<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Official website: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pldi24.sigplan.org/track/pldi-2024-src__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WPZtq0mv$">https://pldi24.sigplan.org/track/pldi-2024-src</a><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The Student Research Competition (SRC) at PLDI allows students to present their research and get feedback from prominent members of the programming language research community. It’s an opportunity for students to network, practice presentation skills, and showcase their work. PLDI invites students (both at the graduate and undergraduate level) to submit their research. If you are an undergraduate student interested in applying to graduate programs, we highly encourage you to participate and get a glimpse of what academic life looks like!<br></p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px">Eligibility Criteria</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Participants must have current student status, either graduate or undergraduate, at the time of the submission deadline. Participants in the SRC must also apply and obtain an ACM student membership. There are two separate categories:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Undergraduate</span>: Currently enrolled for a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Graduate</span>: Currently enrolled for either a master’s or PhD degree (or equivalent)</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">If have any questions on if your work is a good fit for the SRC track, please reach out to the SRC Co-Chairs.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px">Call for Papers</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The main body of the submission is a title and extended abstract consisting of the following:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Problem and Motivation:</span> Clearly state the problem being addressed and explain the reasons for seeking a solution to this problem.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Background and Related Work:</span> Describe the specialized (but pertinent) background necessary to appreciate the work in the context of PLDI areas of interest. Include references to the literature where appropriate, and briefly explain where your work departs from that done by others.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Approach and Uniqueness:</span> Describe your approach in addressing the problem and clearly state how your approach is novel.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Results and Contributions:</span> 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.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Submissions must be original research that is not already published at PLDI 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.</p><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px">Participation</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The SRC has three rounds:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Paper round</span>: Student papers are accepted by a committee of reviewers</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Poster round</span>: During the conference, students present a poster to in-person judges and conference attendees.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Presentation round</span>: In-person judges select students from the poster round who then give a final talk.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Results</span>: Three students from each category (graduate and undergraduate) are selected as winners. The top student in each category is invited to participate in the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://src.acm.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WHzm5lDw$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">ACM grand finale</a>.<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Prizes</span>: Winners receive a cash prize: $500, $300, and $200 for the first, second, and third place respectively as well as an award medal.</li></ul></li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px">Submissions</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The submission form will require the following:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">The submissions are double blind (the uploaded PDFs should not have your name or any other identifying information).</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">In the <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">supplementary form</span>, please specify:<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Student author’s name, email address, institutional affiliation, and category (undergraduate or graduate)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Student’s ACM member number. If you don’t already have one, please apply for the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.acm.org/membership/membership-options__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WH2iF-QF$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">discounted student member rate</em></a>.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Research advisor’s name(s)</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Mode of presentation (in-person or virtual). Please be conservative in your response: if you think there is a possibility that you might not be able to attend in-person, select the “virtual” option. We are able to accommodate transition to in-person more easily than to virtual.</li></ul></li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">For the paper submission, ensure:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Use the <code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:12.6px;padding:2px 4px;color:rgb(199,37,78);background-color:rgb(249,242,244);border-radius:4px">acmart</code> template file (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.overleaf.com/read/yggzbgjwjntv__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WCsFhLlT$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">overleaf template</a>, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asplos-conference.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/asplos24-templates.zip__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WKa9Pok_$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">latex template</a>).<ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Set the options to the class file using <code style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Menlo,Monaco,Consolas,"Courier New",monospace;font-size:12.6px;padding:2px 4px;color:rgb(199,37,78);background-color:rgb(249,242,244);border-radius:4px">\documentclass[sigconf,nonacm,screen,review]{acmart}</code></li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">No more than 2 pages. Reference lists do not count towards these limits.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Writing Resources</span>.</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmFXMREURBI__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WOSdqxrB$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">How to Write Papers and Give Talks that People Can Follow</a> by Derek Dreyer</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.pl-enthusiast.net/2019/01/02/how-to-write-a-conference-talk/__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WJo-Ueal$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">How to Write a Conference Talk</a> by Mike Hicks</li></ul><h3 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:24px">Attendance</h3><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">PLDI waives registration costs for all students with accepted papers. We additionally encourage students to apply to <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pldi24.sigplan.org/track/PLMW-PLDI-2024__;!!IBzWLUs!VQt_RtPSmlvbOB1XhQNPRtB00tXjHqrs0L7k53R-6YJJ1Wfs-M0VEuOlrNjw-cJZV0qVmLEM450OIbi0BYB_WHvrfNdN$" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;word-break:break-word">PLMW</a>, which might cover travel expenses. Furthermore, we encourage students to apply for conference volunteering positions.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Good luck, and we hope to see you in June!</p></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Yao Li, Ph.D., (He/Him)<div>Assistant Professor,</div><div>Computer Science Department, Portland State University</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>