IEEE Finland Section
IEEE Finland Section

IEEE Finland Section Best student paper award

IEEE Finland Section calls for the nominations of best student papers this year. The purpose of the best student paper award is to

  • stimulate the involvement of the members of IEEE Finland section
  • promote technology
  • encourage young researchers for further pursuit their career in academic.

IEEE Finland Section Best student paper awards

Best student conference paper award

We welcome submissions of conference papers published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 in IEEE conferences or IEEE technical co-sponsored events. The student author must be the first author of the paper and enrolled at a University in Finland at the time of submission of the paper. The student author must have done the majority of the research efforts leading to the results reported in the paper as well as the paper writing. Short-listed nominated papers (see rules of nomination) will be invited to present at the IEEE day event or at the annual ExCom meeting.

Best student journal paper award

We welcome submissions of articles published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 in IEEE journals or IEEE Transactions. The student author must be the first author of the article and enrolled at a University in Finland at the time of submission of the article. The student author must have done the majority of the research efforts leading to the results reported in the paper as well as the article writing. Short-listed nominated articles (see rules of nomination) will be invited to present at the IEEE day event or at the annual ExCom meeting.

Rules of nomination

  1. The main supervisor(s) of the student, or a senior academic/researcher with a suitable background in the general area of the paper or article may nominate eligible papers for consideration
  2. With a nomination, the following shall be included:
    1. A statement detailing the relation between the nominator and the nominee(s)
    2. Certification that the nominee was a student member of IEEE
    3. For papers with multiple authors, a statement that clearly details the contribution of each author
    4. The main motivation for nominating the paper and contribution of this paper. Please also indicate the area of the paper according to the IEEE Finland chapters
    5. A copy of the paper or a link to where a copy of the paper can be downloaded.

Deadline for nominations

Nominations shall be submitted to the IEEE Finland section no later than 1 July 2019 via email with the title “(First author Family Name)_ConferencePaper_Nomination_2018” / “(First author Family Name)_JournalPaper_Nomination_2018” to IEEE.Finland.Secretary@gmail.com.

Selection process and decision

The decision on the awards will be solely based on scientific excellence, originality, utility, timeliness and impact. Nominations are screened and reduced to a short list after the review. The list is submitted to the Awards Committee of the Finland Section that makes the final decision.

If no nominated paper is considered to be of award-winning quality, no winner will be selected. It is expected that the awardee will be announced on 1 October 2019.

Award committee members

Zheng Chang (chair), Secretary of IEEE Finland Section, University of Jyväskylä
Toni Mattila, Chair of IEEE Finland Section, Business Finland
Dmitry Petrov, Vice Chair of IEEE Finland Section, Nokia,
Rafal Sliz, Former Chair of IEEE Finland Section, University of Oulu
Roel Pieters, Chair of IEEE Joint Chapter of the CSS, RASS and SMCS, University of Tampere
Mahdi Pourakbari Kasmaei, Chair of IEEE PES Finland Chapter, Aalto University.”