[ACM-W] Fw: Call for Submissions, Student Research Competition

[Binaebi Akah]

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To: <akah.3 at osu.edu>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: Call for Submissions, Student Research Competition


> Dear Ohio State University ACM-W Student Chapter Representative,
>
> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
>
> PLDI 2007 ACM Student Research Competition
> Chair: Stephen Fink
> IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
> sjfink at us.ibm.com
>
> ACM and Microsoft Research are sponsoring a Student Research Competition 
> (SRC) at PLDI 2007.
>
> The (SRC) provides an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students 
> attending PLDI 2007 to present their research in programming languages. 
> The SRC consists of two rounds: a poster session and a presentation 
> session. A panel of judges will select a number of finalists from the 
> poster session, who will be invited to the presentation session. Overall 
> winners are selected from the presentation session.
>
> The top three graduate student posters and top three undergraduate posters 
> will receive cash awards. See www.acm.org/src/ for more details.
>
> The winners will be invited to participate in the SRC Grand Finals, an 
> online round of competitions among the winners of individual 
> conference-hosted SRCs. The winners of the Grand Finals are invited to the 
> ACM awards banquet together with their advisers, for an all-expenses-paid 
> trip.
>
> SRC participants will be eligible for travel grants.
>
> Eligibility Requirements for SRC Participants:
>
>    * Current ACM student membership
>    * Current "student" status as of March 15, 2007, either graduate or 
> undergraduate
>
> Students who wish participate must submit the following information:
>
>    * An abstract of up to 800 words explaining the content of the poster.
>    * Presenter's email address, phone number and surface mail address,
>    * Name of department and school,
>    * Name of academic advisor.
>
> The submissions should be emailed to sjfink at us.ibm.com by March 15, 2007.
>
> Fifteen undergraduate and ten graduate abstracts will be selected for 
> competition at the conference. Please note that group projects will not be 
> accepted, all participating entries must be individually based.
>
>
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>