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
November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (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
November 15th, 2019 and December
31st, 2020 (inclusive).
-Submissions already submitted to the VCLA Awards 2020 cannot be
re-submitted.
-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
-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: April 30th, 2021 (anywhere
on Earth)
-Notification of decision: After July 15th, 2021
-Award ceremony: Depending on the COVID-19
situation
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Contact
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Please send all inquiries to award AT logic-cs.at
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Website with the information on the award
committee, and the previous awardees
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https://logic-cs.at/vcla-international-student-awards-2021