(This was posted to the SIGSAM list. Posted here FYI.) 2008 CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
ACM/SIGSAM Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Computer Algebra Software Engineering The third Richard D. Jenks Memorial Prize for excellence in software engineering for computer algebra will be awarded at International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC 2008) at RISC Linz, Austria, in July, 2008. The prize will consist of a plaque and a cash award of $1,000. Nominations, including self nominations, for this prize are hereby solicited. Each nomination should be accompanied by a carefully completed nomination form. Candidates (or their nominators) should arrange to have two to five confidential letters of recommendation submitted by persons who are familiar with the nominee's software engineering achievements in computer algebra. The letters are an especially important part of the nomination packet. We welcome re-nominations of previously nominated candidates into the current competition. Please see http://www.sigsam.org/awards/Jenks for more details. Previous winners have been the SINGULAR team at the University of Kaiserslautern (2004) and Prof. John J. Cannon of The University of Sydney (2006). Software engineering will be interpreted broadly, but it should be an important component in the work of any nominee. The nominee can be an individual or a team, when the latter is appropriate. Any questions about the suitability of a given body of work for the prize should be directed to a member of the prize committee as listed below. All nominations must be received by May 1, 2008. The prize winner will be selected by a committee consisting of the following individuals: - Barry Trager (co-chair), IBM Research ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Tony Hearn (co-chair), Rand Corporation ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Mark Giesbrecht, ACM SIGSAM Chair, University of Waterloo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - David Musser, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - Mike Dewar, Numerical Algorithms Group ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) All nominations and supporting papers should be sent by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by May 1, 2008. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
