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 Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 10:17 am Post subject: ACP Doctoral Research Award |
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE
Association for Constraint Programming
DOCTORAL RESEARCH AWARD 2008
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 2008 award will mark the inaugural award. The award, in the form
of a
certificate, will be presented at the CP 2008 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 1st, 2006 and December 31st, 2007 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 secretary@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.
TIME FRAME
Deadline for nominations: Friday 30th May 2008
Notification: Monday 18th August 2008
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
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