[TYPES/announce] POPL 2020: Student Research Competition -- Call for Submissions

[Michael Greenberg]

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                    Principles of Programming Languages
                       Student Research Competition
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                          January 19-25 2020
                  New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

                         CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

https://popl20.sigplan.org/track/POPL-2020-Student-Research-Competition
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Competition Format
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POPL 2020 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.

The competition will consist of three rounds:

* Extended abstract round: All students are encouraged to submit an
  extended abstract outlining their research.

* Poster session at POPL 2020: 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 15th, 2019
* Author Notification : Friday, December 6th,  2019

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 should be up to three pages using
“\documentclass[acmsmall,nonacm]{acmart}”. Reference lists do not count
towards the three page limit.

Submission is via hotCRP : https://popl20src.hotcrp.com/


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/master’s program)
and graduate students (in a PhD/master’s 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 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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Arthur Azevedo de Amorim, Carnegie Mellon University
Guilhem Jaber, LS2N, Université de Nantes
Ori Lahav, Tel Aviv University (Competition Co-chair)
Azalea Raad, MPI-SWS
Alexandra Silva, University College London
Armando Solar-Lezama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Niki Vazou, IMDEA Software (Competition Co-chair)