Eligible degrees conferred between November 15th, 2018 and December 31st, 2019

The Vienna Center for Logic and Algorithms of TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), calls for the nomination of authors of outstanding bachelor and master theses in the field of Logic and Computer Science, for the degrees conferred between November 15th, 2018 and December 31st, 2019 (inclusive).

• The awardees will receive cash prizes from the award fund of 2000EUR and invitation to presentation of their thesis in Vienna

The award is dedicated to the memory of Helmut Veith, the brilliant computer scientist who tragically passed away in March 2016, and aims to carry on his commitment to promoting young talent and promising researchers in these areas.

The main areas of interest

*Computational Logic, covering theoretical and mathematical foundations such as proof theory, model theory, computability theory, Boolean satisfiability (SAT), QBF, constraint satisfaction, satisfiability modulo theories, automated deduction (resolution, refutation, theorem proving), non-classical logics (substructural logics, multi-valued logics, deontic logics, modal and temporal logics).

*Algorithms and Computational Complexity, including design and analysis of discrete algorithms, complexity analysis, algorithmic lower bounds, parameterized and exact algorithms, decomposition methods, approximation algorithms, randomized algorithms, algorithm engineering, as well as algorithmic game theory, computational social choice, parallel algorithms, graph drawing algorithms, and distributed algorithms.

*Databases and Artificial Intelligence, concerned with logical methods for modeling, storing, and drawing inferences from data and knowledge. This includes subjects like query languages based on logical concepts (Datalog, variants of SQL, XML, and SPARQL), novel database-theoretical methods (schema mappings, information extraction and integration), logic programming, knowledge representation and reasoning (ontologies, answer-set programming, belief change, inconsistency handling, argumentation, planning).

*Verification, concerned with logical methods and automated tools for reasoning about the behavior and correctness of complex state-based systems such as software and hardware designs as well as hybrid systems. This ranges from model checking, program analysis and abstraction to new interdisciplinary areas such as fault localization, program repair, program synthesis, and the analysis of biological systems.

*Formal Methods for Security and Privacy, covering design and analysis techniques for security and privacy critical systems, such as cryptographic protocols, software, hardware and so on. The category of formal methods is to be meant in a broad sense, including related questions in logic, model checking, static analysis, dynamic monitoring, theorem proving, and artificial intelligence.

Submission deadline (extended): April 9, 2020 (anywhere on Earth)

How to submit a nomination?

Further information on the submission are to be found here

Award Committee 2020

• Shqiponja Ahmetaj
• Ezio Bartocci
• Ekaterina Fokina
• Robert Ganian, co-chair
• Roman Kuznets
• Martin Lackner
• Bjoern Lellmann
• Johannes Oetsch
• Magdalena Ortiz, chair
• Revantha Ramanayake, co-chair
• Zeynep G. Saribatur
• Mantas Simkus
• Friedrich Slivovsky
• Sebastian Skritek
• Johannes P. Wallner
• Antonius Weinzierl

Previous Awardees

The list of previous awardees is listed here.