[Acm] Chapter News Spring 2008

[local_activities at acm.org]

Dear Fordham University ACM Student Chapter Representative,

Greeting from ACM headquarters!

We hope your spring semester is going well. We would like to alert you to a few competitions, awards, and programs for this semester. 

PLDI 2008 STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION
June 7-13, 2008
Tucson, Arizona
www.acm.org/src

The SRC provides an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students attending PLDI 2008 to present their research in the design and implementation of programming languages. The SRC consists of two rounds: a poster session and a presentation session. A panel of judges will select a number of finalists from the poster session, who will be invited to the presentation session. Winners are selected from the presentation session. The top three graduate and undergraduate winners will receive cash awards. All SRC participants will be eligible for travel grants.

Students must submit the following by March 15 2008 to todd at cs.ucla.edu
-An abstract of up to 800 words explaining the content of the poster.
-Presenter's email address, phone number and surface mail address.
-Name of department and school.
-Name of academic advisor.

The abstract must describe the student's individual research and must
be authored solely by the student. 

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The ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards: Deadline June 15 2008

These awards recognizes outstanding ACM student chapters in the following areas:
 *Chapter Activities
 *Chapter Website
 *Recruitment Program
 *Community Service
 *School Service

Winning chapters in each of these categories will receive $500 and a Certificate of Recognition. These chapters will be recognized on the ACM student chapter website and in ACM MemberNet. 

Please see the awards website for specific information on applications: http://www.acm.org/chapters/students/essay-contest/essay_contest-toc

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Upsilon Pi Epsilon Student Chapter Scholarship Award: Deadline June 15 2008

In the search for excellence and professional commitment to the computing and information technology fields, The Executive Council of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE), the Honor Society for Computing Sciences, and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) announce the UPE ACM Student Chapter Scholarship Award.  Up to two students will be chosen; each will receive $1,000 and a certificate of commendation.

Who is Eligible? 
All graduate and undergraduate students who are ACM members and members of the ACM Student Chapter at their academic institution.  These students are expected to be in the top 5% of their contemporaries on a course leading to recognition in the IT profession (In the US this would equate to a GPA greater than 3.5).
 
Please submit these materials to ACM Local Activities (address below):  
1. The Scholarship Award Application Form, as it appears on our website: http://www.acm.org/chapters/stu/upe/upe_award01.html 
2. Three letters of recommendation (one letter indicating class rank from Department Chair or Advisor). 
3. A certified copy of the previous three years (minimum) official academic transcripts. 
4. A statement of your participation in the ACM Student Chapter at your academic institution. 

If you have any questions, please contact UPE at upe at acm.org

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The Distinguished Speakers Program
www.dsp.acm.org 

You can still invite a DSP speaker to your university.  In addition to a new website and online request process, the program now offers a network of over sixty speakers who are available to address chapters. 

ACM pays for the speaker's travel to a chapter meeting; chapters are responsible for the speaker's local expenses. To request a speaker, please choose a talk from the website, and click on the request form. The request will be sent to ACM headquarters before it is forwarded to the speaker.

For international speaking engagements, we ask for at least two months' notice, in consideration of any visa requirements and travel planning.


Thank you,
Lauren Ryan
ACM Local Activities
2 Penn Plaza, Suite 701
New York, NY 10121