[astro] Re: [dna] Re: letter of support request

[Carlos Varela]

I think we should be able to apply to SDCI *and* give Dave Anderson a  
letter of recommendation...  How about discussing this at tomorrow's  
astro meeting (@1pm at Lally 207A, I assume)...

Cheers,

- Carlos.

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Carlos A. Varela      <cvarela at cs.rpi.edu>
Associate Professor
Worldwide Computing Laboratory
Department of Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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On Feb 9, 2010, at 12:39 PM, Boleslaw Szymanski wrote:

> we apply to the same program so it would be inappropriate to send  
> the letter of support, I think
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Travis Desell <deselt at cs.rpi.edu>  
> wrote:
> If any one can give me the general outline for a letter of support I  
> can work on a draft (I've never written one before so I need some  
> guidance here).  An example to work off of might be helpful as well.
>
> Heidi & Lee,
>
> Could you write me something to put in the letter from the astronomy/ 
> biology end of things?
>
> --Travis
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2010, at 4:56 PM, David Anderson wrote:
>
>> Carlos/Travis:
>>
>> I'm preparing a proposal for the NSF SDCI call, due Feb. 26,
>> to fund continued development and maintenance of BOINC;
>> I can send you a draft if you like.
>>
>> Can you write a letter of support for this proposal?
>> (by "you" I mean all the people at RPI who are interested
>> in volunteer computing).
>> The emphasis of such a letter should be:
>> "what science can we do with BOINC that we couldn't do otherwise?"
>> I.e. it should be specific about the various applications
>> (Milkyway and the new DNA at home ones),
>> what they're doing scientifically, and why they need lots of cycles.
>>
>> To the extent that these projects are NSF-funded, that should be  
>> mentioned.
>>
>> I think it would be OK to have a single letter signed by several  
>> people
>> (you, Heidi, the biologists).
>> Or two letters would be fine.
>>
>> Can you write such a letter?  I'd greatly appreciate it,
>> and can help you with its writing or editing if needed.
>>
>> Thanks --
>>
>> David Anderson
>
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> Travis Desell
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> Boleslaw Szymanski
> Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
> RPI, Troy, NY

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