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SUMMARY:Meta Research | 2022 Systems Research request for proposals
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220606
DTSTAMP:20260408T082229Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Aim:  Meta strives to build strong collaboration with experts
  in academia to tackle some of the most challenging problems in their Core
  Systems. While all proposals are welcome\, Meta is especially interested 
 in those addressing fundamental challenges that arise in distributed syste
 ms operating at a large scale. Besides the general area of distributed sys
 tems\, there are three areas that we are particularly interested in partne
 ring with academia to solve:\n \n\n	Infrastructure control planes: How ca
 n we efficiently manage\, co-locate\, and provide predictable performance 
 for thousands of services running across a global data center footprint?\n
 	 \n	Service abstractions and efficiency: How can we more effectively def
 ine the service abstraction to better virtualize physical infrastructure f
 or thousands of interdependent services?\n	 \n	Global service management:
  How can we provide service operators better flexibility and stronger guar
 antees in managing geo-distributed global services on issues such as depen
 dencies\, SLOs\, load balance\, and service placement?\n\n\nTo foster furt
 her innovation in these fundamental distributed system challenges\, and to
  deepen our collaboration with academia\, Meta is pleased to invite facult
 y to respond to this call for research proposals. Payment will be made to 
 the proposer's host university as an unrestricted gift.\n\nFunding    
     $50\,000\n\nEligibility: Applicants must be current full-time facul
 ty at an accredited academic institution that awards research degrees to P
 hD students. Applicants must be the Principal Investigator on any resultin
 g award.\n\nHow to Apply: Proposals should include a summary of the projec
 t (one to two pages)\, a draft budget\, CVs for all project participants\,
  and organization details\; please contact the Research Office for assista
 nce on organizational details if needed.  When formulating the budget\, n
 ote that research funds ideally cover the following: graduate or post-grad
 uate students’ employment/tuition\; other research costs\; and travel as
 sociated with the research. Please note that information provided in the p
 roposal will not be treated as confidential by Meta.\n\nDeadline:    
   06 June 2022 (5:00pm AOE)\n\nFurther information\n \n\n	More informati
 on about the program is available here\n	The application portal can be fou
 nd here\n	For any other questions\, please contact the Research Office\n\n
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