[ecoop-info] PLDI ACM Student Research Competition (SRC)

[Tobias Grosser]

The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), sponsored by Microsoft 
Research, offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students 
to present their original research on programming language design, 
implementation, theory, applications, and performance at PLDI 2017.  The 
goal is to give students a place to discuss their research with experts 
in their field and to help them sharpen their research and communication 
skills.

Please find more information at 
http://pldi17.sigplan.org/track/pldi-2017-student-research-competition

Deadline for submission of the extended abstracts: Friday April 7th,
2017.

## Rounds

Three rounds of competition will take place before and during PLDI 
2017.  All rounds are held in two categories: Undergraduate Students and 
Graduate Students (Masters and PhD level).  Winners of the third round 
will be invited to participate in the SRC Grand Finals competition 
hosted by the ACM.  The PLDI rounds are:
* Extended abstract round. All students are encouraged to submit an 
extended abstract outlining their research.
* Poster session. Based on the abstracts, a panel of judges will select 
the most promising authors to participate in the poster session which 
will take place at PLDI. In the poster session, students will have the 
opportunity to present their work to the judges, who will select a group 
of semi-finalists in each category to advance to the next round.
* PLDI presentation. The last PLDI round will consist of an oral 
presentation at the conference to compete for the three top places.

## Prizes

Winners of the three top places in each category receive prizes of $500 
for the first place winner, $300 for the second place winner and $200 
for the third place winner, respectively.

The top three undergraduate and graduate winners receive an award medal 
and a one-year complimentary ACM student membership with a subscription 
to ACM’s Digital Library.

## ACM SRC Grand Finals

First place winners in each category will be invited to participate in 
the ACM SRC Grand Finals, an on-line round of competition between 
first-place SRC winners from different ACM conferences held in 2017.  
Grand Finals will be judged by a different, ACM-appointed panel of
judges.

Winners of the three top Grand Finals places in each category will 
receive additional prizes of $500 for the first place winner, $300 for 
the second place winner and $200 for the third place winner, 
respectively.  They will be also invited to the annual ACM Award Banquet 
along with prestigious ACM award winners, including the winner of the 
Turing Award.

## Eligibility criteria

Current student status, either graduate or undergraduate, at the time of 
submission deadline.

In order to advance to the poster session round, participants of the SRC 
must be current ACM (student) members.

## Extended Abstract Submission Details

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: 

The extended abstract must not exceed 1000 words and must not be longer
than 2 pages. Reference lists do not count towards these limits. 

## SRC Panel

Xavier Martorell, BSC and UPC (chair).
Tobias Grosser, ETH Zurich
Sandrine Blazy, IRISA
Martin Kong, RICE University
Timothy Bourke, INRIA
Cole Schlesinger, Barefoot Networks, Inc.