EATCS Distinguished Dissertation Award 2025 -- Call for Nominations

It's the time of the year for the standard call for nominations for EATCS Awards. Today, I am reposting the call for nominations for the EATCS Distinguished Dissertation Award 2025. See below and here for details. 

Do spread the news and encourage worthy candidates to submit their theses for this accolade!

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The EATCS establishes the Distinguished Dissertation Award to promote and
recognize outstanding dissertations in the field of Theoretical Computer
Science.

Any PhD dissertation in the field of Theoretical Computer Science that has been
successfully defended in 2025 is eligible.

Up to three dissertations will be selected by the committee for year 2025. The
dissertations will be evaluated on the basis of originality and potential impact
on their respective fields and on Theoretical Computer Science.

Each of the selected dissertations will receive a prize of 1000 Euro. The award
receiving dissertations will be published on the EATCS web site, where all the
EATCS Distinguished Dissertations will be collected.

The dissertation must be submitted by the author as an attachment to an email
message sent to the address [email protected] with subject EATCS
Distinguished Dissertation Award 2025 by February 28th, 2026 (CET). The deadline
is strict and late submissions will not be considered.

The body of the message must specify: Name and email address of the candidate;
Title of the dissertation; Department that has awarded the PhD and denomination
of the PhD program; Name and email address of the thesis supervisor; Date of the
successful defence of the thesis.

A five-page abstract of the dissertation and a letter by the thesis supervisor
certifying that the thesis has been successfully defended must also be included.
In addition, an endorsement letter from the thesis supervisor, and possibly one
more endorsement letter, must be sent by the endorsers as attachments to an
email message sent to the address [email protected] with subject
EATCS DDA 2025 endorsement. The name of the candidate should be clearly
specified in the message.

The dissertations will be selected by the following committee:

Standa Zivny (chair)
Petra Berenbrink
Loukas Georgiadis
Kasper Green Larsen
Emanuela Merelli

The award committee will solicit the opinion of members of the research
community as appropriate. Dissertations supervised by members of the selection
committee are not eligible. The EATCS is committed to equal opportunities, and
welcomes submissions of outstanding theses from all authors.

EATCS Fellows 2026 - Call for Nominations

The call for nominations for EATCS Fellows 2026 is out and I copy-paste it below. On behalf of my colleagues in the Fellow Selection Committee 2026, I strongly encourage EATCS members to submit strong nominations.

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EATCS Fellows 2026 - Call for Nominations

Deadline: Saturday, 28 February 2026

The EATCS Fellows Program is established by the Association to recognize outstanding EATCS Members for their scientific achievements in the field of Theoretical Computer Science. The Fellow status is conferred by the EATCS Fellows Selection Committee upon a person having a track record of intellectual and organizational leadership within the EATCS community. Fellows are expected to be "model citizens" of the TCS community, helping to develop the standing of TCS beyond the frontiers of the community. In particular, the program is committed to broad representation and especially encourages nominations from underrepresented groups and research fields.

In order to be considered by the EATCS Fellows Selection Committee, candidates must be nominated by at least four EATCS Members. Please verify your membership at http://www.eatcs.org/.

The EATCS Fellows Selection Committee 2026 consists of

Luca Aceto
Orna Kupferman  (chair)
Stefano Leonardi 
Paul Spirakis

INSTRUCTIONS: Proposals for Fellow consideration in 2026 must be submitted by Friday, 28 February 2026, by email to the EATCS Secretary -  [email protected]. The subject line of the email should read "EATCS Fellow Nomination - < surname of candidate >".

Please note that all nominees and nominators must be EATCS members. A nomination should consist of details on the items below. It can be co-signed by several EATCS members. Two nomination letters per candidate are welcome. 

1. Name of candidate, candidate’s current affiliation and position, candidate’s email address.

2. Short summary of the candidate’s accomplishments (citation – 25 words or less).

3. The most important contributions that qualify the candidate for the rank of EATCS Fellow according to the following two categories: (3.1) Technical achievements, (3.2) Outstanding service to the TCS community. Please limit your description to at most three pages.

4. Nominator(s): Name(s) Affiliation(s), email (s), and relationship to the candidate.