The ACM Student Research Competition (SRC), sponsored by Microsoft Research, offers a unique forum for undergraduate and graduate students to present their original research on programming language design, implementation, theory, applications, and performance at PLDI 2017. The goal is to give students a place to discuss their research with experts in their field and to help them sharpen their research and communication skills. Please find more information at http://pldi17.sigplan.org/track/pldi-2017-student-research-competition Deadline for submission of the extended abstracts: Friday April 7th, 2017. ## Rounds Three rounds of competition will take place before and during PLDI 2017. All rounds are held in two categories: Undergraduate Students and Graduate Students (Masters and PhD level). Winners of the third round will be invited to participate in the SRC Grand Finals competition hosted by the ACM. The PLDI rounds are: * Extended abstract round. All students are encouraged to submit an extended abstract outlining their research. * Poster session. Based on the abstracts, a panel of judges will select the most promising authors to participate in the poster session which will take place at PLDI. In the poster session, students will have the opportunity to present their work to the judges, who will select a group of semi-finalists in each category to advance to the next round. * PLDI presentation. The last PLDI round will consist of an oral presentation at the conference to compete for the three top places. ## Prizes Winners of the three top places in each category receive prizes of $500 for the first place winner, $300 for the second place winner and $200 for the third place winner, respectively. The top three undergraduate and graduate winners receive an award medal and a one-year complimentary ACM student membership with a subscription to ACM’s Digital Library. ## ACM SRC Grand Finals First place winners in each category will be invited to participate in the ACM SRC Grand Finals, an on-line round of competition between first-place SRC winners from different ACM conferences held in 2017. Grand Finals will be judged by a different, ACM-appointed panel of judges. Winners of the three top Grand Finals places in each category will receive additional prizes of $500 for the first place winner, $300 for the second place winner and $200 for the third place winner, respectively. They will be also invited to the annual ACM Award Banquet along with prestigious ACM award winners, including the winner of the Turing Award. ## Eligibility criteria Current student status, either graduate or undergraduate, at the time of submission deadline. In order to advance to the poster session round, participants of the SRC must be current ACM (student) members. ## Extended Abstract Submission Details Each submission should include the student author’s name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and postal address; research advisor’s name; ACM student member number; category (undergraduate or graduate); research title; and an extended abstract addressing the following: The extended abstract must not exceed 1000 words and must not be longer than 2 pages. Reference lists do not count towards these limits. ## SRC Panel Xavier Martorell, BSC and UPC (chair). Tobias Grosser, ETH Zurich Sandrine Blazy, IRISA Martin Kong, RICE University Timothy Bourke, INRIA Cole Schlesinger, Barefoot Networks, Inc.