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The APLAS 2026 invites submissions for its Student Research Competition (SRC) and Posters track. This track provides a highly interactive forum for researchers, practitioners, and students to present works in progress, early-stage research, fresh ideas, and recent practical systems or tool developments.

The track is divided into two categories:

• Student Research Competition (SRC): Open to all students (undergraduate and graduate). Entrants will present their work during the poster session. Selected finalists will then give a presentation to compete for first, second, and third-place prizes.
• Posters: Open to non-students (or students who do not wish to compete in the SRC). Authors will present their work alongside the SRC entrants during the main poster session.

Call For Submissions

Student Research Competition

The SRC consists of three rounds: extended abstracts, posters, and finalist presentations. Submissions to the SRC should present unpublished work that falls within the scope of APLAS. The work should be conducted by a single student or be a part of joint work for which the student is solely responsible.

1. Extended Abstracts: An extended abstract should explain the work in an accessible way to an audience with a general background in programming language research. It should also demonstrate that there is sufficient material for a poster and clearly indicate the extent to which the student contributes to the work, especially when the work is a joint effort. A selection committee will review the submitted extended abstracts and provide feedback.
2. Posters: After an extended abstract is accepted, the student should prepare a poster for the poster session of the conference. During this session, the student will present their work to interested conference participants, using the poster as a visual aid. Furthermore, posters will be displayed throughout the conference.
3. Finalist Presentations: Based on the extended abstracts and posters, a panel of judges will select several finalists to present their work to all conference participants in a dedicated session of the conference.

Non-SRC Posters

Non-SRC poster submissions should fall within the scope of APLAS, and can present either unpublished or published work. They should first be submitted as extended abstracts for review by the selection committee. For each accepted submission, at least one author should present the work during the poster session.

Submission Information

Accepted extended abstracts and posters will be available on the website indefinitely unless authors opt out.

Extended Abstracts (Pre-review)

Extended abstracts (for both SRC and non-SRC submissions) should be:

• Formatted using the acmart LaTeX template with the options sigplan and review enabled (so that there are two columns and line numbers);
• No longer than 3 pages (excluding bibliography); and
• Submitted in PDF format via EasyChair.

For an SRC submission, the student should be the sole author. However, on the EasyChair submission, please list the supervisor(s) as author(s) after the student, so that reviewers and judges can identify any conflicts of interest.

Revised Extended Abstracts (Post-review)

The revised extended abstract (for both SRC and non-SRC submissions) should be:

• Formatted using the acmart LaTeX template with the options sigplan, screen, and nonacm enabled, commented out for the \begin{CCSXML}...\end{CCSXML} and \ccsdesc[...]{...} commands;
• No longer than 3 pages (excluding bibliography); and
• Submitted in PDF format via EasyChair (note again that for an SRC submission, the student should be the sole author).

Posters

Posters will be printed onsite by the organizers in color at A0 size. Authors may take their printed posters back at the end of the conference. Posters should be

• Designed to withstand printing at A0 size; and
• Submitted in PDF format via EasyChair.