[TYPES/announce] POPL 2019 Student Research Competition

[Michael Greenberg]

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Principles of Programming Languages

Student Research Competition

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January 13-19 2019

Lisbon, Portugal


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS


https://popl19.sigplan.org/track/POPL-2019-Student-Research-Competition

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Competition Format

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POPL 2019 will again host an ACM Student Research Competition, where

undergraduate and graduate students can present their original

research before a panel of judges and conference attendees. This

year’s competition will consist 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 POPL 2019: Based on the abstracts, a panel of

judges will select the most promising entrants to participate in a

poster session which will take place at the conference. Students who

make it to this round will be eligible for up to $500 of travel

support to attend the conference. In the poster session, students will

have the opportunity to present their work to the judges and

conference attendees, who will select three finalists in each category

(graduate/undergraduate) to advance to the next round.


* POPL presentation: The last round will consist of an oral

presentation at POPL to compete for the final awards in each category.

This round will also select an overall winner who will advance to the

ACM SRC Grand Finals.



Submission Details

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* Abstract Submission : Friday, November 23th, 2018

* Author Notification :    Saturday, December 8th, 2018


Submission is via hotCRP : https://popl19src.hotcrp.com/


Each extended abstract should address 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 in the context of POPL areas 
of interest. 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 addressing the problem 
and clearly state how your approach is novel.

Results and Contributions:Clearly show how the results of your work 
contribute to programming language design and implementation in 
particular and to computer science in general; explain the significance 
of those results.

Submissions must be original research that is not already published at 
POPL or another conference or journal. One of the goals of the SRC is to 
give students feedback on ongoing, unpublished work. Furthermore, the 
abstract 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 exceed 2 pages in PDF format. Reference 
lists do not count towards the 2-page limit.



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 one

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 SRC website (https://src.acm.org/).


Eligibility

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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 be current 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 POPL.

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

Team submissions: Team projects will be only accepted from undergrads. 
One person should be designated by the team to make the oral 
presentation. If a graduate (Masters or PhD program) student is part of 
a group research project and wishes to participate in an SRC, they can 
submit and present their individual contribution to the group research 
project.



Selection Committee

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Niki Vazou, IMDEA Software (Competition Chair)


Dominique Devriese, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

Michael Hicks, University of Maryland, College Park



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