Only a PhD student’s supervisor may nominate a student's dissertation.
Submitted to the student's graduate program by the student's PhD supervisor (internal deadline set by graduate program):
- Nomination statement (200-300 words in length) addressing why the candidate should receive this award. This should address the significance of the dissertation, not simply repeat the information in the abstract.
Each graduate program can submit 1 nomination, submitted to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (via the graduate program's SharePoint folder) by the graduate program by 4:00 pm PT on Friday, 4 October 2024. The nomination would consist of:
- Nomination statement (200-300 words in length) addressing why the candidate should receive this award. This should address the significance of the dissertation, not simply repeat the information in the abstract.
- The nomination statement should be in PDF format and labelled ACM_PROG_Last-Name_First-Name.pdf (ex. "ACM_CPSC_Smith_Jane")
Graduate programs of successful nominees will be contacted after the nomination deadline with further instructions on submitting the full nomination package.
Note that, should the student be selected to be one of UBC's nominees, the PhD student's thesis supervisor will be responsible for submitting the nomination items to ACM by the October 31 institution nomination deadline. ACM requires that the nomination be submitted by the PhD student's thesis supervisor. The full nomination package includes:
- Suggested citation if the candidate is selected. This should be a concise statement (maximum of 25 words) describing the key technical or professional accomplishment for which the candidate merits this award.
- Nomination statement (200-300 words in length) addressing why the candidate should receive this award. This should address the significance of the dissertation, not simply repeat the information in the abstract.
- An endorsement letter from the department head.
- At least 3, and not more than 5, supporting letters should be included from experts in the field who can provide additional insights or evidence of the dissertation’s impact. (The nominator/advisor may not write a letter of support.)
- Copy of the dissertation, together with a copyright transfer form filled out by the candidate and assigning exclusive publication rights to ACM. Copyright will revert to the author if it is not selected for publication.
For full details, see the ACM website.