The
2017 Alonzo Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and
Computation
Call
for Nominations
Introduction
An
annual award, called the Alonzo
Church Award for Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Computation,
was established in 2015 by the ACM Special Interest Group for Logic
and Computation (SIGLOG), the European Association for Theoretical
Computer Science (EATCS), the European Association for Computer
Science Logic (EACSL), and the Kurt Gödel Society (KGS). The award
is for an outstanding contribution represented by a paper or by a
small group of papers published within the past 25 years. This time
span allows the lasting impact and depth of the contribution to have
been established. The award can be given to an individual, or to a
group of individuals who have collaborated on the research. For the
rules governing this award, see:
The
2016 Alonzo Church Award was given to Rajeev Alur and David Dill for
their invention of timed automata, see:
http://eacsl.kahle.ch/church16.pdf
Eligibility
and Nominations
The
contribution must have appeared in a paper or papers published within
the past 25 years. Thus, for the 2017 award, the cut-off date is
January 1, 1992. When a paper has appeared in a conference and then
in a journal, the date of the journal publication will determine the
cut-off date. In addition, the contribution must not yet have
received recognition via a major award, such as the Turing Award, the
Kanellakis Award, or the Gödel Prize. (The nominee(s) may have
received such awards for other contributions.) While the contribution
can consist of conference or journal papers, journal papers will be
given a preference.
Nominations
for the 2017 award are now being solicited. The nominating letter
must summarise the contribution and make the case that it is
fundamental and outstanding. The nominating letter can have multiple
co-signers. Self-nominations are excluded. Nominations must include:
a proposed citation (up to 25 words); a succinct (100-250 words)
description of the contribution; and a detailed statement (not
exceeding four pages) to justify the nomination. Nominations may also
be accompanied by supporting letters and other evidence of
worthiness.
Nominations
are due by March
1, 2017,
and should be submitted to gdp@inf.ed.ac.uk.
Presentation
of the Award
The
2017 award will be presented at the CSL conference, the annual
meeting of the European Association for Computer Science Logic. The
award will be accompanied by an invited lecture by the award winner,
or by one of the award winners. The awardee(s) will receive a
certificate and a cash prize of USD 2,000. If there are multiple
awardees, this amount will be shared.
Award
Committee
The
2017 Alonzo Church Award Committee consists of the following four
members: Natarajan Shankar, Catuscia Palamidessi, Gordon Plotkin
(chair), and Moshe Vardi.
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