Distinction: VCLA International Student Awards 2019

Posted by Mihaela Rozman on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment

The community of logicians at Faculty of Informatics celebrates.

The community of logicians at Faculty of Informatics celebrates the research capacity of students from all over the world for their outstanding scientific works in the field of Logic and Computer Science. The award ceremony for the winners of the 4th edition of the VCLA International Student Awards for Outstanding Bachelor and Master Theses took place on September 24, and was collocated with the 9th Workshop on Graph Classes, Optimization, and Width Parameters (GROW 2019).

This year´s awardees who have been invited to Vienna from Chile and Germany, were greeted by the vice rector for academic affairs of TU Wien, Kurt Matyas, and Prof. Gerti Kappel, who is going to take over the role of the dean of Faculty of Informatics in the autumn 2019. Following the ceremony, moderated by the chair of the VCLA Awards, Magdalena Ortiz, the winners gave a short presentation of their theses.

Outstanding Master Thesis Award is awarded to Martín Muñoz (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) for the master thesis “Descriptive Complexity for Counting Complexity Classes” under the supervision of Marcelo Arenas and Cristian Riveros. The abstract and the theses here.

Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award is awarded to Alexej Rotar (TU München) for the undergraduate thesis “The Satisfiability Problem for Fragments of PCTL” under the supervision of Jan Kretinsky. The abstract and the theses here.

VCLA International Student Awards

The annually awarded VCLA International Student Awards for Outstanding Undergraduate and Master Theses recognize and support students all over the world at the beginning of their scientific career in the field of logic in computer science. The awards entail an invitation to the award ceremony, and a cash prize fund of 2000 EUR. The VCLA Awards are dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith, a brilliant computer scientist who tragically passed away in March 2016, and aim to carry on his commitment in promoting young talent and promising researchers in these areas.

The deadline for submission of nominations for the degrees awarded between November 15th, 2018 and December 31st, 2019 (inclusive) will be announced in January 2020.

Photo Gallery

Magdalena Ortiz, Kurt Matyas, Martin Munoz, Gerti Kappel	Magdalena Ortiz, Kurt Matyas, Alexej Rotar, Gerti Kappel	The VCLA Award committee with the winners of the VCLA International Student Awards 2019
Magdalena Ortiz, Chair of VCLA International Student Awards	Prof. Gerti Kappel, dean of the Faculty of Informatics of TU Wien	VCLA International Student Awards