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VERSEN Master Thesis Award
About VERSEN
VERSEN is the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering. Its mission is to bring together researchers, educators and practitioners in the field of software engineering in The Netherlands, who share the common goals of advancing the field or software engineering, raising public awareness of the challenges and opportunities of the field, acquiring funding for groundbreaking and applied research, transferring academic results to society, and representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities.
About the Thesis Awards
To further promote and encourage excellence in software engineering research, VERSEN has introduced the VERSEN Thesis Awards. The awards are indications of excellence that can support talent in future applications in the current competitive academic climate.
Three Master thesis awards are available. The awards are supported by NWO and promoted at ICT.Open.
The theses will be judged on the following factors, in equal parts:
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Novelty to and impact in the field promoted by VERSEN.
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Timeliness.
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Quality of the thesis report and associated artifacts.
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Methodological approach and execution.
Please note that the thesis will be published on the VERSEN website and cannot contain any intellectual property that is not public. If applicable, we will also publish links to associated artifacts (datasets, Github links, etc.).
Procedure Thesis Awards 2020
The Award can only be awarded to students who have obtained their degree from a Dutch institute of higher academic learning between September 1st, 2018, until August 31st, 2019.
Important Dates
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1-10-2019 Awards are announced, submission form open
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1-12-2019 Deadline for submission
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1-2-2020 Notification
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February 2020 Award ceremony at SEN Symposium for the Master Thesis Award
Nominations for the awards should consist of:
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A nomination letter from the thesis supervisor (maximum of one page);
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This letter contains the reasons the thesis is worthy of the award;
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The letter includes the student name, thesis supervisor(s), thesis title, and institution granting the degree.
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Thesis (in PDF format)
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A short summary of the thesis (mandatory in English)
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Curriculum vitae (in PDF format) of the nominee
Where can I get further information?
For further information about the awards, contact dr. Slinger Jansen (slinger.jansen@uu.nl).
Evaluation Committee Both Awards
prof.dr. Patricia Lago
dr. Slinger Jansen
prof.dr.ir. Jan Friso Groote
Award Sponsorship
Three master thesis awards will be provided. Each of the winners will receive a free ticket for the ICT.Open event. NWO and ICT.Open sponsor the awards.