The GRSS Interactive Session Prize Paper Award was established to recognize the author(s) who posted at the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) an exceptional paper in terms of content and impact on the GRSS.
Papers posted in Interactive Sessions of IGARSS and published in the Proceedings of IGARSS.
Eligibility and the selection process shall comply with procedures and regulation established in IEEE and Society governing documents, particularly with IEEE Policy 4.4 on Awards Limitations.
Certificate and check for US$1250. If there are multiple authors, each will receive a certificate and the honorarium will be shared among the co-authors.
The Technical Program Chairman of the IGARSS will request nominations from the Session Chairs, and these nominations will be forwarded to the Awards Committee Chair. The Awards Committee (PAC) will accept these nominations, examine the corresponding papers in the Digest, and select an exceptional paper to be recommended to GRSS AdCom. The GRSS AdCom approves the selection.
The GRSS established the Interactive Session Prize Paper Award to recognize the author(s) who posted at the GRSS Symposium (IGARSS) an exceptional paper in terms of content and impact on the GRSS. In selecting the paper, the following factors will be considered:
quality
originality
clarity
timeliness of the paper
The published versions of the papers in the Digest shall also be evaluated.
Session Chairs submit candidates to the Symposium Awards Chair through the IGARSS online system
During IGARSS, session chairs have a form to fill out about whether a paper has been presented, whether it is an award candidate, and provide a score (1-5) for some aspects (scientific quality, slides, replies to questions, etc).
September | The Symposium Award Committee Chair requests the list of possible candidates and sends it to the Awards Committee by the end of the month |
End of October | Committee members each evaluate 20 papers (more or less) in the first round of evaluation. First evaluation is completed by the end of the month |
End of November | The best papers from the first round are sent to all committee members for evaluation in the second round. Second evaluation completed by the end of the month |
Before 31 December | The Symposium Awards Committee evaluates a short list of papers and selects the Award recipients |
Early March | GRSS AdCom approves the Prize Paper Award recipients |
Mid-March | Award recipients are notified |
The award shall be presented at an awards ceremony during IGARSS of the following year.
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