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VCLA International Student Awards in memory of Helmut Veith, Deadline: 15 Mar 2018

VCLA International Student Awards 2018 in Memory of Helmut Veith

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 main areas of interest are:

* Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations 
such as proof theory, model theory, algorithmic lower and upper bounds, 
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), computational complexity 
(complexity analysis, parameterized complexity, decomposition methods).

* 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.

The award is dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith, the brilliant 
computer scientist who tragically passed away in March 2016, and aims to 
carry on his commitment to promoting young talent and promising 
researchers in these areas.

Award

The Outstanding Master Thesis Award is accompanied by a prize of ? 1200, 
and the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award by a prize of ? 800.

Additionally, the winners will be invited to present their work at an 
award ceremony during the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC) 2018 in 
Oxford.

Eligibility

The degree must have been awarded between November 15th 2015 and December 
31st 2017. Students who obtained the degree at TU Wien are excluded from 
the nomination.

Important dates

Submission deadline: March 15, 2018 (anywhere on Earth)
Notification of decision: End of May 2018
Award ceremony: July 2018 (during FLoC, details to be announced)

Nomination Procedures

For nomination instructions, please visit 
<http://logic-cs.at/award-call-2018/> http://logic-cs.at/award-call-2018/

Kindly address all inquiries to <mailto:award@logic-cs.at> 
award@logic-cs.at

VCLA Award Chairs 2018

Robert Ganian (committee co-chair)
Magdalena Ortiz (general chair)
Revantha Ramanayake (committee co-chair)



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