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- Applicants must be currently enrolled in a PhD program at a participating university (the University of Illinois is a participating university) and must be concentrating on one of the following technical areas:
- Applications, Programming, and New Usage Models
- Future Workloads and Applications, Security, Internet of Things, Pervasive Computing, Big Data and Analytics, Machine Learning, Parallel Programming, Web Programming, Human Computer Interaction, Wearables and Ethnography
- Computing Leadership
- Architecture, Energy Efficient Computing, SoC, Communications, Embedded Systems, Heterogeneous Computing, Visual Computing, Cloud Computing, Mobile Platforms, Nanotechnology, Circuit Design, and CAD.
- Semiconductor Innovation
- Beyond CMOS devices and architectures; Bio inspired new device and architecture for future computation and memory; Bottoms up, self-aware fabrication for package interconnects and substrates; Compliant/Flexible non-fatiguing interconnects; and Novel devices/architectures for power neutral systems.
- Applications, Programming, and New Usage Models
- Must have completed at least 24 months in the PhD program by the start of the fellowship period.
- Must be a US citizen, legal permanent resident, or H1-B or F1 visa holder. Note, however, that the program is not open to individuals from embargoed countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria) or controlled countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Macau, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam), unless they are exempt from US Export License and Control rules based on their status as a U.S. Worker (e.g., legal permanent resident, refugee, person granted political asylum).
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