Student Research Competition‹Programming› 2025

If you’re an ACM student member at undergaduate or graduate level, the ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for you to present your original research at ‹Programming› before a panel of judges and conference attendees. It also gives you an opportunity to win up to $1000! The SRC creates opportunities for you to learn and network among researchers and practitioners. It gives visibility to not only up-and-coming young researchers, but also to the field of computer science research and its community.

Call for Student Research Competition

In order to participate in the SRC, you must fulfill the following requirements:

• Current ACM student membership
• Graduate or undergraduate student status (must be currently enrolled in a university or college) at the time of submission
• If accepted, you must register for the conference (so that you can present your poster)

If you meet these requirements and want to participate, go ahead and submit an extended abstract of no more than 800 words, and no more than 2 pages (excluding references) to: src-submissions@d3s.mff.cuni.cz

Submission deadline: Monday, 3rd March 2025, Anywhere on Earth

If you’re an undergraduate student, group projects are allowed (one student must be chosen to present the work). If, instead, you’re a graduate student, the research presented in the abstract has to be done on an individual basis.

Your abstract should conform to the ACM SIGPLAN conference template, using the acmart class with the “sigconf” option, and it should be in 10pt font, and be submitted in PDF format. It should describe:

• The research problem and motivation
• Background and related work
• The intended solution approach
• Its uniqueness, results, and contributions.

Your extended abstract will be reviewed by a panel of judges, and you’ll be notified if you’re accepted as an SRC participant to attend in Prague, Czechia, in June 2025. If accepted, you will have to prepare a poster to present in the first round of the competition.

For more information about the ACM SRC, please visit the FAQ.

Student Research Competition Process

Once your abstract is accepted, two rounds of SRC competition will be hosted at the conference. After the conference, there will be a separate Grand Finals competition.

First Round: Poster Session

The first round is the Poster Session. This is your opportunity to present your research in the areas specified in the conference’s call for papers. Judges will read your poster and talk with you about your research. After seeing everyone’s posters, they will evaluate each one on the research itself (quality, novelty, and significance) and its presentation (poster, discussion). They will then choose a group of semi-finalists to present at the second round of the competition.

Second Round Competitions

If you are accepted to the semi-finals, you will give a ten minute presentation to conference attendees and a panel of judges, with supporting slides. This will be followed by a five minute question and answer session. Evaluations are based on your knowledge of your research area, contribution of your research, and the quality of your oral and visual presentation. Three winners will be chosen for undergraduate research, and three separate winners will be chosen for graduate research:

• First place wins $500
• Second place wins $300
• Third place wins $200

All winners will additionally receive a certificate of participation, an award medal, and a one-year complimentary ACM student membership with a subscription to ACM’s Digital Library.

The SRC Grand Finals

If you win first place in the undergraduate or graduate category, you will advance to the ACM SRC Grand Finals where you will compete against other first-place winners from other conferences during the year. A different panel of judges will evaluate these winners against each other via the web. Three undergraduates and three graduates will be chosen as the SRC Grand Finals winners. Grand Finals winners are awarded the same prizes: $500, $300, and $200 respectively for first, second, and third place. Combined with the $500 first-place prize from the second round, this means you would make a total of $1000, $800, or $700 by winning the Grand Finals!