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The Chris Wallace Award for outstanding Research Contribution - 2010

CORE Australasia (www.core.edu.au) offers the Chris Wallace award for outstanding Research Contribution each year. The 2010 prize is to be awarded at the 2010 Australasian Computer Science Week conference series. The prize will be awarded to an academic for post-PhD research undertaken within a university or research institution in Australia or New Zealand in the calendar years 2006-2008. The research should include a notable breakthrough or a contribution of particular significance.
 
Nomination is by submission to the committee chair, John Grundy (j.grundy@auckland.ac.nz), via web drop-off at: https://webdropoff.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/dropoff2a

The nomination must include a statement of no more than 500 words outlining the
grounds for the nomination, and details such as a bibliography and referees' reports as appropriate. Evidence such as referee reports for work published in first-rank journals or conferences will be considered, as will evidence such as grants, invited talks at major conferences, or awards. Minor publications are not relevant.

When preparing the nomination, please observe the following guidelines:
* Submit a single ZIP file via https://webdropoff.auckland.ac.nz/cgi-bin/dropoff2a to j.grundy@auckland.ac.nz containing your nomination and supporting documentation
* Summarise your nomination in 500 words of less in a plain text document
* Include CV in plain text or PDF format
* Include e.g. referees reports or other documentary information in PDF or plain text format

Your submission will be acknowlegded by email.

Please note the following restrictions:
* Anyone can make a nomination; people can nominate themselves.
* Candidates must agree to being nominated.
* Professors are ineligible.

Nominations closing date is 31st October 2009. A decision will be made by 1st December 2009. The prize winner (or a representative) is expected to attend ACSW to receive the prize.

The prize winner will be chosen by a committee comprised of:
* Professor John Grundy of the University of Auckland (chair)
* Professor Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Melbourne
* Professor Tom Gedeon, Australian National University, Canberra

Nominations from within these institutions will be referred to the CORE president, Professor Justin Zobel, University of Melbourne, for independent assessment.

We look forward to receiving your nominations.

John Grundy, Yanchun Zhang and Tom Gedeon


Special note: 
"The Computer Journal" (Oxford U Press)'s current (Vol. 51 No. 5 [Sept. 2008]) issue is a Chris Wallace (1933-2004) memorial special issue. The journal can be found at http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol51/issue5 and it's currently being printed.

 

 Updated 8th September 2009