OOPSLA'98 DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM

Application Form

To simplify the review and decision process, all correspondence will take place over email. This means that all application materials should be prepared in ASCII; we realize that some content (e.g., mathematical equations) are not well conveyed in this format, but we ask that you do the best you can. As a test, please make sure that your application materials can be easily read as part of an email message, as this is how the reviewers are likely to view it! Your completed application should be sent by email NO LATER THAN July 27, 1998 to the Doctoral Symposium Chair, John D. McGregor, johnmc@cs.clemson.edu.

If you haven't already seen a copy of the document containing general information about the symposium, please browse that page before making your application. As that document indicates, your research plans will be evaluated for their significance and soundness, so make sure that your description below makes this clear!

APPLICANT INFORMATION

1. Name:

2. Department and University:

3. City/State/Country:

4. Email address:

5. Telephone:

6. Year entering graduate study:

7. Anticipated graduation date:

8. PhD advisor:

ADVISOR RECOMMENDATION

Please ask your advisor to send via separate email a short letter of recommendation. The letter should describe your research, capabilities and talents, and should position your dissertation project within your advisor's general research program.

DESCRIPTION OF DISSERTATION RESEARCH

1. Title:

2. Short Abstract: (limited to 50 words):

3. Problem Description (including related work, 200-300 words):

4. Approach (including rationale, 300-400 words):

5. Expected Results (including significance, 200-300 words):

6. Status (work completed, work left to do, schedule, 100-150 words):