Feng Chen Memorial Awards (Spring 2015)

Feng Chen Memorial Awards (Spring 2015)

Deadline: March 31, 2014, 5 pm

Born on April 3rd, 1977, Feng Chen completed his B.A. and M.S. at Peking University in 1999 and 2002, respectively, and his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 2009 under Professor Grigore Rosu, all in computer science.  His seminal work in runtime verification has been widely published, cited, and awarded, including recognition with the SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award for a ASE 2008 conference paper.  Feng was also the recipient of the C.L. and Jane Liu Award in the Department of Computer Science at UIUC, given once a year to a graduate student who has exceptional research promise.

After getting a tenure-track faculty position at Iowa State University, Feng Chen tragically passed away on August 8, 2009.  The Feng Chen Memorial Awards have been established in his memory from donations by family, friends, and colleagues, as well as from the Department of Computer Science and Microsoft.

Feng Chen Memorial Award

Awards will be given annually to students who meet all of the following criteria:

• Must be a current student enrolled in the Department of Computer Science.
• In the 2014 calendar year, must have co-authored a paper that received a Best Paper Award (including Best Student Paper), or had a paper published in a Best Papers of the Year special journal issue.  (For example, IEEE Micro publishes a special issue on Top Picks from Computer Architecture Conferences.)
• Eligibility is generally by date of presentation for conference papers and date of publication for special journal issues; however, exceptions may be made for students who have more recent papers and who are also graduating before next spring.

Feng Chen Memorial Award in Software Engineering

• One paper in the area of software engineering that meets the Feng Chen Memorial Award criteria will be selected to also receive this award.

Prizes:

   Feng Chen Memorial Award

• No more than $100 will be awarded to any one student per year.
• For papers with one eligible author, the prize is $100.
• For papers with more than one eligible author, the prize is $200 per paper, divided among all eligible authors.
• In combination, the total value of all prizes awarded may not exceed $2000 per year.  If totals exceed that amount, each prize will reduced.

   Feng Chen Memorial Award in Software Engineering

• Each of the authors of the chosen paper will receive an additional $100 award. This is in addition to any prize received for the Feng Chen Memorial Award.

Please ensure that the following information is submitted by March 31 to Colin Robertson (colinr@illinois.edu, 2233 SC):

1) The paper title, conference name, and co-authors. Date of conference presentation. If appearing in a journal special issue, the journal name, issue number, issue title (if any), and date of publication.
2) Evidence that the paper has won an award.  This could be a letter from the conference organizer, a copy of the conference program, a copy of a certificate received at the conference, etc.  For journal special issues, provide evidence that the paper has been invited, and that issue is focused on best papers.
3) Research area(s) for each eligible student and name of the faculty adviser(s).

One submission per paper, please (cc your student co-authors).