Student Mentoring Program

The Mentoring Program at IEEE Cluster 2019 is a program for PhD, Master, and Undergraduate students that wants to help students building their scientific career as efficiently as possible. The scientific presentations and interactions with conference attendees help them develop their technical skills. The Student Mentoring Program complements and extends this development by fostering the integration of the students into the Cluster scientific community, advising them to plan their professional career in academia or industry, improving their scientific communication skills, and providing them with the right entry points for efficient professional networking.

Applying to the Mentoring Program

The Student Mentoring Program is not just another publication venue. All interested students can apply through a simple, non-competitive process, by providing a short description of why they want to participate in the conference, the id(s) of any works submitted to the conference or associated workshops, the name of their advisor, and their CV. The student’s adviser should endorse the student’s application and will be contacted once the application is submitted.

Student travel awards - for students at U.S. institutions

Thanks to the National Science Foundation, several travel awards will be available for students enrolled in US institutions and participating in the Student Mentoring Program at the IEEE Cluster 2019 conference. Students with accepted papers in the main conference track or in workshops, or students with posters must apply to and participate in the Student Mentoring Program to be eligible for the travel award. Notice of travel awards will be made prior to the conference. The travel awards will be distributed post-conference in the form of reimbursements against actual travel, registration, and accommodation expenses submitted by the student. Both graduate and undergraduate students can apply.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit your application via our online submission system. A sample application form is available here.

Important Dates

Applications will be reviewed starting on: July 22, 2019.

Travel awards for students in USA institutions in the amount of up to $1,000 will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis until completion of the available funding.

We will accept applications for the student mentoring program with NSF travel support (when applicable) until July 22, 2019. Applications submitted after July 22, 2019, but prior to August 30, 2019, will be still considered for the student mentoring program but will not be considered for travel support.

Student Mentoring Chair:

• Kenneth B. Kent, University of New Brunswick

Student Travel Award Chair

• TBD