Testimonials
How Sharing My Ideas Helped Me
"The positive, interactive, and engaging environment of the competition makes it an ideal place for nurturing the minds of students. My participation in the ACM SRC competition provided me with a unique learning opportunity to showcase my research to a wider audience. Special thanks go to the judges who provided me with insightful feedback that greatly helped in shaping my research and motivated me to do better. I consider myself very lucky to have been a part of this event and would strongly recommend it to every student with a keen interest in research-based efforts."
Madhurima Chakraborty, University of California, Riverside
SPLASH 2021
"The experience of participating in the ACM SRC was extremely enriching. It was an amazing opportunity to gain not only recognition but also critical feedback from experts in the field. This feedback helped me improve my research skills, making my work more insightful, novel, and impactful to the community. Additionally, the positive feedback from those in industry and academia boosted my motivation to pursue my endeavors in research and software development. I recommend all students to participate in ACM SRC!"
Shreshth Tuli, Imperial College London
SIGMETRICS 2021
"Presenting and writing for the SRC helped me sharpen the vision of my work in a positive and supportive environment. Watching other participants' honed presentations in different fields of computer science was particularly eye-opening and just plain fun. I certainly aim to watch the SRC presentations in future conferences."
David Chu, University of California, Berkeley
SOSP 2021
"The ACM SRC competition was immensely helpful to my growth in my field. Through the competition, I had my first experience with preparing and presenting a poster as well as taking the lead on a conference-style paper. It was very rewarding to dive into my work and to be able to have fruitful conversations with the judges who are experts in related fields. I am very grateful for the opportunity I had with this competition, and I know I will be a better researcher in the future as a result!"
Serafina Kamp, University of Michigan
Grace Hopper 2021
"Participating in the ACM SRC was a great opportunity to share my research with experts in the field, and to have been selected to reach the Grand Finals has been an honor. There’s a lot of excellent research submitted each year to the ACM Student Research Competition, and I'd recommend participating to any student researchers. It gives additional purpose to your project, ensures you are rigorous with your methods, and elevates the quality of your results. There is no downside thanks to the constructive feedback received at the various stages of the competition and being recognized for your work is a bonus!"
Aaron Demolder, Bournemouth University
SIGGRAPH 2021
"The ACM SRC was a wonderful platform to share my in-progress research work and solicit feedback from experts in the field. I’m honored to have won the competition which really gave my confidence a boost. Furthermore, winning was not even the best part—meeting other researchers from all over the world was an even more amazing experience. I really appreciated the efforts from the organizers and invaluable comments from the judges, and I strongly recommend young researchers to participate. Thanks for your efforts which made this great competition happen!"
Ziliang Lai, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
SIGMOD 2021
"The experience of participating in the ACM SRC was extremely enriching. It was an amazing opportunity to gain not only recognition but also critical feedback from experts in the field. This feedback helped me improve my research skills, making my work more insightful, novel, and impactful to the community. Additionally, the positive feedback from those in industry and academia boosted my motivation to pursue my endeavors in research and software development. I recommend all students to participate in ACM SRC!"
Haotian Zhang, The University of Texas at Arlington
PLDI 2021
ACM Student Research Competition
The ACM Student Research Competition is an internationally recognized venue enabling undergraduate and graduate students to experience the research world, share research results and exchange ideas, rub shoulders with academic and industry luminaries, understand the practical applications of their research and gain recognition.