Student Research Competition (SRC) at Hypertext 2008
====================================================

Hypertext 2008 will be participating in theACM Student Research 
Competition (http://www.acm.org/src/index.html) sponsored by 
Microsoft Research.  The SRC, which is held at select ACM 
conferences, will provide an opportunity for graduate and 
undergraduate students attending Hypertext 2008 to receive a $500 
travel grant from Microsoft Research to present their research at 
Hypertext 2008.  All invited students will compete in a conference 
competition for the best presentations, with the winners eligible for 
a spot in the SRC Grand Finals.  The SRC is a valuable opportunity 
for students to participate in Hypertext 2008 and to receive 
recognition from ACM for the quality of their research.

The Hypertext 2008 SRC consists of two rounds: a poster session and a 
presentation session. A panel of judges will select a number of 
finalists from the poster session, who will be invited to the 
presentation session. Winners are selected from the presentation 
session. The top three graduate and undergraduate winners will 
receive cash awards. 

The Hypertext 2008 SRC winners will be invited to participate in the 
SRC Grand Finals, an online round of competitions among the winners 
of individual conference-hosted SRCs. The winners of the Grand Finals 
are invited to the ACM awards banquet together with their advisors, 
for an all-expenses-paid trip.


Eligibility Requirements
------------------------

Current ACM student membership
Current "student" status as of April 30, 2008, either graduate or undergraduate


Submission Details
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Students who wish to participate must submit the following information:

An abstract of up to 800 words explaining the content of the poster.
Presenter's email address, phone number and surface mail address.
Indicate whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
Name of department and school.
Name of academic advisor.
The abstract must describe the student's individual research and must 
be first-authored by the student. If the work is collaborative with 
others and/or part of a larger group project, the abstract should 
make clear what the student's role was and should focus on that 
portion of the work.

If you are a student and have already submitted a poster as part of 
the regular poster session, please send an additional note stating 
that you wish to be considered for the SRC, as well, by the April 30 
deadline.  Unfortunately, submissions of short or full technical 
papers are not eligible for consideration of the SRC.


Important Dates
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Deadline for submission: April 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2008

Submissions should be emailed to hirtle at pitt dot edu.

Up to ten undergraduate and twenty graduate abstracts will be 
selected for competition at the conference.


Further Information
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Any queries regarding the Hypertext 2008 SRC should be sent to Prof. 
Stephen Hirtle, hirtle at pitt dot edu.


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Peter Brusilovsky
School of Information Sciences
University of Pittsburgh
135 North Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260

Phone: 412 624 9404 +++ Fax: 412 624 2788
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