Participate
In An ACM Student Research Competition
– Participation
Requirements
– Timeline
– Submitting
your work
– General
Judging Criteria
–
Open
Calls for Participation
SRC Participation Requirements
| 1. |
Participants must be currently
enrolled in a university or college and have active ACM
student membership |
| 2. |
Only individual research is accepted:
group research projects will not be considered. |
| 3. |
Qualifying research areas are those
covered by the conference; these are specified in the conference’s
call for papers. For the SIGCSE Student Research Competition,
qualifying research areas are those areas not already covered
by other SIG-based competitions held during the same program
year. |
| 4. |
Students may only participate in one
SRC per program year (July 1-June 30). Students that have
applied to an SRC, but have not been accepted, may respond
to other SRC calls for participation during the program year.
|
What
Participants say about the SRC
“I
was very much impressed with the quality of the judging panel
since they were all people at the top of their fields and
they gave me very good feedback on the work which I presented.”
Trevor Parsons, OOPSLA SRC |
Timeline
| 1. |
Call
for Submissions
Each conference hosting an SRC will have a Call for SRC Submissions,
usually posted about 5 months in advance of the conference.
This usually entails an abstract of no more than 800 words,
sent directly to the SRC chair for that conference. |
| 2. |
Selection of
Participants
The conference chooses academics and/or industry professionals
to review submitted abstracts. These reviewers use an evaluation
form that is based upon standard conference reviewer forms.
Abstracts receiving the highest reviews will be invited to
compete in the first round of the competition at the conference,
also known as the Poster Round. These
students qualify for travel stipends. |
| 3. |
First Round
of Competition, “The Poster Session”
A special session for the SRC will be announced once students
arrive at the conference. Each student will prepare
a poster for this round. Specifications on poster size
and content are defined by individual SRC chairs. Students
are expected to discuss their work with evaluators who visit
their presentation areas. Each evaluator will rate the student's
visual presentation based on the criteria of uniqueness of
the approach, the significance of the contribution, visual
presentation, and format of presentation. The evaluation criteria
used can be found under General
Judging Criteria.
The evaluator's results will determine the semi-finalists
for the undergraduate and graduate categories. The list of
semifinalists will be posted within an hour of the closing
of the first round. |
| 4. |
Second Round
of Competition, “The Presentation Session”
A separate session is scheduled for semifinalists to give
a ten minute presentation followed by a five minute question
and answer period. This session will be attended by the evaluators
and any interested conference attendees. The top three finalists
in each category will be chosen based on these presentations.
|
| 5. |
Announcement
of Three Finalists in Each Category (undergraduate and graduate)
This usually takes place at a well-attended session of the
conference. Each student will receive their prize and their
plaque after the conference. The finalists will compete in
the Grand Finals, which takes place toward the end of the
program year. |
| 6. |
The Grand Finals
The undergraduate and graduate finalists from all SRCs for
the program year compete in the Grand Finals. Students must
submit to ACM headquarters an overview of their research that
adheres to the format of problem & motivation, background
& related work, uniqueness of the approach, and their
results & contributions. This submission must be in html
format with no external links or external style sheets and
should not exceed 4,000 words.
Evaluations are conducted online by faculty and/or industry
professionals associated with the ACM SRC Committee. Winners
are announced in time for ACM’s Awards Banquet, usually
held in June. ACM will pay the expenses for award winners
and their faculty advisors.
SIGCSE 2007, SC ’06, OOPSLA ’06, Grace Hopper
’06, MOBICOM ’06, SIGGRAPH ‘06 |
Submitting
Your Work
The SRC chairs at each SIG conference drafts their own calls for
submissions/participation. Students must email an abstract of their
work to the respective SRC chair, and those who are chosen to attend
the conference must create a poster and presentation based on specifications
set by the SRC chairs. To see the open calls for submissions and
contact information for SRC chairs, please click
here. |
|
