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The Ackermann Award
The Ackermann Award is the EACSL Outstanding Dissertation Award for Logic in Computer Science.
It is presented during the annual conference of the EACSL (CSL'xx).
For the past three years 2007-2009,
the Award is sponsored by
Logitech, S.A., Romanel, Switzerland,
the world's leading provider of personal peripherals.
For the next three years 2010-2012,
the Award is sponsored by the Kurt Gödel Society.
Submissions for the Ackermann Award 2010
Eligible for the 2010 Ackermann Award are PhD dissertations
in topics specified by the EACSL and LICS conferences,
which were formally accepted as PhD theses at a
university or equivalent institution
between 1.1.2008 and 31.12.2009.
The deadline for submission is 15 March 2010.
Submission details follow below.
Nominations can be submitted from 1 January 2010 on and should be sent
to the chairman of the Jury by e-mail: janos@cs.technion.ac.il
The Award
The award consists of
- a diploma,
- an invitation to present the thesis at the CSL conference,
- the publication of the abstract of the thesis and the
laudatio in the CSL proceedings,
- travel support to attend the conference.
The jury is entitled to give more than one award per year.
Jury
The jury consists of:
- The member of the board of EACSL as chairman of the Jury, J. Makowsky (Haifa);
- The president of EACSL, D. Niwinski (Warsaw);
- The vice-president of EACSL, A. Dawar (Cambridge);
- One member of the LICS organizing committee, G. Plotkin (Edinburgh);
- R. Alur (Philadelphia);
- A. Atserias (Barcelona);
- T. Coquand (Göteborg);
- P.L. Curien (Paris);
- A. Durand (Paris);
- J. van Benthem (Amsterdam);
How to submit
The candidate or his/her supervisor has to submit
- the thesis (ps or pdf file);
- a detailed description (not longer than 20 pages)
of the thesis in ENGLISH (ps or pdf file);
- a supporting letter by the PhD advisor and
two supporting letters by other senior faculty or researchers
in equivalent positions (in English); supporting letters can also be sent directly to J.A. Makowsky (janos@cs.technion.ac.il);
- a short CV of the candidate.
- a copy of the document asserting that the thesis was accepted
as a PhD thesis at a recognized University (or equivalent institution)
and that the candidate has received his/her PhD within
the specified period (scanned as pdf-file or faxed);
The submission should be sent by e-mail
as attachments
to
janos@cs.technion.ac.il
With the following subject line and text:
- Subject: Ackermann Award Submission
- Text: Name of candidate, list of attachments
Submission can be sent via several e-mail messages.
If this is the case, indicate it in the text.
Letters of Support and document can also be faxed to
Prof. J. Makowsky
Ackermann Award
+972-4-829 3900
The Jury has the right to declare submissions to be
out of scope or not to meet the requirements.
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