Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:01:12 -0400
Subject: Sandia Labs Fellowship, due 5pm, Monday, March 24
From: "David O'Hallaron" <droh@cs.cmu.edu>

Dear SCS Colleagues,
I'm so very sorry for the late notice, but we've just learned that the 2014
Sandia Labs Fellowship is indeed open to SCS students. SCS can nominate 2
students. The award is $40K for one year, but may be renewed for additional
years.

HOW FACULTY CAN NOMINATE THEIR STUDENTS: Email your nomination packet to me
by 5pm, Mon, Mar 24. The packet you send me must be complete, and it must
include the following three PDF files:

1. Student vita (including citizenship)
2. Student research statement (5 page max)
3. Your nominating letter (please tie the work to one of the 11 interest
areas below)

WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
1.  The Research Fellow should be a PhD-level individual, with an
anticipated completion of a degree in two to three years, and with an
overall GPA of 3.5 or better (undergraduate GPA of 3.2 or better).

2. The Research Fellow should be a U.S. citizen and eligible to qualify for
an L security clearance.  This eligibility will facilitate visits, tours,
and work at the Laboratories.

WHAT SANDIA IS INTERESTED IN:
1.  The Beyond Moore Computing Research Challenge is focused on creating a
technological path to sustain scaling beyond complementary metal oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) limits.  The disciplines of interest are:  computer
science; computer engineering; materials science; electrical engineering;
applied physics; nanoengineering; and nanoelectronics.

2.  The Engineering Materials Reliability Research Challenge is a 3x faster
predictive capability with inherent multiscale physics.  The disciplines of
interest are:  materials science; computer science; engineering; and
computational materials.

3.  The goal of the Trusted Systems and Communications Research Challenge
is to identify and nullify component and system subversions in order to
create trusted systems and communications that mitigate adversarial
influence.  The disciplines of interest are:  materials science; electrical
engineering; computer engineering; and computer science.

4.  Detection at the Limit Research Challenge is focused on developing
innovative sensing capabilities that address a broad set of phenomena,
including electromagnetic, nuclear, RF, chemical, biological, magnetic,
inertial, and temporal.  The disciplines of interest are:
 chem/bio/radiation physical detection; microsystems and nanodevices; data
science; and materials science.

5.  The Data Science Research Challenge is focused on two research themes
that support high-consequence decision making:  intelligence data
collection and robust data analysis.  The disciplines of interest are:
 applied mathematics; computer science; statistics; cognitive science; and
psychology.

6. The Cyber Resiliency Research Challenge addresses a cross-cutting
national need for information communication, storage, and processing
systems that can provide a specified set of critical functions during and
after a failure of components or subsystems, whether accidental or caused
by a malicious attack.  Disciplines of interest are:  computer science;
electrical engineering; computer engineering; mechanical and other
engineering; and mathematics.

7.  The Science and Engineering of Quantum Information Systems (SEQIS)
Research Challenge will leverage the unique behavior of entangled quantum
systems to process information with greater sensitivity, speed, and
security than is possible with classical technologies.  The disciplines of
interest are:  quantum information science; physics; computer science;
atomic, optimal, and molecular physics.

8. The Biological Systems Analysis and Engineering - the disciplines of
interest are:  molecular and cellular biology; computer science and
informatics; biochemistry; biophysics; bioengineering; and materials
science.

9. The purpose of the Resiliency in Complex Systems Program (RCS) is to
understand, quantify, and control the resiliency of complex systems
important to national security.  The disciplines of interest are:
 mathematics; computer science; complexity science; modeling and
simulation; and engineering.

10. The Power on Demand Research Challenge seeks proposals that advance the
state-of-the-art in all stages of power sourcing, distribution, and
efficient use.  The disciplines of interest are:  electrical engineering;
materials science; chemistry; and physics.

11. The goal of the First to High-Yield Fusion Research Challenge is to
achieve controlled fusion in the laboratory by 2035 with a fusion yield of
at least 1 gigaJoule per pulse.  The disciplines of interest are:  physics;
applied physics; electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; and
nuclear engineering.

Thanks!
Dave

-- David O'Hallaron
-- Prof of CS and ECE, Carnegie Mellon University
-- GHC 7517, x8-8199
-- http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~droh