CFP: Call for Nominations: Doctoral Research Award 2009 ...
Jimmy H.M. Lee
Best regards,
Jimmy Lee
Secretary, Association for Constraint Programming
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE
Association for Constraint Programming
DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD 2009
OVERVIEW
The ACP Doctoral Research Award will be awarded every year to a promising
young researcher working in the area of constraint programming and who
defended his/her thesis between January and December of the previous two
years. The award, in the form of a certificate, will be presented at the
CP 2009 conference, where the winning researcher will present a talk on the
topic of his/her doctoral dissertation.
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible doctoral researchers are those who defended their doctoral thesis
between January 1, 2007 and December 31st 2008 in the area of constraint
programming. The researcher must be a current member of the Association
for Constraint Programming.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Nominations must be made by the thesis supervisor, who is responsible for
ensuring that the following items are submitted to the secretary of the ACP
at secr...@cp-online.org.
1. A URL to a zip-file containing the following items:
- A PDF version of the dissertation. No specific language for the
dissertation is imposed;
- A PDF of an extended abstract of the doctoral dissertation, 3-5 pages
in length, written in English;
- PDF versions of each of up to five papers published at international
peer-reviewed conferences or journals based on the work reported in
the doctoral dissertation;
- A PDF description, and pointer to, any software or systems developed
during the research;
- A PDF version of a nomination letter from the supervisor of the
research.
2. In addition to the supervisor's nomination letter, two additional
letters should be forwarded directly to the secretary of the ACP from
two referees, selected by the dissertation supervisor, supporting the
submission and stating their assessment of why the thesis should win the
award. These letters will not be shown to the research supervisor or
the candidate.
TIMEFRAME
Deadline for nominations: Monday 31st May 2009
Notification: Monday 17th August 2009
SELECTION
The selection of the winning candidate is based on the originality, impact,
and quality of the research work. The evaluation will consider all
contributions to the CP community, including publications, software and
systems.
The work of the candidates will be reviewed by a committee of researchers
selected by the ACP Executive Committee, based on the nominations received.
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