[OSGeo-Announce] First ACM SIGSPATIAL Student Research Competition (SRC)

[Jorge Sanz]

First ACM SIGSPATIAL Student Research Competition (SRC)
co-located with ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS 2016
October 31-November 3, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA

http://sigspatial2016.sigspatial.org/competition/

Call for Submissions


For the first time, the ACM SIGSPATIAL 2016 will host the SIGSPATIAL
ACM Student Research Competition (SRC). SRC allows undergraduate and
graduate students to share their research results and exchange ideas
with other students, judges, and conference attendees; understand the
practical applications of their research; perfect their communication
skills; and receive prizes and gain recognition from ACM and the
greater computing community.


* Guidelines

The Student Research Competition is open to graduate (only one author)
and undergraduate (up to two authors per contribution) student members
whose submissions are accepted by the SRC committee. SRC submissions
should describe recent research conducted primarily by students or a
recent development that involves a substantial amount of work achieved
primarily by students. To be considered, complete a submission of an
extended abstract of a topic of interest to the ACM SIGSPATIAL
conference (please check the main conference CFP for relevant topics)
and indicate the level of the participation (undergraduate or
graduate). Valid ACM student membership and student status enrollment
as of the submission deadline are required for the lead student.

* Selection Process

Submission will be judged based on novelty, impact, approach, results,
and contributions to the field of spatial systems and algorithms.
Selected competitors must attend the SRC session during the conference
and should prepare a poster for demonstrating their work during the
conference. If selected for further competition at the next level,
they should be prepared to give a short talk of 10 minutes about their
research projects in front of the judging committee and conference
attendees. Winners of the SIGSPATIAL 2016 SRC will be announced at the
conference.

* Awards

Selected competitors by the SRC committee will receive up to $500 USD
for their conference travel, depending on need. Winners from each
category will advance to the SRC Grand Finals, where winners from
various ACM SIGs are evaluated to nominate the ACM-wide SRC winners.
The winners of the Grand Finals will be recognized at the Annual ACM
Awards Banquet, the same banquet that also recognizes the Turing Award
winners.

* Sponsors

The SRC competition is fully sponsored by a generous donation from
Microsoft Research.

* Submission Instructions

Each submission should include the author(s)' name(s), affiliations,
email addresses, research advisors' names, ACM student member number,
SRC category (undergraduate or graduate), and an extended abstract of
no more than two pages in the conference template. The SRC submission
should not have been published before or under concurrent submission
to another venue/SIGSPATIAL track. Please submit your papers through
the EasyChair system at:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmsigspatial16src

* Important Dates

Submission Deadline: August 25, 2016.
Notification of Acceptance: September 20, 2016.

* Contact

For more information about the SRC competition, please contact the SRC
Chair Moustafa Youssef at moustafa.youssef at ejust.edu.eg



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