[GDNET] [Deadline Extension and Last Call for Nominations] VCLA Student Awards 2023

Jules Wulms jwulms at ac.tuwien.ac.at
Thu Mar 23 13:33:46 CET 2023


(My apologies if this message reaches you multiple times)


The deadline for the submission of self-nominations for the VCLA Student 
Awards 2023 has been extended to the 11th of April 2023. Please find the 
revised call for nominations below.


----------------------------------The Vienna Center for Logic and 
Algorithms of TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) calls for the 
nomination of authors of outstanding theses and scientific works in the 
field of Logic and Computer Science, in the following two categories:


-Outstanding Master Thesis Award*


-Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award (Bachelor thesis or equivalent, 
1st cycle of the Bologna process)*


*The degree must have been awarded between January 1st, 2021 and 
December 31st, 2022 (inclusive).

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The main areas of interest are:

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-Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations 
such as proof theory, model theory, computability theory, Boolean 
satisfiability (SAT), QBF, constraint satisfaction, satisfiability 
modulo theories, automated deduction (resolution, refutation, theorem 
proving), non-classical logics (substructural logics, multi-valued 
logics, deontic logics, modal and temporal logics).


-Algorithms and Computational Complexity, including design and analysis 
of discrete algorithms, complexity analysis, algorithmic lower bounds, 
parameterized and exact algorithms, decomposition methods, approximation 
algorithms, randomized algorithms, algorithm engineering, as well as 
algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, parallel 
algorithms, graph drawing algorithms, and distributed algorithms.


-Databases and Artificial Intelligence, concerned with logical methods 
for modeling, storing, and drawing inferences from data and knowledge. 
This includes subjects like query languages based on logical concepts 
(Datalog, variants of SQL, XML, and SPARQL), novel database-theoretical 
methods (schema mappings, information extraction and integration), logic 
programming,

knowledge representation and reasoning (ontologies, answer-set 
programming, belief change, inconsistency handling, argumentation, 
planning).


-Verification, concerned with logical methods and automated tools for 
reasoning about the behavior and correctness of complex state-based 
systems such as software and hardware designs as well as hybrid systems. 
This ranges from model checking, program analysis and abstraction to new 
interdisciplinary areas such as fault localization, program repair, 
program synthesis, and the analysis of biological systems.


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Awards

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-The Outstanding Master Thesis Award:  1200 EUR

-The Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award: 800 EUR

-The winners will be invited to present their work at an award ceremony 
in Vienna, if the situation allows


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Eligibility

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-The degree must have been awarded between January 1st, 2021 and 
December 31st, 2022 (inclusive).

-Students who obtained their degree at TU Wien are not eligible.


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Nomination Requirements

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Nominations must include:


-A cover page that contains the name and contact details of the 
nominated person, the title of the work for which the person is being 
nominated, award category, the date on which the degree was awarded, and 
the name of the university


-An English summary of the thesis of maximum 3 pages, excluding 
references (A4 or letter page size, 11pt font min). The summary must 
clearly state the main contribution of the work, its novelty, and its 
relevance to some of the aforementioned areas of interest


-The CV of the nominated person, including publication list (if applicable)


-An endorsement letter from a supervisor or another proposing person. 
The letter must clearly state the independent and novel contribution of 
the student, and why the proposer believes the student deserves the 
award. The endorsement letter may be provided after the submission 
deadline, and emailed directly to award (AT) logic-cs.at.


-The full thesis


All documents should be in English, with the exception of the thesis. In 
case the thesis is in a different language, it must be accompanied by a 
research report in English of at least 10 pages that should be 
sufficient for the committee to evaluate the merit and quality of the 
submitted work.


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Instructions for submitting self-nominations

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-Nominations should be submitted electronically by the applicants using 
the following link to EasyChair here 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vclaawards2023 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vclaawards2023>>

-Submissions consist of two pdf files. The first is a single pdf file 
containing all documents for the nomination except the full thesis; the 
documents should appear in the order they are listed above. The second 
pdf file is the full thesis.

-The endorsement letter may optionally be sent by email by the endorser 
and omitted from the Easychair submission. In this case, please email 
the letter as a pdf file, including the name of the nominated person in 
the subject, to award (AT) logic-cs DOT at

-The submission must be accompanied by a plain text electronic abstract 
of the thesis of at most 400 words, and three keywords.

-The nominated student must be listed as the only author in the 
submission form.


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Important dates

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-Submission deadline (updated): April 11th, 2023 (anywhere on Earth)

-Notification of decision: After June 30th, 2023


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Award Committee

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Shqiponja Ahmetaj

Michele Chiari

Jan Dreier

Robert Ganian (chair)

Anela Lolic

Jan Maly

Johannes Oetsch

Xavier Parent

Anna Rapberger

Michael Rawsons

Emanuel Sallinger

Zeynep Saribatur

Stefan Schupp

Sebastian Skritek

Friedrich Slivovsky

Manuel Sorge

Jules Wulms (co-chair)



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Website and contact

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https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-202 
<https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021>3

Please send all inquiries to award at logic-cs.at
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