MSC Best Student Paper Award

Description:
To recognize excellence in a MSC paper whose primary contributor(s) is a (are) Student Member(s) of the IEEE.

Award Information

Prize:
Certificate laminated on a plaque and travel expenses to the MSC for one recipient (round trip restricted (minimal) coach air fare, conference registration, and three conference-rate hotel-nights). All four finalists receive certificates and free student conference registrations.

Funding:
Funded by the IEEE Control Systems Society.

Presentation:
At the MSC banquet or special event.

Eligibility:
Primary contributor(s) of a paper, who was a (were) Student Member(s) of the IEEE at the MSC deadline for initial paper submission. The Student(s) is (are) required to present the paper at the MSC.

Basis for Judgement:
Originality, clarity, and potential impact on practical applications of control.

Nomination:
Nomination must be made by the student's major professor (advisor) through PaperPlaza by the MSC deadline for final paper submission, June 26, 2012 (new date). A paragraph

• - certifying that the nominee is the main author of the paper,
• - certifying that the nominee was a student at the MSC deadline for initial paper submission,
• - certifying that the nominee has a IEEE membership for the current year,
• - containing a brief description of the contribution of the paper,
• - explaining the main reason for nomination for the award, and,
• - providing the advisor's contact information as well as the student IEEE membership number,

Best Student Paper Award Chair:
Graziano Chesi
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Hong Kong
chesi[at]eee.hku.hk