IEEE-NANOMED 2015 CONTESTS INFORMATION AND RULES
- AWARDS SELECTION RULES
- AWARDS INFORMATION
The IEEE-NANO Conference Series annually selects winners to receive the Best Conference Paper Award and the Best Student Paper Award. Starting from NANOMED 2011, the Steering Committee has decided to also grant Best Conference Poster Awards annually at the conference. For any of these awards, factors to be considered in determining the winners are the significance of the new findings/applications, technical merits, originality, potential impact on the field, and clarity of presentation.
1. Authors may nominate their original research work to enter the Awards Competition when they submit their 4 to 6 pages of full paper online before/on the deadline of abstract submission.
2. Papers with the General Chair, General Co-Chair, Technical Program Chair, Technical Program Co-Chair, or Awards Committee Chair and members (of the current conference year) on the authors list are NOT eligible for any of the awards.
3. The Technical Program Chair and co-Chairs will nominate 5 finalist papers to b considered fro the Best Conference Paper Award and 5 finalist papers for the Best Student Paper Award.
4. The Technical Program Chair will forward the finalist abstracts (5+5 for the 2 awards) to the Awards Committee, which will then take over the awards selection process. The Awards Committee will select the awards winners (winners will be announced at the Conference Banquet) based on the following criteria.
a. Technical merit and presentation of the 4 to 6 pages of Full Paper.
b. Oral Presentation and Q&A performance at the conference. The oral presentations of the finalist papers will be open to all conference attendees to attend.
5. There is no exclusivity for the awards, i.e., it is possible that a paper is nominated as a finalist for multiple awards. Additionally, winning one of the awards does NOT exclude a paper from winning the other awards, i.e., it is possible that a paper to receive multiple awards.
6. All accepted poster presentation papers presented at the conference are eligible for the Best Conference Poster Awards. The contents presented at the poster sessions should be of original research results. The winner of this award will also be announced at the Conference Banquet. The Awards Committee will appoint a subcommittee to select the winners of this award at the conference based on the following criteria:
a. Technical merit and presentation of the poster
b. Q/A performance during poster sessions
– Best Conference Paper Award (Certificate and Cash Prize of US$200)
Eligibility: Any paper with original research results can be considered for the Best Conference Paper Award, provided that the research results presented have not been presented anywhere else in the world at the time of abstract submission. There are no restrictions as to nationality, race, creed, sex, or age of the authors.
– Best Student Paper Award (Certificate and Cash Prize of US$200)
Eligibility: Any original research work can be considered for the Best Student Paper Award, provided that the first author is a student and primary developer of the ideas contained in the paper. There are no restrictions as to nationality, race, creed, sex, or age of the authors.
Note: If selected as a finalist for this award, the 1st author of the paper must request his/her advisor to submit the Best Student Paper Nomination Form directly to the Awards Committee via email before the conference start date. Failure to do this will result in the removal of the paper from consideration to win the Best Student Paper Award.
– Best Conference Poster Award (Certificate and Cash Prize of US$100)
Eligibility: All accepted poster presentation papers presented at the conference are eligible for the Best Conference Poster Awards. The contents presented at the poster sessions should be of original research results.
– Huawei Best Sensor Paper & Best Sensor Poster Awards (Certificate and Cash Prize of US$250 [Best Paper]; US$150 & US$100 [Best Poster: 1st place and 2nd place, respectively])
Eligibility: All accepted papers presented at the conference are eligible for the Huawei paper and poster awards. The contents of the papers should be of original research results. These awards are sponsored by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
