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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for Nominations (CFN) - IEEE
TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Woman) - 2023</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC) is a technical committee
within IEEE Computer Society, aimed at fostering research and education in
scalable computing with applications. The committee solicits nominations of
Scalable Computing Award. The award includes an award plaque that will be
presented at the annual IEEE HPCC conference, along with a public citation for
the award on the IEEE TCSC website. More details could be found in </span><a href="http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/woman.php" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/woman.php</a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The
IEEE TCSC Award for Excellence in Scalable Computing (Woman) is awarded to
outstanding women researchers who have made significant and sustained
contributions to the scalable computing community through the IEEE Technical
Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC), coupled with an outstanding record of
high quality and high impact research. The award consists of a plaque and an
honorarium of $1000.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nominations:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">A
candidate may be nominated by colleagues/TCSC members or may nominate herself.
An individual can nominate at most one candidate for this award. The candidate
must be an IEEE, IEEE CS, and TCSC member in good standing. Nomination must be
submitted via email to the selection committee chair. A nomination application
(as a single PDF file) should contain the following details:</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Professional
Employment Affiliations: List the nominee¡¯s current professional
affiliations and titles.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Citation:
Give a brief citation (thirty words or less) precisely stating the most
salient reason(s) why the nominee is qualified for the award.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Technical
Contributions: Describe the nominee¡¯s technical achievements in scalable
computing as well as significance and impact. (Max 2-page length)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">TCSC
Contribution: Describe the candidate¡¯s service and specific contributions
to TCSC. (Max 2-page length)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Endorsers:
Each nomination must be supported by letter from three at least endorsers.
An endorser can endorse only one candidate for this award. The endorsers
will be required to comment on the nominee¡¯s technical contributions as
well as service contributions to the TCSC. The endorsement letters should
be included in the nomination package.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:left;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nomination Deadline: October 31, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Results Notification: November 15,
2023<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Award Selection Committee:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:left;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis
Xavier University, Canada (<a href="http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/ltyang@ieee.org" target="_blank" style="background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:
0%"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">ltyang@ieee.org</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:left;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo
University, Japan (<a href="http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/bob@is.kyusan-u.ac.jp/" target="_blank" style="background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:
0%"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">bob@is.kyusan-u.ac.jp</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:left;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of
Technology, Australia (<a href="http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/jchen@swin.edu.au" target="_blank" style="background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none">jchen@swin.edu.au</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
text-align:left;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Beniamino Di Martino, Universita¡¯
della Campania ¡°Luigi Vanvitelli¡±, Italy (<a href="http://www.ieee-tcsc.org/beniamino.dimartino@unicampania.it" target="_blank" style="background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:
0%;background-position-y:0%"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none;text-underline:none">beniamino.dimartino@unicampania.it</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Award & Presentation Note:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Awardees
will be presented a plaque and will be recognized by IEEE TCSC in its website,
newsletter and archives. The awards for 2023 will be presented at a selected
IEEE TCSC sponsored conference.</span></p><br></div>