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Call for Student Volunteers


Goal and Scope:

    Becoming a student volunteer is an excellent opportunity for students to meet and talk with leading academic and industrial researchers and practitioners in the area of software engineering. It is also a great way to meet other students from all over the world and to offset some of the costs of the conference.

    If you are an undergraduate, graduate, or PhD student and would like to apply and join the student volunteer team, please submit an application using the online application form. Notifications will be sent out prior to the early registration deadline.

Benefits :

  • Complimentary student registration to the main conference, as well as the ability to attend the sessions that you have been assigned to.

  • Networking opportunities with international software engineering researchers, practitioners, and fellow students.

  • Coffee breaks, lunches and conference banquet tickets

  • Conference T-Shirt

    Please note that the travel and accommodation costs are not included. We encourage all students to apply for financial assistance through the SIGSOFT CAPS program at http://www.sigsoft.org/resources/caps.html

Qualifications :

  • Enrollment as a Ph.D., Masters, or full-time undergraduate student at the time of the conference

  • Proficiency in English; knowledge of Spanish is preferential

Responsibilities :

  • Approximately 20 hours of work during the week of the conference.

  • Technical assistance to speakers and conference participants.

  • Help conference speakers and participants be where they need to be.

  • Help at the registration desk.

  • Preparing conference bags and general assistance.

Availability :

    Student volunteers must be available during the week of the conference, from September 23, 2018 to September 28, 2018 (inclusive).

    Please note that, 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.

    Application Procedure: http://goo.gl/M82Hq5

    The online application form will be available after June 12, 2018.

Student Volunteer Chair:

    Mario Linares Vasquez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia m(dot)linaresv(at)uniandes(dot)edu(dot)co

    mail : m(dot)linaresv(at)uniandes(dot)edu(dot)com

Important Dates

    Deadline for the application and reference letters: June 28th, 2018

    Notification of acceptance: July 4th, 2018