ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition (SRC)
The ACM SIGCOMM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research before a panel of judges and attendees at well-known ACM-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences. Winners of the ACM SIGCOMM SRC at SIGCOMM will advance to ACM Grand Finals of the Student Research Competition to compete against the winners of other ACM conferences.
ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) Participation Requirements:
- The SRC participant must have an accepted poster/demo by Sigcomm and register for Sigcomm conference as well as be currently enrolled in a university or college and have an active ACM student membership.
- Should the designated presenter win first, second or third place in competition only they will receive the medal and monetary award.
- An Undergraduate participant can present a team project.
- Only individual research is accepted from Graduate (Masters or PhD program) students; group research projects will not be considered.
- For Graduate participants, if an individual is part of a group research project and wants to participate in an SRC, they can only present their part of the research. Only they will receive the medal and monetary award (should they win). While not mandatory, participants are encouraged to submit a letter from their advisor/supervisors describing the specific contributions made by the student.
- Students may only participate in one SRC per program year (April 1- March 31). Students that have applied to an SRC, but have not been accepted, may respond to other SRC calls for participation during the program year. However, a student who is accepted to multiple SRCs must withdraw their submission from all but one
How does the competition work?
The ACM SRC at SIGCOMM organizes two distinct competitions for undergraduate and graduate students. The timeline of the competition is as follows:
- Pre-selection : Students submit their work as a poster/demo. When a poster/demo is accepted by the conference, it is possible for its student author to participate in the SRC.
- 1st round “Poster/Demo session” : The selected students register to the conference and present their work in front of the conference attendees as in a regular conference poster/demo setting. Specifications on poster size and content should comply with the conference’s requirement. Students are expected to discuss their work with evaluators who visit their presentation areas. Each evaluator will rate the student’s visual presentation based on the criteria of uniqueness of the approach, the significance of the contribution, visual presentation, and format of presentation. The evaluation criteria used can be found under General Judging Criteria. The evaluators may remain anonymous to the student presenter.
- 2nd round “Presentation session” : Based on the 1st round evaluation results, a certain number of students are invited to participate in a 2nd round competition. A separate session is scheduled for semi-finalists to give a ten minute presentation followed by a five minute question and answer period. A group of judges will be convened to judge the presentations in real time during the presentation session. Conference attendees are welcome to watch. The top three finalists in each category will be chosen based on these presentations.
- Announcement of Three Finalists In Each Category (Undergraduate and Graduate) : This usually takes place at a well-attended session of the conference. Each student will receive their prize after the conference. The first place winners will compete in the Grand Finals, which takes place toward the end of the program year.
- The Grand Finals : The undergraduate and graduate first place winners from all SRCs for the program year compete in the Grand Finals. More information here.
Organizers
SRC Chairs | |
Ping Ji | City University of New York - Graduate Center & John Jay College |
Todd Arnold | Army Cyber Institute, West Point |