Student Volunteers
Student volunteers play a crucial role in ensuring the success of ICSE. They help with everything from registration to local support. Being a student volunteer is an excellent opportunity to meet, interact, and network with leading academic and industrial researchers and practitioners in the area of software engineering. Such interactions often help shape the research direction for many students. Being a student volunteer is also a great way to meet other students from all over the world that share your interest for software engineering and to offset some of the costs of the conference!
This exclusive experience is available to undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students from all over the world who are enthusiastic and willing to contribute to make ICSE 2016 a unique experience for all attendees.
Would you like to be part of the ICSE 2016 organization? Don’t miss YOUR chance. Sign up and help us!
Responsibilities
- Approximately 20 hours of work during the conference week.
- Registration duties (e.g., setting up, preparing conference bags, and helping attendees register).
- Technical assistance to speakers and attendees.
- Providing directions to various locations at the conference center.
- Checking badges at various halls including dining halls.
- Other similar tasks.
- Availability from 13 – 22 May 2016 (inclusive). You will be requested to specify in the application form if you are not available on any of the days of the pre and/or post conference program. Not all volunteers will be required during the full time, and we can take this information into account during selection.
Benefits
- Free registration to the main conference and possibility to attend pre-and post- conference events (including Technical Briefings).
- Free ICSE 2016 Student Volunteer T-Shirt.
- Tickets for lunches during the main conference and the additional days you are working, as well as for the ICSE 2016 social dinner and reception.
- An opportunity to meet and talk to leading researchers (both academic and industry) and to other students about your research.
- In addition, applicants who are SIGSOFT student members can apply for SIGSOFT CAPS funding and will receive priority support if their application is received before 1 March 2016. Information on becoming a SIGSOFT student member can be found at http://www.sigsoft.org/join/.
- Furthermore, a limited number of discounted shared accommodations for US-based minorities and women may be provided through an NSF Travel Award Program and possibly also through ICSE corporate support. More information on the availability and amount of funding will be posted at a later date.
- Knowing that you played an important part in the success of the conference!
Qualifications
- Must be enrolled as a Ph.D., Masters, or full-time undergraduate student at the time of the conference.
- Must be proficient in English.
Application Procedure
- Complete the online application form at http://goo.gl/forms/5CBk9hjqeX
- Send your CV via email to the Student Volunteers co-chairs, Miryung@cs.ucla.edu and Csallner@uta.edu, with the subject "ICSE2016SV Application for <Student Name>".
- Arrange for a letter of reference from your academic supervisor or other faculty member at your institution. This recommendation must be emailed to the Student Volunteers co-Chairs (with the subject “ICSE2016SV Reference for <Student Name>”) by the faculty reference you indicate in the application form. The letter should cover your organizational skills, willingness to help, proficiency in English, and anything else that will help us select you as a student volunteer.
Important Dates
- Application due date (including reference letters): January 29, 2016
- Notification date: February 9th, 2016
Visas and Funding Options
- Visa Support Letters: If you need a visa support letter to apply for a visa, please visit the Visa Information page (http://2016.icse-conferences.org/venue#visa).
- We encourage all students to apply for financial assistance through the SIGSOFT CAPS Program and the NSF ICSE 2016 Travel Award Program.
- If your university requires specific information not included in the Notification of Selection as a Student Volunteer in order to approve funding for travel, be sure to let the Student Volunteers co-Chairs know as soon as possible.
Student Volunteers Co-chairs
Miryung Kim (University of California, Los Angeles)
Christoph Csallner (University of Texas at Arlington)
