[TYPES/announce] ICFP 2017 Student Research Competition: Call for Submissions

[Sergey, Ilya]

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                        CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

                           SRC at ICFP 2017
                        Oxford, United Kingdom
                         3-9 September 2017

http://icfp17.sigplan.org/track/icfp-2017-Student-Research-Competition

                        Co-located with the
   International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP 2017)
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Student Research Competition
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This year ICFP will host a Student Research Competition where
undergraduate and postgraduate students can present posters. The SRC
at the ICFP 2017 consists of three rounds:


* Extended abstract round: All students are encouraged to submit an
extended abstract outlining their research (up to two pages).

* Poster session at ICFP 2017: Based on the abstracts, a panel of
judges will select the most promising entrants to participate in the
poster session which will take place at ICFP. Students who make it to
this round will be eligible for some travel support to attend the
conference. In the poster session, students will have the opportunity
to present their work to the judges, who will select three finalists
in each category (graduate/undergraduate) to advance to the next
round.

* ICFP presentation: The last round will consist of an oral
presentation at the ICFP to compete for the final awards in each
category and selection of an overall winner who will advance to the
ACM SRC Grand Finals.


Prizes
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* The top three graduate and the top three undergraduate winners will
receive prizes of $500, $300, and $200, respectively.

* All six winners will receive award medals and a two-year
complimentary ACM student membership, including a subscription to
ACM’s Digital Library.

* The names of the winners will be posted on the SRC web site.

* The first place winners of the SRC will be invited to participate in
the ACM SRC Grand Finals, an on-line round of competitions among the
winners of other conference-hosted SRCs.

* Grand Finalists and their advisors will be invited to the Annual ACM
Awards Banquet for an all-expenses-paid trip, where they will be
recognized for their accomplishments along with other prestigious ACM
award winners, including the winner of the Turing Award (also known as
the Nobel Prize of Computing).

* The top three Grand Finalists will receive an additional $500, $300,
and $200. All Grand Finalists will receive Grand Finalist
certificates.

* The ACM, Microsoft Research, and our industrial partners provide
financial support for students attending the SRC. You can find more
information about this on the ACM website. Eligibility The SRC is open
to both undergraduate (not in a PhD program) and graduate students (in
a PhD program). Upon submission, entrants must be enrolled as a
student at their universities, and are ACM student members.

Eligibility
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The SRC is open to both undergraduate (not in a PhD programme) and
graduate students (in a PhD programme). Upon submission, entrants must
be enrolled as a student at their universities, and are ACM student
members.

Furthermore, there are some constraints on what kind of work may be
submitted.

Previously published work:

Submissions should consist of original work (not yet accepted for
publication). If the work is a continuation of previously published
work, the submission should focus on the contribution over what has
already been published. We encourage students to see this as an
opportunity to get early feedback and exposure for the work they plan
to submit to the next ICFP or POPL.

Collaborative work:

Students are encouraged to submit work they have been conducting in
collaboration with others, including advisors, internship mentors, or
other students. However, submissions are individual, so they must
focus on the contributions of the student.

Submission Details
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Each submission should include the student author's name,
institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and postal address;
research advisor's name; ACM student member number; category
(undergraduate or graduate); research title; and an extended abstract
addressing the following:

* Problem and Motivation: Clearly state the problem being addressed
 and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem.

* Background and Related Work: Describe the specialized (but
 pertinent) background necessary to appreciate the work. Include
 references to the literature where appropriate, and briefly explain
 where your work departs from that done by others.

* Approach and Uniqueness: Describe your approach in attacking the
 problem and clearly state how your approach is novel.

* Results and Contributions: Clearly show how the results of your work
 contribute to computer science and explain the significance of those
 results.

The abstract must describe the student’s individual research and must
be authored solely by the student. If the work is collaborative with
others and/or part of a larger group project, the abstract should make
clear what the student’s role was and should focus on that portion of
the work. The extended abstract must not be longer than 2 pages in
PDF. The reference list does not count towards these limits. To submit
an abstract, please register through the EasyChair system (see the
link above), and put all information requested above in the PDF that
you submit including, including at least three keywords at the
submission page. Abstracts submitted after the deadline may be
considered at the committee’s discretion, but only after decisions
have been made on all abstracts submitted before the deadline. If you
have any problems or would like to clarify some concerns, don’t
hesitate to contact the competition chair Ilya Sergey
(i.sergey at ucl.ac.uk).

Please submit your abstract at the EasyChair submission page:

 https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icfp2017src

Important Dates
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* Deadline for submission: 10 July 2017
* Notification of acceptance: 17 July 2017

Selection Committee
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Chair: Ilya Sergey, University College London
William E. Byrd, University of Utah
Richard A. Eisenberg, Bryn Mawr College
Ekaterina Komendantskaya, Heriot-Watt University
Scott Owens, University of Kent