Logic List Mailing Archive

Call for Nominations: Sacks Prize for the most outstanding doctoral dissertation in mathematical logic, Deadline: 30 September 2008

From:  Julia Knight, Chair, ASL Committee on Prizes and Awards
Subject:  Sacks Prize nominations

The ASL awards the Sacks Prize annually, for the most outstanding doctoral 
dissertation in mathematical logic.  The members of the ASL Committee on 
Prizes and Awards (Julia Knight, Chair, Jan Krajicek, David Marker, Itay 
Neeman, and Albert Visser) would like to remind you that the deadline for 
nominations for the next Sacks Prize is September 30. Students who defend 
their dissertation (equivalent to the American doctoral dissertation) 
between October 1, 2007, and September 30, 2008, are eligible.  The thesis 
advisor makes the nomination.  A complete nomination consists of the 
following: name of student, title and 1-2 page description of 
dissertation, date and location where the doctorate was awarded, a letter 
of recommendation from the adviser, and an electronic copy of the thesis 
(in .pdf or .ps form) or the address of a web site from which an 
electronic copy can be downloaded.  An independent second letter of 
recommendation is strongly encouraged. Nominations should be sent either 
by e-mail to knight.1@nd.edu, or by ordinary mail to Julia Knight, 
Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 255 Hurley Hall, 
Notre Dame, IN 46556-4618 USA.

For more about the Sacks Prize, see the website 
http://www.aslonline.org/info-prizes.html.