e., must not receive any funding from other student-related activities at DAC (e.g., Ph.D Forum, Student Research Competition, DA Summer School, etc.)
Important Dates
- Submissions are OPEN!
- Submission Deadline: March 6, 2020
- Notification Date: April 2, 2020
- DAC Conference Participation: July 19 - 23, 2020
Coordinators
Contact the following coordinators by email if you have further questions:
Patrick Groeneveld
DAC Finance Chair
Email
Laleh Behjat
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Calgary
Email
DAC is the premier conference devoted to the design and automation of electronic systems (EDA), embedded systems and software (ESS), and intellectual property (IP).
DAC 2020 will be held in San Francisco, California at Moscone Center West. Get details about travel, hotels, and area attractions in one convenient spot.
