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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Hello everyone,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">We put together a wonderful opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students to spend a part of their summer at (or remotely at) MIT, focusing on geometry processing related research ideas, while collaborating with the experts
 in the field. Please see the information and resources below and share with interested participants.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size:12pt">Ilke</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">**** SGI 2021 ****</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">The </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Summer</span><span style="font-size:12pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">Geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> Institute (SGI) is a six-week paid
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">summer</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> research program introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of </span><span style="font-size:12pt">geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> processing</span><span style="font-size:12pt">.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt">
 processing has a long history of breakthrough developments that have guided the design of 3D tools for computer vision, additive manufacturing, scientific computing, and other disciplines.  Algorithms for
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> processing combine ideas from disciplines including differential
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt">, topology, physical simulation, statistics, and optimization.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">In the first week of SGI, participants will attend hands-on tutorials introducing the theory and practice of
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> processing; no background or previous experience is necessary.  During the remaining weeks, participants will work in teams on research projects led by faculty and research scientists
 in this discipline, while attending talks and other sessions led by visiting researchers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">SGI will be held remotely in 2021, but participants are expected to be engaged full-time.  Contingent on current events and university policy, we </span><span style="font-size:12pt">may</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> be able
 to offer optional in-person participation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">No prior research experience or coursework in </span>
<span style="font-size:12pt">geometry</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> processing is necessary to participate in SGI; students who have excelled in the math, science, and/or computing programs available to them are strongly encouraged to apply.
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">Undergraduates and master's level students with a background in computer
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">science, mathematics, or other related disciplines are encouraged to
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">apply.  We will release a separate call for mentors and staff participants.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">SGI</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> is dedicated to the inclusion of women and members of minoritized
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">groups at all levels of geometry processing research. We strongly
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">encourage women, students from minoritized groups, first-generation
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">college students, and students with non-traditional backgrounds to
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">apply.  No prior research experience or coursework in geometry
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">processing is necessary to participate in </span>
<span style="font-size:12pt">SGI</span><span style="font-size:12pt">; students who have
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">excelled in the math, science, and/or computing programs available to
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">them are strongly encouraged to apply.  Pending tax considerations
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">associated with the honoraria, international students qualify for
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">participation.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Official URL:  </span><a href="http://geometry.institute/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">http://geometry.institute</span></a><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Application due date:  February 15, 2021</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Program dates:  July 26-August 28, 2021</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Share-able Tweet:  </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JustinMSolomon/status/1348122094375227394?s=20" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://twitter.com/JustinMSolomon/status/1348122094375227394?s=20</span><wbr><wbr></a><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Share-able Facebook post:  </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10105904023361653" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10105904023361653</span><wbr></a><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Share-able Reddit post:  </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/ku7ctj/summer_geometry_institute_2021_undergradms_summer/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/ku7ctj/summer_geometry_institute_2021_undergradms_summer/</span><wbr><wbr><wbr></a>
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<div><span style="font-size:12pt">*** Direct link to application:  </span><a href="https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1061" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">https://www.mathprograms.org/db/programs/1061</span><wbr></a></div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-size:12pt">İlke Demir</span><br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-size:12pt">Senior Research Scientist, Intel</span><br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="font-size:12pt">http://ilkedemir.github.io
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