Fellowships to ICDE 2015 Student Attendees

IEEE International Conferences on Data Engineering have become premier forums for the dissemination of data management research results among researchers, users, practitioners, and developers. ICDE 2015, the 31st conference in this series, will take place during April 13-17 at Seoul, a city that seamlessly blends centuries old cultural traditions with ultra-modern technological advances. The conference aims to provide […]

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Travel Fellowships to VLDB 2015 Student Attendees

The VLDB Conferences constitute one of the most eminent venues for the timely dissemination of research and development results in the field of database management. Data management and databases remain among the main technological cornerstones of the applications of the twenty-first century. With the emergence of Big Data, data-related technologies are becoming more important than ever […]

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Eradicating Curable Blindness

Over 55 million people in India suffer from some form of visual handicap. Over 8 million are blind, that is 1/5th of the world’s blind! Typically (and fortunately), most people suffer from eye problems such as Cataract or Glaucoma which can be treated effectively. Unfortunately, in many parts of India, people do not know that […]

Creating Awareness for Preventing Coronary Artery Disease

South Asians – men and women who trace their origins to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka – experience coronary artery disease at up to four times the rate of the general world’s population.  South Asians also suffer heart attacks at an earlier age, often without prior symptoms or warning. Traditional risk factors fail […]

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Green Empowerment for Renewable Energy and Water Systems

Green Empowerment was born in 1997 with the mission of partnering with rural communities in the developing world to implement renewable energy and water systems that alleviate poverty and preserve the environment. Green Empowerment projects arise from local priorities—bottom up—and are fueled by community participation and decision-making.  Green Empowerment facilitates the projects with more than […]

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Mathcounts

Mathcounts strives to engage middle school students of all ability and interest levels in fun, challenging math programs, empower middle school students of all ability levels in order for them to reach their full potential in mathematics. The Mathcounts competition series brings together students from all 50 states in a series of in-person contests. We first sponsored the 2013 […]

Rescuing Victims of Oppression

Dressember exists to inspire and empower a global community of like-minded women who are locking arms to face one of the greatest injustices of our time. Dressember has aligned with International Justice Mission to rescue victims of slavery, sexual exploitation, and other forms of violent oppression. We take pride in being able to support the Dressember mission.   […]

Advancing Cancer Research

Stanford School of Medicine has an integrated vision of research, education and patient care that embraces the creation of new knowledge for knowledge’s sake while moving the most promising breakthroughs into real-world applications that advance human health. “You have cancer” – Next year, 1.6 million Americans will hear those words, and begin the fight of their lives. […]

Limelighting Renewable Energy Generation

Surya Ganga is a film about the mad, chaotic tension between conservation and exploitation of India’s land, water and people. At the heart of the film is the river Ganga being dammed extensively and dried up. The film introspects why for the first time in the 5000-year history of India’s civilisation, the nation is witnessing […]

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Bringing Education to the Underprivileged

Upon independence in 1947, India’s literacy rate was at a staggering low of 11%.  Since then, the literacy rate has grown to 74%; however, this figure is still well below the world figure of 84%. The literacy rate is still lower in rural  India; while the literacy rate in the urban areas is estimated to […]

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