Doctoral Thesis Award 2010 - Call for Submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Scope -- The Contest -- Eligibility -- Submissions -- Semi-Finals -- Key Dates -- Additional Information

Scope

The Award’s purpose is to promote most impactful doctoral student work, to provide the doctoral students with the exposure to the community and the prospective employers, and to support interaction between academia and industry in the field of test technology.

The Doctoral Student Contest

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The contest is held in two stages: semi-finals and finals
The complete rules of the contest are found under http://www.tttc-events.org/tttc_website/index.php?section=awards_doctoral_thesis
North American semi-finals 2011 are held at VTS 2011. This is the only 2011 semi-finals with a deadline still open
The jury composed of university professors and industrial experts will determine the winner of the semi-finals
The winner will compete against other regional winners in the finals, held at ITC 2011
Both the student and the advisor of the winning work will be recognized

Eligibility

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All active doctoral students working on test-related topics are eligible for the Award
An individual can only participate in the contest once in a lifetime
Participation is encouraged when the thesis is close to completion
Student must not have graduated before 2009. Postdocs who graduated 2009 or 2010 can participate
Submissions to multiple regional sites are prohibited

Submission Instructions

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Prospective contestants must submit a summary of their thesis work (up to 2000 words), possibly accompanied by one additional page of figures and references.
See the Award homepage for more details
Submissions must include the names of the student, one advisor and start/end dates
Submissions will undergo a selection process
All submissions must be made through the VTS homepage http://tttc-vts.org/ (following the link for paper submission) before April 1 (extended)

The Semi-Finals

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Selected contestants will be given a short (7-minute) presentation slot in a designated technical session
The winner selected by the jury will be announced at the VTS’s Social Event

Key Dates

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Submission deadline: April 1, 2011

Additional Information

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Ilia Polian (University of Passau, Germany)
Email: ilia.polian@uni-passau.de

For more information, visit us on the web.

The Doctoral Thesis Award 2011 is sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society's Test Technology Technical Council Student Activities Group (TTTC), the IEEE Asian Test Symposium 2010 (ATS'10), the IEEE Latin American Test Workshop 2011 (LATW'11), the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium 2011 (VTS'11), and the IEEE European Test Symposium 2011 (ETS'11).