For
Student Participants – Information You Should Know About the
SRC
Congratulations on being invited to an ACM Student Research Competition.
Here is some important information
SRC Travel Award
ACM’s SRC program covers expenses up to $500 for all students
invited to an SRC. The kinds of conference expenses that are acceptable
include:
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Transportation expenses
(air, rail, bus, taxi, car service, car rental, parking);
If you’re driving your own car, you can expense 55.5
cents per mile as of July 1, 2011. Please note this rate generally changes annually. |
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Meals, hotel, tips |
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Supplies for poster development, poster
shipment, etc. |
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Conference registration |
You will be reimbursed once we receive your SRC Travel Expense report
form along with receipts for all expenses above $25.
Posters
Please see
this article for guidance on posters. Remember that each conference
may have additional specifications for posters. Sometimes you can
elect to have your submission sent to the chair of a separate student
contest that takes place at the same conference.
Judging
Criteria
Abstracts are judged on the motivation of the research; background
work; approach; and results and contribution. The first and second
rounds of the SRC are evaluated based on quality of oral and visual
presentation; research methods; and significance of contribution.
Click
here for additional information.
Grand
Finals Information
The first place undergraduate and graduate winners 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 PDF
format with no external links or external style sheets and
should not exceed 4,000 words and 5 printed pages.
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.
View papers from the current Grand Finals candidates.
Winners
To see names and submissions of SRC winners, please
click here. |
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