2015 ACM Student Research Competition Winners:
Graduate Category
- Gold: William Ogilvie (University of Edinburgh)
Intelligent Heuristic Construction with Active Learning - Silver: Niranjan Hasabnis (Stony Brook University)
Employing Code Generators as De-code Generators: A Novel Approach for Assembly to IR Translation - Bronze: Riyadh Baghdadi (Inria and KU Leuven)
Extending the Scope of Polyhedral Compilation: Progresses in Handling Irregular Codes and in Scalability
Undergraduate Category
- Gold: Tharindu Rusira, Milinda Fernando, Chalitha Perera, and Chamara Philips(University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
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The student research competition provides an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students attending CGO 2015 to present their research work in the area of code generation and optimization. The goal is to give students a forum to discuss their research with experts in their field, and to help them sharpen their research and communication skills.
Requirements:
- Current ACM student membership
- Graduate or undergraduate student status at the time of submission
- Submission of an extended abstract of no more than 800 words to: jennifer.sartor@elis.ugent.be.
Submissions deadline: November 17th, 2014
Selection Process:
There are two rounds of SRC competition that are held during CGO, once your abstract is accepted, and a later grand finals competition:
First Round Competitions
The first round is usually referred to as the Poster Session. This is your opportunity to present your research in the areas specified in the conference’s first Call for Submissions. Judges will review the posters and speak to participants about their research; a group of semi-finalists will be chosen to present at the second round of the competition.
Second Round Competitions
Semi-finalists continue by giving a short presentation (a ten minute presentation followed by a five minute question and answer period) of their research before a panel of judges, with a supporting power point presentation. Evaluations are based on the presenter’s knowledge of his/her research area, contribution of the research, and the quality of the oral and visual presentation. Three winners will be chosen in each category, undergraduate and graduate, receiving $500, $300, and $200, respectively.
The SRC Grand Finals
First place undergraduate and graduate student winners from the SRCs held during the year advance to the SRC Grand Finals. A different panel of judges evaluates these winners against each other via the web. Three undergraduates and three graduates will be chosen as the SRC Grand Finals winners. They are invited, along with their advisors, to the annual ACM Awards Banquet, where they receive formal recognition.
2015 ACM Student Research Competition Participants:
Graduate Category
- Ahmed Tamrawi (Iowa State University)
Event-Flow Graphs for Efficient Path-Sensitive Analyses - William Ogilvie (University of Edinburgh)
Intelligent Heuristic Construction with Active Learning - Riyadh Baghdadi (Inria and KU Leuven)
Extending the Scope of Polyhedral Compilation: Progresses in Handling Irregular Codes and in Scalability - Niranjan Hasabnis (Stony Brook University)
Employing Code Generators as De-code Generators: A Novel Approach for Assembly to IR Translation - Zhen Cao (McGill)
Reducing Memory Buffering Overhead in Software Thread-Level Speculation - Kirshanthan Sundararajah (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
Bitwidth Analysis and Optimization Using Dynamic Compilation Strategies
Undergraduate Category
- Tharindu Rusira, Milinda Fernando, Chalitha Perera, and Chamara Philips (University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
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