<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads" style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:vu8" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="gmail-:vu7" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>The deadline of SIGMETRICS Student Research Competition (SRC) has been extended to Mar 7th. </div><div><br></div><div><span id="m_-58486100146718339gmail-docs-internal-guid-787e6c8c-7fff-6a76-a14b-9559e50219cc"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research at well-known ACM-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences before a panel of judges and attendees. The SRC consists of two rounds of competition, held at conferences, and a grand finals competition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">To participate in the competition, a student must submit an 800-word abstract of their original research project. Each submitted abstract will be evaluated by a minimum of three faculty members, none of whom are affiliated with the student's university. Each student whose abstract is selected is invited to attend the SRC competition at SIGMETRICS and participate in the SRC poster session. Posters will be evaluated based on the research methods, the significance of contribution and the oral and visual presentation. A group of semi-finalists (top five in each category) will be chosen to give a short presentation in the second round of the competition, on the last day of the conference. Evaluations are based on the presenter’s knowledge of his/her research area, the contribution of the research, and the presentation. Three winners will be chosen in each category, undergraduate and graduate (Masters or PhD program), receiving $500, $300, and $200, respectively. First-place undergraduate and graduate (Masters or PhD program) student winners can participate in the SRC Grand Finals.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Submit your work and take part in the ACM Student Research Competition at SIGMETRICS 2025!</span></p></span><div><br></div><div>details can be found here</div><div><a href="https://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2025/student_activities.html" target="_blank">https://www.sigmetrics.org/sigmetrics2025/student_activities.html</a></div></div></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-WhmR8e" style="clear:both"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-ajx" style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV" style="font-size:0.875rem;padding:0px;width:auto;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-top:none;margin:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu" style="border-top:0px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq" style="clear:both;margin:0px;padding:16px 0px;border-top:none"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Chen Qian</div><div dir="ltr">Professor and Graduate Director</div><div dir="ltr">Department of Computer Science and Engineering<br></div><div dir="ltr">University of California Santa Cr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