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The European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software Association
has established a Doctoral Dissertation Award to promote and recognize
outstanding dissertations in the research areas covered by the four main ETAPS
conferences (ESOP, FASE, FoSSaCS, and TACAS).
Doctoral dissertations are evaluated with respect to originality, relevance,
and impact to the field, as well as the degree of reproducibility (where this
applies). The award winner will receive a monetary prize and will be recognized
at the ETAPS Banquet.
Eligibility
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Eligible for the award is any PhD student whose doctoral dissertation includes
a formal publication at ETAPS or its satellite events and who completed their
doctoral degree in the period from January 1st, 2025 to December 31st, 2025.
Nominations
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Award candidates should be nominated by their supervisor. Members of the Award
Committee are not allowed to nominate their own PhD students for the award.
Nominations consist of a single PDF file (extension .pdf) containing:
* name and email address of the candidate
* a short curriculum vitae of the candidate
* name and email address of the supervisor
* an endorsement letter from the supervisor
* the final version of the doctoral dissertation
* institution and department that has awarded the doctorate
* a document certifying that the doctoral degree was successfully completed
within the eligibility period
* a report from at least one examiner of the dissertation who is not affiliated
with the candidate's institution
* (optional) extra endorsement letters
All documents must be written in English. Nominations are welcome regardless of
whether results that are part of the dissertation have been published at ETAPS.
Nominations should be submitted via EasyChair:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=etapsdda2026__;!!IBzWLUs!TeqCgxD35ZyWuZjNV1KGTmHp6j22PYQSbFhatmeMSnS5OHF8ySVW5TFybSuYGGfJ6og8700dtjETTURylOV_VwwalRVvdlvZ7KPmTWY$
The deadline for nominations is January 14th, 2026.
Award Committee
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Caterina Urban (chair)
Nobuko Yoshida (representing ESOP)
Marie-Christine Jakobs (representing FASE)
Andrzej Murawski (representing FoSSaCS)
Kim G. Larsen (representing TACAS)
Laura Kovacs
Kevin Batz
Contact
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All questions about submissions should be emailed to the chair of the award
committee, Caterina Urban <[email protected]>.
