Eligibility
The Prize recipient must:
The first author must be a student under 33 years of age.
The student must be in a degree program (PhD students included) at the time of submission of the IGARSS paper.
The student must be an IEEE member.
The student contribution should be more than 60% of the content of the presented paper (if the contribution is less than 60%, the paper is not suitable for a student paper competition and can be submitted to the normal track).
Each student can only submit one paper for consideration in the contest.
The student must be registered and attend IGARSS and present the paper.
The student is expected to be present at the IGARSS award ceremony to receive the award (if any).
The student will publish the paper in the IGARSS proceedings.
A 4 page, publish-ready paper formatted in 2-column format according to the paper kit;
a signed letter from a faculty advisor stating the student is a candidate for a degree; he/she is under 33; his/her contribution to the paper exceeds 60%; will personally present the paper (if accepted); will publish in the IGARSS Proceedings; will register and participate in the symposium; and can attend the Awards ceremony.
Proof of your student status.
Multiple eligible authors are allowed.
Eligibility and Selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations.
Award Items
A maximum of two awards in rank order will be presented with honoraria of US$750, and US$500 respectively, and each awardee will receive a Certificate. If there are multiple eligible authors, the honoraria will be shared.
Nominee Solicitation
The Student Prize Paper Award is announced in the Call for Papers for each Symposium, and such papers entered must be so noted. To be considered for the GRSS Student Prize Paper Award, the author must submit a ready-to-publish 2-column, 4-page Proceedings Paper to enable the Award judges to select the Finalist Papers. Each of the submitted papers will be evaluated by the Symposium Technical Program Committee (TPC). Those Student Papers accepted for presentation will be identified and forwarded to the Society Awards Committee Chair.
Selection/Basis for Judging
The Student Prize Paper Award was established to recognize the best student paper(s) presented at the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).
The selection criteria will include:
Presentation
The award shall be presented at an awards ceremony during IGARSS. The checks will be mailed after clarifying the tax items.
Symposium Awards Committee
Francesca Bovolo (Italy): Chair
Paul Siqueira (USA)
David M. Le Vine (USA)
Emmanuel Trouve (France)
Mary Morris (USA)
Akira Hirose (Japan)
Lianru Gao (China)
Yong Ge (Australia)
Alejandro Frery (New Zealand)
Jaya Sreevalsan-Nair (India)
Gilberto Camara (Brazil)
TGRS
