VCLA International Student Awards - Call for Nominations

Outline

The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms at TU Wien 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, 1^st cycle of the Bologna process)*

*The degree must have been awarded between January 1st, 2021 and December 31st, 2022 (inclusive).

Awards

• The Outstanding Master Thesis Award is accompanied by a prize of € 1200.
• The Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award is accompanied by a prize of € 800.
• The winners will be invited to the award ceremony.
• The winners shall have the opportunity to present their theses.

Main areas of interest

• Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations such as proof theory, model theory, computability theory, 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).
• Algorithms and Computational Complexity, including design and analysis of discrete algorithms, complexity analysis, algorithmic lower bounds, parameterized and exact algorithms, decomposition methods, approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, algorithm engineering, as well as algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, parallel algorithms, graph drawing algorithms, and distributed algorithms.
• 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.

Eligibility

• The degree must have been awarded between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022 (inclusive).
• Students who obtained their degree at TU Wien are not eligible.

For details on nominations instructions and requirements, please visit our website www.vcla.at.
The submission deadline is March 31, 2023.