Welcome to the ODU GAANN Fellowships home page!Since 1995, Old Dominion University and the U. S. Department of Education have been sponsoring a High Performance Computing and Communication track within the Department of Computer Science at ODU. The Department of Education support comes in the form of Graduate Assistantships in Areas of National Need (GAANN). At ODU, the GAANN fellowship program is modeled after a multi-institution program called the Virginia/ICASE/LaRC Program in HPCC, or VILaP-HPCC. The computational science and engineering (CS&E) curriculum and internship philosophy is identical to that of the VILaP-HPCC, though administrative details, award levels, and reporting requirements vary. Successful applicants in the GAANN Fellowship program will fulfill doctoral degree course requirements at ODU while being co-mentored, if they so choose, in their applied or experimental thesis research by a scientist at the nearby NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) and/or its Institute for Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (ICASE). U.S. citizens with strong academic records in CS, science, or engineering, particularly from groups underrepresented among computer science doctoral graduates, are encouraged to apply. Under the terms of the federal sponsorship, such students will be given preference among all academically qualified applicants. High Performance Computing and Communications -- broadly interpreted in all of its computer science, computational science, and information science aspects -- has been designated by the University as one of five strategic areas favored for development to a level of national prominence. Faculty in the department receive research sponsorship from the National Science Foundation (one of the country's 37 grand challenge grants was based here), the Department of Energy (one of the country's 13 ASCI "Level II" centers is here), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other agencies, in addition to the Department of Education. GAANN fellows will pursue an interdisciplinary curriculum of core computer science and an allied application field. Ideally, they will exercise a creative, enabling role within a research team as part of their thesis work. The GAANN Program Co-Directors are:
David E. Keyes, Adjunct Professor (and Professor of Mathematics), PhD 1984, Applied Mathematics, Harvard The breadth of research interests of these faculty partially, though by no means comprehensively, define the topical scope of the GAANN program. GAANN Fellows will receive a stipend of $15,000 per year for 1999-2000 (annually adjusted by the Department of Education to keep pace with the stipend of NSF Graduate Fellowships), as well as a full tuition waiver, and educational and professional travel allowances. The cost of living is relatively inexpensive in the Greater Norfolk area, stretching the stipend considerably. Applications for GAANN Fellowships will be received on the VILaP- HPCC application forms accessible by request at the e-mail address below, or through the VILaP-HPCC home page. For personal follow-up or to request forms, please contact GAANN@cs.odu.edu, or inquire about the GAANN Fellowships program through the Computer Science Department Office, ODU, Norfolk, VA 23529-0162, 757-683-3915. A report on the first three-year term of the GAANN Fellowships Program is downloadable here (in postscript). |