2009 (was: 2008 CRA Undergraduate Awards)

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"Nominations for CRA's 2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Award program,
recognizing undergraduate students who show outstanding research
potential in an area of computing research, are due on October 15,

1. The 2008 award program is sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric
   Research Labs.

A hard copy of the nomination information and a flier to post were
mailed to department chairs on August 17. Information is also
provided below and is posted on CRA's website
http://www.cra.org/Activities/awards/un ... ion08.html
 
To be eligible, nominees must attend a university or college located
in North America, and must be nominated by two faculty members and
recommended by the chair of their home department. No more than two
male and two female candidates can be recommended by the same
department in the same year.

The awards committee looks for demonstrated excellence of computing
research ability. The type of department in which the student is
majoring and the area of computing in which the student has
demonstrated ability are immaterial. What is important is the quality
of the research work done by the student. The awards committee also
considers the student's academic record and service to the community.
Preference is given to students in their senior year (or the
equivalent).
 
A cash prize of $1,000 will be awarded to each of two undergraduate
students, one female and one male. A small number of other
outstanding candidates will be recognized as Runners-Up and
Finalists. All nominees whose work is considered to be exemplary are
recognized with Honorable Mentions.

The awards will be presented at one of the major computing research
conferences sponsored by CRA, ACM, the IEEE Computer Society, SIAM,
AAAI, or USENIX. The two first-prize winners will receive financial
assistance from CRA toward their travel to the conference. CRA will
also sponsor a departmental reception for the two winners at their
home institutions.

Nomination forms and complete documentation (6 collated copies--see
below) must reach CRA no later than October 15, 2007. Results will be
announced by December 3, 2007.
 
We urge you to make this award widely known among faculty in your
department. The award is a terrific way to recognize your best
students and your department.
 
Jean

Jean E. Smith
Sr. Communications Associate
Editor, Computing Research News"

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We would really like to nominate some of our best and brightest CSc
students for these awards. Please could you get back to me or Nigel
as soon as possible if you have any undergraduate students in your
classes, or from last year's classes, or students who had Summer
USRFs, etc. who you feel worthy of a nomination. The deadline for
the nominations is October 14 but we would need information before
that so we could prepare the nomination package.

Thanks.

Jane

From: owner-cra_academic@cra.org [mailto:owner-cra_academic@cra.org]
On Behalf Of Jean Smith
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 7:17 AM
To: cra_academic@cra.org
Subject: CRA 2009 Undergraduate Awards

TO: Department Chairs

FROM: Jean Smith

RE: Reminder: Undergraduate Award 2009
Nominations

Nominations for CRA's 2009 Outstanding Undergraduate Award program,
recognizing undergraduate students who show outstanding research
potential in an area of computing research, are due on October 14,

1. This year's sponsor is Microsoft Research.

A hard copy of the nomination information and a flier to post were
mailed to department chairs on August 18. For online instructions and
a nomination form, see:
http://www.cra.org/Activities/awards/un ... ion09.html.

We urge you to make this award widely known among faculty in your
department. The award is a terrific way to recognize your best
students and your department.

Jean

Jean E. Smith
Sr. Communications Associate
Editor, Computing Research News

Computing Research Association
1100 17th Street, NW, Suite 507
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-234-2111, ext. 105
Fax: 202-667-1066
Email: jean@cra.org

Nomination Procedure - CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Awards 2009

A nomination package consists of six collated copies of the following
items (each packet arranged in this order):

1. Completed nomination form (PDF) with all required signatures.

2. Nominee's resume (two-page maximum). List publication titles on
   resume; do not attach copies.

3. Nominee's transcript of academic record (non-official is
   acceptable).

4. Letters of support from two faculty nominators (two-page maximum
   per letter). The department chair can serve as a nominator.

5. Verification statement signed by department chair. [This should
   simply state that the student is in good standing, eligible for the
   award, and recommended by the chair.]

6. One-page description highlighting the student's research and other
   achievements. [The student should prepare this statement. Include a
   research title/subject; describe the significance of the work as well
   as the student's specific contributions.]

No more than two male and two female candidates can be recommended by
the same department chair in the same year. Students registered as
undergraduates in academic year 2008-09 in North American colleges
and universities are eligible. Preference will be given to students
in their senior year, or equivalent, of undergraduate study.

The nomination must reach CRA no later than October 14, 2008. One
original plus five copies (total of 6) of the complete nomination
package are required.

Address:

CRA Undergraduate Awards
Computing Research Association
1100 Seventeenth Street NW, Suite 507
Washington, DC 20036-4632
Tel. 202-234-2111
Fax: 202-667-1066
Email: awards [at] cra.org

Criteria for Selection of Winners

• The primary criterion for selection is significant research
  contributions. Significant contributions are ones that go well
  beyond classroom or internship projects. Past winners have
  contributed key ideas to research projects, published papers in
  conferences or journals, made presentations at workshops or
  conferences, developed software systems used by others, worked on
  multiple projects, or done work that resulted in patents or
  patent applications.

Also considered are:

• Outstanding academic record, and
• Service to the computing or broader community. Past winners have
  been mentors, tutors, or teaching assistants; officers in student
  organizations; volunteers in community-service organizations; or
  managers of computer labs or websites.

Questions and inquiries about this year's Outstanding Undergraduate
Awards should be directed to awards [at] cra.org. The award winners
will be announced on December 1, 2008.