[Newsletter PoDM ] PoDM Newsletter 31, November 2021

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PoDM Newsletter 31, November 2021
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONFERENCE  ANNOUNCEMENT:

PODS 2022 - 41st ACM SYMPOSIUM ON PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS
Call for Papers - Second Submission Cycle


JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS:

PHD POSITIONS
TU Wien

PHD STUDENTS / POST-DOCS
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium


AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT:
VCLA INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS 2021 - WINNERS


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PODS 2022 - 41st ACM SYMPOSIUM ON PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS
Call for Papers - Second Submission Cycle
https://databasetheory.org/node/125
* SCOPE: PODS seeks high-quality scientific articles that present principled contributions to modeling, application, system building, and both theoretical and experimental validation in the context of data management. Such articles might be based, among others, on establishing theoretical results, developing new concepts and frameworks that deserve further exploration, providing experimental work that sheds light on the scientific foundations of the discipline, or a rigorous analysis of both widely used and recently developed industry artifacts.
* CHANGES IN SUBMISSIONS: There are two important changes with respect to submissions for PODS 2022.
1) Submitted papers must be formatted using the standard ACM proceedings stylesheet AND can be up to **8 pages**.
2) For the first time, PODS 2022 will use a lightweight double-blind reviewing process. However, authors should feel free to disseminate their ideas or draft versions of their paper as they normally would. For instance, authors may post drafts of their papers on the web or give talks on their research ideas.
* IMPORTANT DATES: Dates for the second submission cycle are as follows.
** Second cycle abstract deadline: December 10, 2021
** Full paper submission deadline: December 17, 2021
**Reviews sent to authors: February 28, 2022
** Rebuttal phase: March 1 - 5, 2022
** Notification: March 13, 2022


JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:
* 20 PHD POSITIONS: University Assistant (Pre-Doc) 
* 40 hours/week, limited for 4 years
* Novel & interdisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND doctoral training programme LogiCS at TUWien - Logics for Computer Science
* TU Wien, Faculty of Informatics (Vienna, Austria)
* Research Projects on Logical Methods in Computer Science and their applications, including: AI, Databases, Verification, Algorithms, Security, CPS
* English-language Curriculum
* Supervision by internationally renowned professors
* Deadline 1st Call: December 30, 2021
* Application Details and Contact: http://www.vcla.at/msca


JOB ANNOUNCEMENT:
* PHD STUDENTS / POST-DOCS
* Database Theory
* Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
* 1-4 years
* Link: https://soft.vub.ac.be/soft/content/research-positions-topic-data-systems-and-theory
* The opening is in the group of Bas Ketsman. Our working language is English.
   Follow the link for details and information on how to apply.
* Contact: bas.ketsman at vub.be


VCLA INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AWARDS 2021 - WINNERS
* The VCLA International Student Awards recognize young students all over the world who have done outstanding scientific works in the broad field of Logic and Computer Science. It is dedicated to the memory of our dear colleague Helmut Veith (1971-2016).
* It is our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 2021 edition:
* Outstanding Master Thesis Award:
Tuukka Korhonen (University of Helsinki) for his master thesis “Finding Optimal Tree Decompositions” prepared under the supervision of Matti Järvisalo.
* Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award:
Jasper Slusallek (Saarland University) for the undergraduate thesis “Algorithms and Lower Bounds for Finding (Exact-Weight) Subgraphs of Bounded Treewidth” under the supervision of Karl Bringmann.
* More information about the award is available at: http://www.vcla.at/vcla-awards/ 

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