2009 SIGMOD Programming Contest

这笔资金用于资助2009年ACM SIGMOD会议数据库管理系统(DBMS)领域学生的编程竞赛。来自学位授予机构的学生团队将参加由数据库管理系统专家委员会选出的编程任务的竞争，该委员会包括主要调查人员。所选择的主题将会令学生兴奋，不会轻而易举地完成，并将具有研究潜力。大赛的目的是：a)激发学生对数据库管理系统领域的兴趣b)提出一个研究挑战d)促进可共享的开放源码模块的创建d)通过创建一个学生可以出类拔萃的论坛来促进计算机科学教育)展示一个论坛，在这个论坛上优秀的学生可以被注意到，而不是通过写论文。比赛将在2009年初进行，在SIGMOD会议上决赛的入围者中将进行一次启动。由DBMS公司捐赠的巨额奖金(约5,000美元)将颁发给获胜的团队。此外，会议演讲时段将为获胜者提供可见性。有关更多信息，请访问竞赛网站，http://db.csail.mit.edu/sigmod09contest/.The赠款用于支持创建必要的基础设施(测试工具、测试数据等)。用于比赛和比赛决赛选手的旅费补助。如果在第一年成功，主要调查人员将把这项比赛变成一年一度的比赛。

This grant funds an NSF-funded programming contest for students in the Database Management Systems (DBMS) area at the ACM SIGMOD 2009 conference. Student teams from degree-granting institutions will compete in a programming task selected by a committee of DBMS experts, including the principal investigators. The topic chosen would be exciting to students, non-trivial to accomplish, and would have research potential. The goals of the contest are to:a) Stimulate student interest in the DBMS fieldb) Present a research challengec) Foster the creation of sharable open source code modulesd) Foster Computer Science education by creating a forum in which students can excele) Present a forum in which excellent students can get noticed, other than by writing papers.The contest would be conducted during early 2009, with a bakeoff among the finalists at the SIGMOD conference. A substantial prize (approximately $5,000), donated by a DBMS company, will be awarded to the winning team. In addition, a conference speaking slot will give visibility to the winner. For more information visit the contest web site, http://db.csail.mit.edu/sigmod09contest/.The grant is used to support the creation of the necessary infrastructure (test harness, test data, etc.) for the contest and for travel grants for the contest finalists. If successful in year 1, the principal investigators would make this an annual contest.