2022 Call for Proposals for Databases and Distributed Systems
The UCLA Science Hub solicits gift-funded-research proposals with innovative approaches to designing, building, or operating large-scale database services or distributed cloud services with a strong data management component. Proposals should seek to advance the state-of-the-art in database management and distributed systems in the following topic areas:
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- Intelligent database services in which machine learning techniques are applied to optimize the configuration or operation of the system, including efficient resource management.
- Global database services where data is distributed and replicated in multiple regions of the world while the system ensures consistency, performance, and data sovereignty.
- Correct database services whose design and operation includes formal methods, model checking, fuzzing, and other techniques for ensuring that the system performs according to a specification.
- Private and secure database services that incorporate homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party protocols, differential privacy or other techniques to protect data at rest while permitting complex queries.
- Real-time database services for predictive analytics where frequently ingested data feeds into continuous queries.
All UCLA researchers are welcome to apply. The application includes basic demographic questions, and requests a copy of your CV and a 2 to 4-page research proposal. The proposal should include a short description of the budget request of up to $100k for one year. No third parties should be involved in the project. Project results will be made available to the general public through publication and open source.
Details of how to apply will appear here in September 2022.
Proposal deadline: Oct 2, 2022.
Questions can be sent to the Science Hub Director, Jens Palsberg, palsberg@ucla.edu.
How We Evaluate Proposals and Nominations
The Advisory Group will review research proposals and provide recommendations to the Science Hub Director. The Science Hub Director will make final recommendations to Amazon for the proposals on behalf of UCLA, taking into consideration UCLA’s academic mission, the mission and strategic vision of the Science Hub, the recommendations from the Advisory Group, and the potential impact of societal interest. Amazon executives will make final decisions regarding the funding of research proposals.
The Advisory Group will review nominations for fellowships and provide recommendations to the Science Hub Director. The Science Hub Director will make final recommendations for Fellowships, taking into consideration UCLA’s academic mission, the mission and strategic vision of the Science Hub, the recommendations from the Advisory Group, and the potential impact of societal interest. The Dean of Engineering will make the final decisions for fellowships.
During the review process, any person who has a conflict of interest with a proposal or a nomination will be excused from the review of that case.
Amazon Research Liaison
For every project that Amazon funds, it will assign an Amazon Research Liaison (ARL), who is a subject matter expert that will serve as your primary point of contact. For gift-funded research, the ARL is a reactive advisor that can offer a light-touch for non-confidential questions from the project team. The ARL will seek to establish regular touch points with you to stay informed about your research and progress on the project, serving as a link to Amazon’s scientific community. In some cases, e.g., interest in your project from multiple Amazon science teams, additional adjunct ARLs may be assigned. Amazon encourages ARLs to maintain the relationship with faculty even after the funding cycle is complete.
Proposals for Databases and Distributed Systems
OCTOBER 2, 2022 is the DEADLINE to submit proposals for databases and distributed systems. All UCLA researchers are welcome to apply.